| European
Heritage Days
In its capacity as Liaison Office for the coordination of the
European Heritage Days (EHDs), a joint action of the Council of
Europe and the European Commission, Europa Nostra prepared an "Evaluation
on the 2006 edition of the EHDs", an "Analysis on the
visibility of the European dimension in the EHDs in participating
countries" and a "Communication Strategy on the EHDs,
at European and national level".
Europa Nostra. Newsletter. Raising Awareness.
The Netherlands. Publicated: 21-06-2007
Cultural
heritage in a future EU Maritime Policy
Consultation by the European Commission on a EU Maritime Policy.
At its meeting in Stockholm on 6 June 2007, the Europa Nostra Council
adopted a document responding to the consultation by the European
Commission on an all-embracing EU Maritime Policy. Europe has a
very long coastline which has attracted human activity for centuries,
resulting in a very rich and diverse cultural heritage, a determining
factor of European culture identity. Nowadays, pressure on the limited
coastal space is growing and much of the cultural and natural heritage
is severely at risk.
Europa Nostra. Newsletter. Influencing
Policy. The Netherlands. Publicated: 21-06-2007
Europa
Nostra warns for the threats to the historic centre of Zagreb (Croatia)
4 April 2007. Europa Nostra expressed its support to local protests
against the planned construction of a “Life Style Centre”
in the historic centre of his town. This exclusive commercial, apartment
and business area, including a large public parking is planned to
be constructed in the pedestrian zone of downtown Zagreb.
Europa Nostra. Newsletter. Campaigning
for Heritage at Risk. The Netherlands. Publicated: 21-06-2007
Program
for the cultural heritage in the Mediterranean, announcement of
the next call
The annual program work 2007 on the aids of the EuropeAid cooperation
Office for the regional program for the cultural heritage has been
published in the webpage of the Office and the webpage of the Euromed
Heritage program. The sum available is 13 million euros. The call
for proposals will be sent during the second semester of 2007. Potential
candidates are invited to consult the webpages regularly to find
information on the exact date of publication.
Association pour le Development Culturel Européen et International
(ADCEI). eEurope Culture(s). France. Publication: 21-06-2007
3000
km by foot to raise awareness about and funds for European Cultural
Heritage
On 6 May, Paul Gardner, a young graduate from Oxford University
with a Doctor of Philosophy in Archaeology, started out from Trafalgar
Square , London , on his epic 3,000 km walk across the continent
of Europe . He plans to arrive around 130 days later in Sultanahmet
Square , Istanbul . This is not only a journey of discovery and
an extraordinary personal adventure - taking him through ten countries,
across the Bavarian and Austrian Alps and to some of the remotest
corners of the Balkans - it is also a chance to share his passion
for cultural heritage and historic monuments.
Europa Nostra. Newsletter. Raising Awareness.
The Netherlands. Publicated: 21-06-2007
Inventory
of Heritage Organisations in Europe website online
On 11 May 2007, Europa Nostra Secretary General Sneska Quaedvlieg
Mihailovic met Council Member Piet Jaspaert (President of VCM Contactforum
voor Erfgoedverenigingen) and Natan Bruneel (Project manager) to
discuss Europa Nostra’s possible participation in the Inventory
of Heritage Organisations in Europe (IHOE), an initiative developed
by three leading Flemish heritage umbrella organisations with the
financial support of the Flanders Government.
Europa Nostra. Newsletter. Exchanging Ideas
and Experiences. The Netherlands. Publicated: 21-06-2007
Joint
appeal to stop the flooding of Allianoi (Turkey)
20 March 2007. Europa Nostra, together with the European Association
of Archaeologists (EAA) and the International Council for Monuments
and Sites (ICOMOS), expressed its deep concern at the alarming and
imminent threat to Allianoi, an outstanding Roman bath complex situated
dear Bergama in Turkey , in an international appeal to the Turkish
Government.
Europa Nostra. Newsletter. Campaigning
for Heritage at Risk. The Netherlands. Publicated: 21-06-2007
Cultural
heritage in Kosovo still under threat of violent attacks
In the night of 31 March 2007, a mortar was fired at the Monastery
of Decani near Peje/Pec in Kosovo. This was the third such an attack
on Decani since the United Nations Mission in Kosovo took over the
administration. Europa Nostra therefore sent letters to the Prime
Minister of the Provisional Institutions of Self Government of Kosovo,
Mr Agim Ceku, to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary
General, Mr Joachim Rücker and to the Commander of the Kosovo
Force, Luitenant General Roland Kather. In the letters, Europa Nostra
deplored this latest attack confirming that the cultural heritage
was still very much at risk from inter-communal attacks.
Europa Nostra. Newsletter. Campaigning
for Heritage at Risk. The Netherlands. Publicated: 21-06-2007
Public
Hearing on the Protection of the Cultural Heritage in Cyprus
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium, 11 April 2007. Europa Nostra
participated in a Public Hearing on the Protection of the Cultural
Heritage in Cyprus , organised by the European Parliament’s
Committee on Culture and Education’s President, MEP Nikolaos
Sifunakis (Greece) . This well attended event followed a Resolution
on the subject adopted by the European Parliament in July 2006 and
a visit to the Republic of Cyprus by MEPs, including Mrs Claire
Gibault (France).
Europa Nostra. Newsletter. Campaigning
for Heritage at Risk. The Netherlands. Publicated: 21-06-2007
Thirty-eight
new inscriptions for Memory of the World Register
Thirty-eight items of documentary heritage of exceptional value
have just been added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register,
bringing the total number of inscriptions since 1997 to 158. The
UNESCO/Jikji Prize for 2007 was awarded to Phonogrammarchiv, an
institute within the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
UNESCO. Press Release No. 2007 –
65. France. Publicated: 20-06-2007
Transfer
of illicit property of cultural goods and return to their country
of origin
General Director, M. Koïchiro Matsuura, has organized on June
12 an informative meeting on the action developed by UNESCO related
to the import, export and transfer of illicit property of cultural
goods, as well as its return to its country of origin.
UNESCO. Flash Info N° 083-2007. France.
Publicated: 16-06-2007
UNESCO
Director-General condemns new attack on the Samarra shrine in Iraq
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura has expressed
his concern and outrage over the bombing today of the al-Askari
shrine in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra, one of the holiest
sites in Shia Islam. The shrine had already been seriously damaged
by a bombing on 22 February 2006, which resulted in the collapse
of part of the dome, triggering a wave of sectarian violence that
claimed the lives of thousands in Iraq.
UNESCO. Press release No. 2007-62. France.
Publicated: 14-06-2007
The
UNESCO Courier Nº 5: Memory of the World
Manuscripts, illuminations, archives, early films – the documentary
heritage of humanity is fragile and threatened. For the last 15
years, UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme participates
in its preservation. More documents of exceptional value are being
inscribed in the Memory of the World Register from 11 to 15 June
in Pretoria (South Africa).
UNESCO. Courier. France. Publication Date:
12-06-2007
Documentary
heritage in the digital age: interview with Abdelaziz Abid
For the last fifteen years, the programme Memory of the World
has focused on conservation and digitization of humanity’s
documentary heritage. With UNESCO’s support, measures have
been taken to preserve dozens of archive collections, thousands
of meters of film, millions of pages of manuscripts, books and periodicals.
UNESCO. Courier. France. Publication Date:
12-06-2007
Timbuktu
manuscripts: Africa’s written history unveiled
Some two hundred thousand ancient manuscripts that were disintegrating
slowly but surely in libraries, cellars and attics in Timbuktu (Mali),
today are systematically inventoried, preserved and digitized. These
priceless treasures, the oldest dating back to the 13th century,
are contributing to the rehabilitation of Africa’s written
history.
UNESCO. Courier. France. Publication Date:
12-06-2007
The
Matenadaran, from copyist monks to the digital age
In the heart of Erevan, capital of Armenia, the Matenadaran
houses seventeen thousand manuscripts and 30,000 documents, some
dating back to antiquity. Texts on very varied subjects, written
in Arabic, Persian, Syriac, Greek, Latin, Amharic, Japanese and
certain Indian languages, are stored together in this museum-library,
created at the same time as the Armenian alphabet in 405. Today
the Matenadaran is entering the digital age thanks to UNESCO.
UNESCO. Courier. France. Publication Date:
12-06-2007
A
bridge between cultures
Four centuries of colonization are recounted and illustrated
in the “Colleccion des Lenguas Indigenas” kept in Guadalajara
(Mexico). These 166 books, printed starting in 1539, also preserve
the memory of 17 indigenous languages, some of which have virtually
disappeared. The collection is a candidate for inscription in UNESCO’s
Memory of the World Register.
UNESCO. Courier. France. Publication Date:
12-06-2007
Return
of the Kelly Gang
Detective work, technical progress and luck lie at the core
of the restoration of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the world's first
feature length film. With it, Australia recovers the earliest record
of a myth dear to its heart and part of its collective memory.
UNESCO. Courier. France. Publication Date:
12-06-2007
Slave
trade archives: ports of call
Registers and log books, memoirs and travel stories, slave census
reports – the archives of the Atlantic slave trade provide
signposts to the itineraries taken by the old slave ships between
Europe, the Americas and Africa. Where are those precious documents
now?
UNESCO. Courier. France. Publication Date:
12-06-2007
New
documentary heritage properties to be inscribed on UNESCO Memory
of the World Register
The International Advisory Committee of UNESCO’s Memory of
the World Programme, meeting in Pretoria (South Africa) this week,
will review 50 requests from 38 countries* and the International
Committee of the Red Cross, to recommend documentary heritage properties
for inscription on the Memory of the World Register. The meeting
(11-15 June) is organized by UNESCO and the National Archives and
Record Service of South Africa.
UNESCO. Media Advisory No.2007-42. France.
Publicated: 12-06-2007
Rehabilitation
of the port of Mopti: establishment of partnership with CroisiEurope
In order to celebrate the 30 years of its activity, the company
of river cruises CroisiEurope offers one euro per passenger in 2006
for a UNESCO program in Africa. The French Commission has participated
totally with UNESCO in the implementation of this partnership and
selection of project: the rehabilitation of the port of Mopti.
Commission française pour l’UNESCO.
Newsletter. France. Publication: 31-05-2007
Invitation
to he European Days of heritage on 15 and 16 September 2007
Christine Albanel, minister of Culture and Comunication, Government
spokesperson, announces that the 24th edition of the European Days
of heritage will emphasize this year "the professions of heritage:
men and women to the service of cultural properties”.
Ministère de la culture et la
communication. News. France. Publication: 31-05-2007
Nordic
Underwater Archaeology
If you like history and scuba diving, this is for you. Learn about
maritime archaeology worldwide, from a north European perspective.
Per Åkesson, Stockholm. Publicated:
31-05-2007
Workcamps
of archaeological excavations for volunteers 2007
Archaeology attempts to recover the history of the societies from
the material remains that have been kept throughout the centuries.
Thanks to the excavation, whose techniques are more and more elaborated,
the archaeologists reconstruct the daily life of the men of the
past. In order to better understand this work, or for archaeology
students to complete their theoretical training, it is essential
to participate in a work camp of archaeological excavation…
Ministère de la culture et la
communication. Workcamps. France. Publication: 31-05-2007
1.8
million resources available at culture.fr
From the 16 of April, the general public can have free access in
the Internet to 1.8 million data on heritage, among them 1 million
images. How to access. Use the search engine of the window "Collections"
including in the portal www.culture.fr.
Ministère de la culture et la
communication. Newsletter. France. Publication: 31-05-2007
Lutetia
Hotel , classified as historical monument
First Art Déco hotel built in Paris in 1910, the Lutetia
hotel was inscribed in the list of historical monuments on April
13. Located in the Raspail boulevard 45, in district 6 of Paris,
the Lutetia is nowadays one of the last witnesses of this architecture
style in the city.
Ministère de la culture et la
communication. Newsletter. France. Publication: 31-05-2007 |
