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June 2006

The UNESCO World Heritage City Edinburgh

Posted on 08. June 2006 um 17:12 Uhr
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The new and old towns of Edinburgh are inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List. While the medival fortress is dominating the central old town the new town was build in neoclassical style.

May 2006

Conference announcement: Safeguarded Cultural Heritage

Posted on 22. May 2006 um 20:49 Uhr
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From May 31st to 3rd of June Prague will host the seventh European Commission Conference 'SAUVEUR' Safeguarded Cultural Heritage -
Understanding & Vialbility for the Enlarged Europe.

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The 30th session of the World Heritage Committee

Posted on 15. May 2006 um 17:59 Uhr
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The 30th session of the World Heritage Committee will take place in Vilnius (Lithuania) from 8th to 16th of July 2006. On the agenda are some exciting topics.

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African World Heritage Fund launched

Posted on 06. May 2006 um 09:58 Uhr
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On the 5th of May the African World Heritage Fund was founded to support the preservataion of African World Heritage Sites and raise the number of inscriptions in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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April 2006

The protection and development of UNESCO world heritage Luang Prabang

Posted on 30. April 2006 um 13:36 Uhr
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Interview with Madame Manivone who is a director at La Maison du Patrimoine, the institution which oversees the restoration, conversation and development of Luang Prabang in cooperation with UNESCO.

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2010 European Capitals of Culture include UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Posted on 23. April 2006 um 17:24 Uhr
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All three Cities that will be European Capitals of Culture in 2010 have UNESCO World Heritage Sites within their boundaries.

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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China

Posted on 09. April 2006 um 14:05 Uhr
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In China are 31 UNESCO World Heritage Sites located. The majority of them are cultural heritage sites.

The ICOMOS International Committee on Cultural Routes

Posted on 05. April 2006 um 18:17 Uhr
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The International Committee on Cultural Routes of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) now tries to agree upon a charter on Cultural Routes.

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Railways in the UNESCO World Heritage List

Posted on 01. April 2006 um 16:31 Uhr
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ICOMOS already published 1999 a document dealing with Railways as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The special character of this type of monument is described there.

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March 2006

The Modern Heritage Programme

Posted on 29. March 2006 um 18:51 Uhr
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A joint programme, supported by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS, and Docomomo, aims at the the identification, documentation and promotion of the built heritage of the 19th and 20th centuries. One objective is to raise awareness concerning the heritage of architecture, town planning and landscape design of the modern era.

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Flickr Group with Photos of UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Posted on 15. March 2006 um 15:03 Uhr
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At Flickr, a nice online photo management and sharing application, a public group with photos of UNESCO World Heritage Sites can be found.

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URBO

Posted on 13. March 2006 um 19:18 Uhr
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The Organisation of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) is operating a website labeled URBO, where Best Practice Examples and many documents and links connected with UNESCO World Heritage Cities are collected.

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Africa 2009

Posted on 07. March 2006 um 19:10 Uhr
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A programme to strengthen the Cultural Heritage Protection Efforts in Africa is a joint effort of African cultural heritage organizations, ICCROM, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and CRATerre-EAG (Center International of ground construction).

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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Chile

Posted on 05. March 2006 um 14:33 Uhr
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In South Amerika four UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located on the territory of Chile. They consist only of cultural heritage sites.

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February 2006

Impacts and Risks generated by large Visitor Numbers

Posted on 22. February 2006 um 18:20 Uhr
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In Connection with the EU-Project PICTURE a draft Paper was published, describing the Impacts and Risks generated by large Visitor Numbers on single historic Buildings and historic Ensembles.

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The Cairns Decision of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee

Posted on 14. February 2006 um 19:19 Uhr
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At it's annual session the UNESCO World Heritage Committe decided in Cairns, Australia in the year 2000 on severeal key issues concerning the work with UNESCO's World Heritage Convention. In the centre of the discussion was the representivity of the World Heritage List

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January 2006

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Bamiyan Valley, Afghanistan

Posted on 17. January 2006 um 19:26 Uhr
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In Afghanistan the vally of Bamiyan is home to numerous Buddhist monastic ensembles and sanctuaries. The Taliban destroyed two standing Buddha statues in 2001.
2003 the cultural landscape was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Outstanding Universal Value

Posted on 13. January 2006 um 20:11 Uhr
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A key-term written in UNESCO's Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage is the idea of outstanding universal value. This concept should help to decide which cultural and natural sites are worth to be included in UNESCO's World Heritage List. Now there are efforts to define this tearm more clearly.