| La Isabela, inscribed on the World Heritage Tentative List since
2002, is culturally significant for the history of Latin America
and the Caribbean, being the first Spanish urban settlement founded
in the New World by Christopher Columbus during his second trip
in 1494.
Upon the request of the Dominican Republic authorities, the UNESCO
Havana office is organizing a technical mission to the historical
and archaeological site of La Isabela.
The mission has three main goals:
1. Identify and analyze the value of the site, its state of conservation
and outline the main elements for its conservation and management
according to current international conservation normative standards;
2. Evaluate the project proposals made by the Ministries of Culture
and Tourism for the creation of thematic park devoted to the process
of colonization; and
3. Organize a training workshop aimed at disseminating the results
of the technical assessment and familiarizing all actors involved
in the conservation and tourism development of the site with the
core notions of heritage conservation, with particular emphasis
on the requirements for the possible inscription of the site on
the World Heritage List.
The mission will be undertaken by the cultural heritage experts
Grazia Piras and Carolina Castellanos, UNESCO Office in Havana.
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