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30 June

• Approach to Aboriginal Cultural Landscapes Introduction
  Over a number of years the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada ( HSMBC) has identified the need to increase the national recognition of the history of Aboriginal peoples. Traditionally, the HSMBC has used historical and anthropological frameworks and specified criteria as the bases for assessing the national historic significance of places, people or events. The Board has, however, recognized that its conventional criteria, structure and framework for evaluation do not adequately respond to the values inherent in the history of Aboriginal people. Ultimately the question is: Can the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada develop a commemorative approach to Aboriginal history in Canada in ways that are meaningful to Aboriginal people while at the same time upholding the rigour of its own evaluative process?

• Promoting Asian Canadian History and Heritage
  This portal gathers together information on Asian Canadian events, persons and sites that have been recognized as nationally significant and have been designated by the Minister on the advice of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada. Parks Canada, which is the Government of Canada agency responsible for the national commemoration program, has made it a priority to increase the number of designations associated with the history of Canada's ethnocultural communities, including Asian Canadians.

• Canada’s Ethnocultural Communities: Recognizing Diversity in our Nation’s Past
  Welcome to Parks Canada’s web feature devoted to ethnocultural communities and their historic contributions to the cultural, political, social, religious and economic fabric of Canada. Here you will discover the richness and diversity of Canadian history reflected in the places and experiences of those women, men, organizations and institutions that comprise Canada’s ethnocultural communities. These communities have helped shape our past and continue to shape our national identity now and in the future. This webpage also features additional links and a listing of those persons, events and sites relating to ethnocultural communities history that have been recognized as nationally significant by the federal government.

• Toronto National Historic Sites Urban Walks
  A beloved bohemian neighbourhood. A vaudeville theatre saved from neglect. The birthplace of the city. One of the greatest art deco heritage restorations in North America, in the heart of Yonge Street. Toronto’s hottest new address to live and play. These heritage sites about Toronto and important to all Canadians are just a few of the stories that are part of National Historic Sites Urban Walks: Toronto. Through a series of urban self-guided walking tours, explore, discover and become engaged with Canada’s national heritage tucked within the urban fabric of some of Toronto’s trendiest and most dynamic neighbourhoods!

• Archaeology at Parks Canada
  Parks Canada is a federal agency and the custodian of national parks, many national historic sites and the national marine conservation areas of Canada. It is committed through its mandate and charter to enabling Canadians to have memorable experiences but in a way that ensures the protection of the natural and cultural heritage (which includes archaeological heritage) of these special places. Our work is based on integrating protection, education and unforgettable experiences.

29 June

• Landscape Contact Day
  The fourth Landscape Contact Day took place on the 13th of February 2009. It was a co-organisation of the Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation, the Flemish Heritage Institute, the Free University of Brussels, Ghent University and the town of Oudenaarde. The contact day aimed to focus on the current research of historical landscapes, referring to townscapes as the case study and Brussels as the subject for the day. The venue was the Spiegelzaal of the community centre De Markten, situated at the Oude Graanmarkt in the historical centre of Brussels. In the morning a number of recent landscape studies were discussed and afterwards the various aspects of a city landscape were dealt with more profoundly during two lectures. After lunch the focus was on the city of Brussels and the archaeological and historical relics of its eventful history.

• Conflict Heritage and Education
  In 2008, at the execution yard of Oostakker-Rieme in the province of East Flanders, an educational try-out for primary school pupils was organised by students of the Arteveldehogeschool. In May 2009 the same package was tested once again. Another group of students developed a programme for the battlefield of Oudenaarde, dating from 1708. The educational approach consists of an introductory lesson in the classroom, followed by an excursion to the site and is concluded by follow-up activities in the classroom. The Ename Center provides the heritage content and acts as scientific supervisor.

• Presentation of DVD on Battlefield Archaeology Oudenaarde 1708
  The DVD Project Casus Belli was officially presented to the public on Monday 18th of May 2009. It shows the archaeological research on the historical battlefield dating from 1708 as well as the first results thereof. For the making of this product the Ename Center for Public Archaeology and Heritage Presentation received the support of the Flemish Government and of the VCM Contact Forum of Heritage Associations. For the first time in Flanders attention is drawn to the heritage value of pre-modern battlefields.

• Successful Fifth Edition of the Annual Ename International Colloquium
  The fifth edition of the Annual Ename International Colloquium took place from the 18th to the 20th of March 2009. The theme was “Climates of Heritage Conservation”. For the first time the colloquium was held at two locations: Ghent and Ostend. Specialists from all over the world met to discuss the consequences of climate change for heritage care with a focus on Public Engagement and Social Innovation. The rising sea level and the expected increase in floods received special attention, and the vulnerability of the Low Countries due to the consequences of climate change formed the starting point.

• Welcome to New South Wales Heritage Tourism Online (Australia)
  On this site heritage is the filter through which people can plan their travel experience in NSW – great way to promote the Register and significance of heritage places. From walking tours in the city to road trips through our vast outback, visiting historic and cultural sites provides a unique experience for all travellers. There are over 500 items of special significance identified throughout New South Wales and listed on the State Heritage Register (SHR) that you can visit, stay overnight or use as a base to explore the history of NSW.

• The discovery of the HAINARD Foundation (Switzerland)
  The HAINARD Foundation was created in 1998 when Robert HAINARD was still alive and with its consent. The Foundation attempts to promote and safeguard the cultural and natural heritage of Geneva, Switzerland or abroad, related to the work and ideas of the artists of the Hainard family. In this article, both members of the council of the Foundation, Pierre HAINARD and Marie PFLUG-HAINARD, present “the unit” of the Hainard house and tell us about their childhood memories. They explain the different sources of inspiration of the artists. They also remind us that the objective of the Foundation is to conserve, promote and make accessible to the public the work and ideas of the different artists of the Hainard family. Thus, the Foundation reinstalled the property of Robert Hainard as a place of exhibition, meeting and study and organized exhibitions, seminars, and also participates in the publication of works.

• Postgraduate Programme in Cultural Tourism - Universitat de Barcelona
  A pioneer course in Europe, it addresses professionals as much from the touristic sector as from the cultural and heritage sphere. It was born with the aim of training, helping participants to think and acquire tools in order to start cultural tourism projects. These projects have a global profile, so that without dropping approaches of the cultural action, they may come together with the interests of touristic agents, stressing the cultural enrichment of the touristic experience. The programme of this course is structured into three parts: Conceptual Frameworks, Cultural Tourism Strategies and Project Management. In the presential phases of the course, case analysis and visits are planned in order to learn outstanding experiences in the related context. The programme is completed with training or research work, depending on the professional experience and the profile of each student.

26 June

• DEWHA Media release: $112,000 for Everglades House and Garden upgrade (Australia)
  With a contribution of $112,000 in funding, important work can now begin on Everglades House and Garden. Funding was announced today by the Federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, and the Federal Member for Macquarie, Bob Debus, as part of the Australian Government’s $650 million Jobs Fund. “Everglades includes one of Australia’s foremost heritage gardens and this new funding will ensure that visitors will have improved access to its spectacular surroundings,” Mr Garrett said. Mr Garrett said activities funded through the project will include:

  • Upgrade to the walking paths throughout the Paul Sorenson designed gardens.
  • Repairs and upgrades to the interior of the house.

   

• Polar Heritage Committee Seeks New Members
  International Polar Heritage Committee is an ICOMOS International Scientific Committee focussing on conservation and management of heritage places in the Arctic and Antarctic. It holds regular meetings of members, both in conjunction with the ICOMOS General Assembly and in between, at places such as Cambridge (2001), Reunion Island (2004), Munich (2006), Barrow, Alaska (2007), and in April 2010 in Punta Arenas (Chile) and possibly flying to King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The IPHC has had two ICOMOS publications of member’s papers on polar heritage issues (Historical Polar bases: preservation and management. Monuments and Sites XIV, 2008; and Cultural heritage in the Arctic and Antarctic Regions, Monuments and Site VIII, 2004). In the first instance, applications outlining your area of expertise and interest in polar-related work, should be forwarded to Michael Pearson (mike.p@ozemail.com.au).

• Australia ICOMOS New Membership Applications
  There are lots of benefits of joining ICOMOS – not only the fantastic people you will meet but Membership of Australia ICOMOS brings discounts at ICOMOS functions, at many conferences in Australia and internationally and on ICOMOS publications. The E-mail News provides a weekly bulletin board of information and events in Australia and overseas, including state based events, conferences and site visits, as well as information on heritage publications, funding and grant opportunities, course details and job offers. Members also receive a number of issues annually of the Australia ICOMOS refereed journal Historic Environment. Applications for members to join the Australia ICOMOS Executive Committee (EC) are encouraged from all states and territories. For Young Professional and full Members, the International ICOMOS card gives free or reduced rate entry to many historic and cultural sites.

• Amendments to the New South Wales (NSW) Heritage Act (Australia)
  Members of Australia ICOMS who live and/ or work in NSW will be concerned to know that the Amendment Bill passed both houses on 3 June. AICOMOS has been advised that there was at least an amendment in the Upper House which I understand requires the Minister to make public reasons for not implementing the Heritage Council's recommendations for heritage criteria. The passage of this legislation is a regrettable backward step for heritage in NSW- a state which in the past has had a reputation as a leader in protecting cultural heritage. Of course, positive outcomes for cultural heritage are always achieved through the actions and commitment of people rather than by legislation alone. In many areas besides heritage conservation there are examples throughout Australia’s history where great outcomes are achieved despite poor, inadequate legislation – it is now up to the concerned public and practitioners and the public service administrators of the heritage system to work together to maintain conservation standards, to ensure that the cultural heritage of NSW is protected for future generations.

25 June

• (in French) Association des sites clunisiens
  Dans la foulée de la commémoration du millénaire de la mort de saint Mayeul - qui réunit les trois villes de Valensole, Cluny et Souvigny - est créée le 18 juin 1994 la Fédération des Sites Clunisiens, à Souvigny (Allier-France). Vingt sites français et deux suisses s'associent ainsi dans une aventure culturelle inédite depuis la disparition de l'ordre de Cluny, à la Révolution française. Le cadre juridique choisi est celui de l'association française de loi 1901. D'emblée, les membres fondateurs souhaitent une structure qui réunisse toutes les personnalités, quel que soit leur horizon, motivées par l'histoire et le patrimoine clunisiens. La particularité de la Fédération est ainsi de rassembler, aux côtés des représentants des sites - qu'ils relèvent d'une collectivité publique ou non -, des représentants d'associations culturelles et/ou touristiques ainsi que toute personne physique intéressée par son objet.

24 June

• Carl Rust Parker - Landscape Architect, Author and Editor (1882-1966) - USA
  By Theresa Mattor
  Carl Rust Parker was born in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1882. An only child, he attended local public schools and graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1901. The academy's Scientific Department provided Parker's only training in landscape architecture, as he did not seek a college education. Instead, he began working for the Olmsted Brothers in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1901, the same year that Henry Vincent Hubbard was hired. Parker remained until 1910, serving as a draftsman, planting designer, and supervisor of construction and planting. Other contemporaries at the Olmsted firm included James Frederick Dawson and Percival Gallagher.

• A Rare Christopher Tunnard Garden Reappears - Newport (USA)
  By Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR
  The opening of this two-day excursion began with an overview lecture by John Tschirch, who introduced us to the estates and gardens of Newport, and the work of the Preservation Society by a dedicated and concerned group of Newporters originally under the leadership of its founders, Katherine and George Warren. Much to my surprise, although I had visited many of Newport’s Gilded Age estates along its celebrated Cliff Walk over the past decades, and was familiar with the important and comprehensive Meservey Survey that the Society undertook in 1947, I was unaware of Katherine Warren’s interest in Modernism – in fact one may suggest that Mrs. Warren’s Profession – straddling both historic preservation and design was new territory. Yet, on Friday morning in John’s slide show I would soon connect the dots – Warren’s own early Federal style house at 118 Mill Street would soon provide a monumental eureka moment: this intimate walled garden was the very one that appears on page 80-81 of Peter Shepheard’s Modern Gardens: Masterworks of International Garden Architecture (Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1954) under the title, “Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Christopher Tunnard, 1949.”

• (in Italian) Chi restaura i restauratori?
  Ogni grande opera d’arte ha due facce, una per il proprio tempo e una per il futuro, per l’eternità, affermava il pianista e direttore d’orchestra Daniel Barenboim.
  E affinché la faccia dell’eternità resti sempre inalterata e luminosa come quella del passato il restauratore impiega tutta la sua professionalità e dedizione, acquisite dopo anni intensi di formazione e di pratica in laboratorio. O, almeno, questo era ciò che accadeva prima del 2006, anno in cui molte scuole di formazione istituite dal Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali sono state costrette a sospendere le proprie ammissioni. Essendo infatti di durata quadriennale, esse non rispettavano l’aggiornamento del 2006 del Codice dei Beni culturali e del paesaggio (d.l. 156) secondo il quale si poteva definire restauratore solo colui che avesse frequentato un corso di laurea quinquennale con una prova finale avente valore di Esame di Stato.

• (in Italian) Volontari per i beni culturali: il caso “Aperti per voi” di Massimiliano Vavassori
  “La soddisfazione è quella di far contenta della gente”. Questa frase è stata pronunciata in un’intervista da un volontario Touring per il Patrimonio Culturale e racchiude il valore sociale di tutte le attività di volontariato, ossia il duplice effetto positivo su chi lo pratica (“la soddisfazione”) e su chi ne è destinatario (“far contenta della gente”). L’iniziativa Touring “Aperti per voi” nasce perseguendo i medesimi obiettivi: garantire una funzione sociale – la fruizione di luoghi di cultura chiusi al pubblico per carenza di risorse – e ottenere la gratificazione dei Volontari attraverso il loro operato. Integrando i dati Istat e Sistan sono poco meno di 300 i musei oggi chiusi in Italia per motivi diversi. Con “Aperti per voi” il Touring individua i luoghi da aprire di concerto con le proprietà, normalmente enti pubblici o religiosi, che non hanno la possibilità di garantire la fruibilità – parziale o totale – dei siti al pubblico.

• The Gates of time, activities for groups of children aged 6 to 12
  From August 18 to 28, 2009. National city of the history of immigration, Paris (France)
  The” Gates of time”, initiated by the Ministry of Culture since summer 2005, has the objective to host in heritage sites a public of children and teenagers who do not go out during their summer vacations, proposing them adapted activities. The City participates in this operation by developing a complete one-day offer in the form of thematic courses and Workshops of artistic and cultural practice for groups of children aged 6 to12. These different activities allow children to become familiar with the collections of the City and highlight issues of cultural diversity and citizenship.

• Institutional and legislative strengthening: a selective bibliography of relevant documents
  This "Directory" is a selective bibliography and should be considered as a preliminary exercise to the comparative studies foreseen within RMSU activities in the framework of the institutional and legislative strengthening of Mediterranean cultural heritage. Conceived as a "work-in-progress" that requires constant up-dates, it aims at identifying existing documents which might be useful as reference for future works. Contact Jean-Louis Luxen, Senior Legal Expert, RMSU-Euromed Heritage IV: j-l.luxen@euromedheritage.net. Download the Directory.pdf

• European Project SIWA-TANGIER: Protect and promote tangible and intangible heritage
  The project will be implemented in the city of Tangier, in Marocco and the oasis of Siwa, in Egypt. Tangier, with its historical Medina, and Siwa, an oasis in the western desert of Egypt, are linked in this proposal through their important cultural heritage and the absence of strategic planning for the preservation and enhancement of their centennial cultural specificities, which has created a process of progressive marginalisation. The action aims to improve the preservation of tangible and intangible heritage, represented by the old architecture of Medina on the one hand, and the old berber Siwi language on the other; awareness-raising and knowledge-sharing on cultural heritage, involving schools and other public institutions; seeking socio-economic opportunities for marginalised women and youth living in the Medina of Tangier and the oasis of Siwa, through investing in handicraft and artisanal works; empowerment of local authorities and non-governmental organisations; and finally, exchange of best practices throughout the Mediterranean area. Expected results of the proposed action will contribute to enhance the technical and management capacities of target groups and local partners, namely the two local development associations, Association Al Boughaz in Tangier, and Siwa Community Development and Environment Conservation in Siwa, and the local authorities directly involved in project implementation, thorough capacity building and technical training sessions, seminars and exchanges, visibility and dissemination of results.

• European Project REMEE: Rediscovering together the water heritage in the Mediterranean region
  The heritage issued from water management in Mediterranean countries tells of the way people in both rural and urban areas dealt with the lack of water and organised local societies around water management. Nowadays, most of this vernacular heritage is not protected and its sustainability is threatened by recent social and economic evolutions - mechanisation of agriculture, rural exodus, disorganised urban development, etc. Legal protection is insufficient and requires the support of awareness among local populations and decision makers. This project aims to promote the conservation of the vernacular heritage connected with water management in the Euro-Mediterranean regions; heighten public awareness, especially among young people, of the protection and value of such a heritage; promote water management techniques linked to this heritage; and initiate local development projects based on the valorisation of this heritage with the participation of local populations. It will work on the design of a common methodology for the protection and management of water heritage resources in the region. The project associates seven partners active in the field of civil society mobilisation for heritage conservation. It is based on eight complementary activities in which the participation of Mediterranean citizens, especially young people, is crucial.

• European Project MUTUAL HERITAGE: From historical integration to contemporary active participation
  The historical studies and practical observations made in the Mediterranean regions show the existence of a heritage formed between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This heritage is the product of interactions between cultures and the sharing of local and exogenous technical knowledge achieved during the last two centuries. The modernization of the urban fabric of the southern Mediterranean resulted from local dynamics and from Ottoman and European colonial inputs. The safeguarding of this recent heritage assumes and requires the understanding of a multitude of models and of means of action that sometimes conflict with each other and with the modern world. It is, however, essential for the valorization of heritage and its use as a tool for global and local development. The projects’ consortium is made up of Citeres (France), Casamémoire and ENA (Morocco), ASM Tunis (Tunisia), Riwaq (Palestine) and Oikos (Italy) and aims to encourage the integration of these modern remains in the active life of modern cities, via processes (concerned with) their tangible and intangible heritage value. The project aims to organize specific training courses, workshops and activities, as well as days of action to train various professionals and to educate people. The members of this project are responsible for the preparation of technical documents to allow the Casablanca authorities the filing of an application regarding their centre "Deco" to the Unesco; it also aims for the formation of a series of publications relating to modern knowledge and for the promotion of this often overlooked heritage. Five exhibitions will summarize the activities and objectives of the project and will make them intelligible to the general public.

• European Project MONTADA: Forum for the promotion of traditional architecture in the Maghreb
  http://www.rehabimed.net/
  Historic city centres and rural Mediterranean areas bear witness to the history and tradition of their inhabitants. Traditional Mediterranean architecture is important for many reasons and above all represents the living heritage that houses millions of people. However, due to a lack of knowledge and sensibility, politicians and the population alike often consider traditional architecture more of a hindrance from the past than a potential for future development. Montada sets out to address comprehensive preservation of this heritage. To this end, it proposes recognition by politicians, governments and the population of the value of traditional architecture as an element of cultural identity and a potential source of social, economic and environmental development at local level. This can only be achieved by involving all of society in the revitalisation process. Montada plans to work within a new framework of governance with a wide range of activities to develop recognition of the value of traditional architecture. The principal features of Montada are the Forums of Citizen Participation set up in each of the cities involved (Salé, Marrakech, Ghardaïa, Dellys, Sousse and Kairouan) and EIDEM, the international multidisciplinary team of experts that provides the necessary support for the Forums and their work. The various activities will serve to change ways of seeing, create initiatives to promote economic development based on heritage and emphasise the value of traditional architecture so that its inhabitants can enjoy living and working in it.

• European Project MEDMEM: Sharing our Mediterranean audio-visual heritage
  Initiated by the Institut national de l’Audiovisuel (INA) under the auspices of the Heritage Commission of COPEAM (Permanent Conference of the Mediterranean Audiovisual Operators) “Sharing our Mediterranean Audio-visual Heritage” –MedMem- will provide the general public with an online editorialised site in three languages: French, English, and Arabic. MedMem will showcase a heritage which is common to all the countries of the Mediterranean area, and will lend new impetus to the effort to preserve the Mediterranean audio-visual heritage. The site will offer a selection of more than 4000 videos positioned in their historical and cultural context, and enriched by the individual viewpoints of authors, teachers and researchers from different countries, specialized in the Mediterranean. Documents will be accessed through an interactive map, a timeline fresco, or as ‘sortable’ lists with several search criteria. This three-year project brings together eighteen partners, including ten Mediterranean television channels, three professional organisations, and high-level partners specialised in the fields of culture and science. The site will be available to the general public free of charge starting from 2011 onwards.

• European Project MARE NOSTRUM: A heritage trail along the Phoenician maritime routes and historic port-cities of the Mediterranean Sea
  http://www.marenostrum.unifi.it/
  MARE NOSTRUM intends to contribute to the promotion and awareness-raising of the heritage value of historic port cities of the Mediterranean Sea, scattered along the Phoenician maritime routes enhancing their common threads as crucial places of meeting/exchange of experiences, know how, goods, culture, languages, colours. The action responds to the needs and constraints of the areas involved and it focuses on the crosscutting characteristics and common problems. The Mediterranean port-cities and their correspondent archaeological sites within the Mediterranean Phoenician routes share a lack of awareness by the local population towards the value of their heritage and the importance of its preservation and a lack of valorisation by the local authorities of the tangible and intangible heritage of their areas of competence. From the one side, low emphasis is given to valorisation and sensitization towards issues related to the tangible and intangible heritage, with consequent low impact to the public interest and pride for their own cultural identity. From the other, the port-cities of the Phoenician area of influence involved in the action have a common past of cultural and maritime important centres and/or trading empire covering most of the Mediterranean basin, but with different historical developments.

• Result of the MANUMED II conference on “Modern issues on traffics of cultural heritage”
  “Looting, plundering, import, export, or all other forms of illicit displacement of cultural goods is unfortunately a well-known practice. The world of manuscripts suffers terribly from such practices, made possible by the absence of cataloguing of collections, especially in Southern Mediterranean basin, and the lack of agreed-upon regulations and norms to fight illicit trafficking” (S. Ipert, Project Co-ordinator, ManuMed II - Of Manuscripts and Men).

• European Project MANUMED II: Of manuscripts and men
  http://www.manumed.org/
  At a time when we can rejoice over the important steps that have been taken to bridge the North-South digital divide in the Mediterranean region, we should still be concerned about safeguarding the basic foundations of civilisations, which are languages and Mediterranean written documents. Is it necessary to recall that it is in the Mediterranean region that the very first alphabet was invented, and where Indo-European and Semitic languages were developed in a vast space of communication and exchange? This rich heritage has survived until today, mainly in the million manuscripts kept in libraries in the Mediterranean region. These manuscripts, written in Arabic, Greek, Latin, Syriac, Hebrew, Aramaic, Coptic, Berber, Armenian, etc. testify to the existence of these languages, some dead, others formerly spoken by a minority or vernacular, but all part of intangible heritage, par excellence. Manuscripts and Mediterranean languages should be seen as a whole and attempts should be made to preserve their diversity. This is the goal set for the MANUMED project “Des Manuscripts et des Hommes”, which addresses professionals, Mediterranean citizens as well as the young generations.

• European Project HAMMAMED: Raising awareness for the hammam as a cultural heritage for the Mediterranean area and beyond
  The whole Mediterranean region shares a mutual object of cultural value – the hammam, the public Turkish bath. The aim of Hammamed is to raise awareness for the hammam as a common cultural heritage in the Mediterranean area and beyond. Among the many valuable cultural heritage sites, the hammam has very specific features which reflect its importance and call for its promotion among the public: it is part of the collective memory in the Arab Islamic world and thereby contributes to the identity of the urban – and also village – culture; it is an architectural legacy and a living cultural heritage and as such it combines tangible and intangible heritage; it is well embedded in urban communities, filling an important role for neighbourhoods and, in many cases, for the Medina as a whole, and yet it runs the risk of disappearing for many reasons. The management of the neighborhood hammams often need support in order to face the challenges of a changing urban and societal environment, especially concerning hygiene and religious practices. This project therefore aims to put forward actions targeting urban dwellers and especially the local youth, as current and futur active users of this heritage, and authorities, as responsible agents for its management and safeguarding.

• European Project ELAICH: Educational linkage approach in cultural heritage
  The objective of the ELAICH project is to increase awareness of the importance of Cultural Heritage and its conservation by particular target groups within the general public, such as youth, with a focus on built heritage. It will explain the essence of cultural heritage and the necessity to preserve it. It will create an educational tool with a multi-modal interface through which a group of high level conservation scientists with expertise in both research and education of conservation of cultural heritage from various disciplines, including architecture, will expose the general public, especially youth, to the modern principles of the preservation of cultural heritage. The tool will be based on a solid innovative didactic-methodological foundation through a mixture of traditional course materials, modern e-learning applications and "intelligent" in-situ practical work. "Intelligent" in-situ practical work means that the in-situ work itself will be focused on intellectual work, such as measurements and documentation, and not focused on manual work, as is currently the practice. Each object of conservation will be thoroughly studied and analyzed. In fact, through the in-situ study courses it will permit the achieving of results in a short time. The main expected impact of the project will be that "the public and above all youth visit the cultural sites and participate in activities promoting tangible and non-tangible heritage and thereby appropriate their own heritage".

• Built Heritage Conservation and Development Study Programme. Ainova (Slovakia)
  One-year study, from October till June, conducted in English; possible financial support for selected students; respected lecturers from many countries; international students group; platform for discussion, exchange of knowledge and experience; field trips, seminars and workshops in various countries; opportunity for individual research work; linking theory with practical experience; harmonisation of heritage conservation and its development. Please, send your application form to the AINova address by June 15, 2009. In the case that you miss the application deadline, please contact us on bhcd@ainova.sk.

23 June

• Preserving Modernist Landscapes
  Fast Company wonders whether landscapes will be the focus of the next wave of preservation, and why many modernist landscape masterpieces are not more widely known. "How many of us have even heard of masters like Dan Kiley who designed the Miller Garden in Columbus, Indiana?" Fast Company argues that modernist landscapes may finally gain recognition, having been long "overshadowed by mid-century architecture." The economic downturn may be helping as well. Fast Company says that just a small portion of historic places are landscapes. “Of the more than 80,000 properties on the National Register of Historic Places, fewer than 1,900 have an element of landscape. The irony is that mid-century architecture tended to emphasize the indoor-outdoor aspect, but preservationists largely ignore the outdoor portion of the sites.”...

• Landscapes at risk - "Nine Mile Canyon". Central Utah (USA)
  Nine Mile Canyon in Central Utah may not be as well known as other public lands in the West, but there is no denying its cultural significance. Site of thousands of prehistoric Native American rock art panels that have earned it the moniker “the world’s longest art gallery,” Nine Mile Canyon boasts the densest collection of such panels in the United States. But the petroglyphs and pictographs attributed to the Archaic, Fremont and Ute people are not the canyon’s only claims to a piece of American history. The canyon also contains many historic sites – including stagecoach stations, settlers’ cabins, ranches, and iron telegraph poles installed by the famed 19th-century Buffalo Soldiers – that stand as reminders of the area’s more recent, pioneer history.

22 June

• Restoration of a gem by Paul Hankar in Brussels (Belgium)
  The famous window and interior designs of the former haberdashery 'Niguet', 13 rue Royale from the Art Nouveau architect Paul Hankar is now protected in the framework of the protection campaign of remarkable elements of Brussels shops heritage led by Brussels government. Listed in February 1984, the mahogany and beveled glass window is the last example of the architect windows. In 1895, Paul Hankar was asked to transform the shop ground floor of the 1825 building. He entrust the interior design to his long time associate Adolphe Crespin, famous poster maker and designer.

18 June

• (in French) Abbaye Marítíme de Beauport (France)
  L'Abbaye de Beauport demeure aujourd'hui l'un des plus importants ensembles d'architecture religieuse conservés en Bretagne, classé Monument Historique en 1862 suite à l'action de Prosper Mérimée. Fondée par le comte Alain de Goëlo en 1202, l'abbaye médiévale a succédé à un premier établissement monastique édifié sur l'île Saint-Riom dans la baie de Paimpol. Son nom BEAUPORT ou Bellus Portus dit bien son exceptionnelle dimension littorale : elle fut ainsi un centre d'accueil des pèlerins allant vers Saint-Jacques-de-Compostelle et un centre de commerce et économie maritimes. Pendant 6 siècles, les chanoines ont construit et magnifié un domaine idéal, d'une architecture à la fois élégante et fonctionnelle, avec des jardins de roses, de figuiers, des vergers de pommiers à cidre, des prés salés et un port abrité. L'abbaye de Beauport a été acquise en 1993 par le Conservatoire de l'espace littoral et des rivages lacustres qui, voulant préserver son environnement littoral (roselière, ancien havre, digues et massif forestier) a également relevé le défi d'un combat pour la réhabilitation et la restauration du monument. En parallèle des travaux de sauvegarde et des fouilles archéologiques,un vaste programme d'animations a été mis en place.

• Visit of the Oppidum de Ensérune site, the dried Pool of Montady, the Tunnel of Malpas. Herault (France)
  A very interesting and complex heritage site, which tells different histories: the Southern Galia for the Oppidum de Ensérune on the side of the Domitia Via, the engineering of 12th century farmers who dried the pool of Montady by a still intact array of collectors, and the fantastic technique of Riquet that dug the channel of the Midi under the neck of Malpas. All this in a very small land that the Community of municipalities La Domitienne, associated member of the RGSF, attempts to reveal and present to the public from the tourist and cultural center House of Malpas.

• Paulilles (France) the future of a memory
  A day of discovery, with all the main agents of the site, of this old dynamite factory established in an outstanding cove between Port-Vendres and Collioure, classified in the 1970s, then bought by the Conservatory of the coast. Paulilles found a new vocation of reception of the public in a natural site nicely rehabilitated and of high quality. The thread of the project, conceived by the team of Philippe Deliau (landscaper) associated to Inca (architects): “the future of a memory”. Administered by the PO general council of , opened to the public in June 2008 and is a formidable success. A reference accomplishment, to be discovered without delay.

17 June

• EU/CULTURE: Forthcoming impact assessment of the European Heritage Label
  The European Commission published on 26 May the official agenda of the European Heritage Label public consultation meeting, which will be held on 10 June in Brussels. The consultation meeting is open to all interested individuals and organisations. Participants will be presented the current impact assessment of the European Heritage Label, as well as the initial results of the online consultation. Four open discussions will follow, addressing the potential impacts of a cultural heritage label, as well as the role of the EU in terms of effective implementation, closer involvement and more structured monitoring.

• (in Spanish) Cursos en paisajismo asiático 2009-2010. Universidad Finis Terrae, Santiago (Chile)
  Estos cursos, organizados por la Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño de la Universidad Finis Terrae (Santiago, Chile) surgen de la necesidad de cubrir un vacío en la enseñanza y conocimiento, en profundidad, de este aspecto del paisajismo universal, desde el estudiante al profesional. Reúnen de forma modular, variadas disciplinas que buscan, en primer lugar, el equilibrio y armonía entre el entorno natural y la persona habitante del mismo, para después, capacitar y poder diseñar espacios de belleza natural/artificial, y sentido integral, ecológico-sustentable y armónico entre lo físico, psíquico-mental y espiritual. Cada curso se ofrece a estudiantes de paisajismo, jardineros, paisajistas, arquitectos del paisaje, arquitectos, diseñadores, artistas, urbanistas, ecólogos, o personas con un mínimo de experiencia en el ámbito, que quieran ampliar, enriquecer y profundizar su visión y práctica con el conocimiento milenario que ofrece Asia de las Artes del Paisajismo. Inicio primer módulo 1 al 29 de Agosto de 2009. Para mayor información consulte www.uft.cl o maria.vargas1@uft.edu.

• Dr. Diane Menzies invitation to attend IFLA 46th World Congress

• Dennis Scott elected President of New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA)
  Dennis Scott of DJ Scott & Associates has been elected New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA) President for the 2009-2011 term. In 1990 Dennis was awarded the NZILA George Malcolm Supreme Award for outstanding contribution to Landscape Architecture in Design for the Limeburners Creek Wetland, Whangarei. More recently Dennis has won the NZILA Pride of Place Awards for his work on the Kaipara District Landscape Planning Process and Mangawhai Structure Plan, both projects entered in the Landscape Planning & Environmental Studies categories. Dennis is presenting a key note speech titled ‘Green Infrastructure – Theory meets Practice’ at the IFLA World Congress in Brazil in October this year. Dennis’ acceptance of the presidential position bodes well for the Institute as it builds on actively raising the profile of landscape architects and establishing further opportunity for dialogue between organisations with shared interests.

16 June

• Conference: Cultural heritage and local authorities
  On 8 and 9 June 2009 at the Cité des Congrès in Nantes – Faculty of law and political science. This conference will bring researchers, professionals and elected representatives together to discuss the fate of the cultural heritage and difficulties encountered over its management in the context of decentralisation. Part of the Scientific days of the University of Nantes.

• [italiano] Nasce la Fondazione per l’Audiovisivo della regione Lazio
  Sostenere imprese e lavoratori del settore dell’audiovisivo del Lazio, coordinando i diversi interventi a sostegno del comparto, che occupa nella regione 130 mila persone, compreso l’indotto. Questo il compito della neonata Fondazione Lazio per l’Audiovisivo, promossa e attivata dalla Regione Lazio due mesi fa. “Siamo nati - ha spiegato Francesco Gesualdi, presidente della Fondazione - innanzitutto per dare solidità e una struttura stabile al ‘RomaFictionFest’, di cui quest’anno, tra il 5 e l’11 luglio, presentiamo la terza edizione, in collaborazione con la Camera di Commercio di Roma e l’Associazione produttori televisivi (Apt). L’obiettivo - sottolinea - è quello di svolgere il ruolo di cabina di regia, di coordinamento degli interventi per il settore, da svilupparsi poi attraverso i diversi Assessorati regionali interessati al comparto dell’audiovisivo, e le agenzie di dipendenza regionale come Filas e Sviluppo Lazio”.

9 June

• Siem Reap Angkor Observatory
  The urban Observatory of Siem Reap/Angkor (the city of Siem Reap is a mandatory access to the prestigious archaeological site of Angkor) has as an essential function the long term development of architectural and urban research, about the transformations of the city, its heritage, evolution, extensions, typologies, plans, the protagonists and the means of action.

• Inauguration of the exhibition on "Architecture & Identity - Traditional Residential Houses in Syria"
  In the framework of the Syrian German Cooperation, the exhibition "Architecture and Identity" is officially inaugurated by HE. Eng. Ali Manssoura Governor of Aleppo and HE. Andreas Reinicke , the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Damascus. The exhibition is organized by GTZ and the City council of Aleppo - Directorate of the Old City, and it aims at highlighting the traditional residential houses in Syria. Ms. Karin Puett visited Damascus, Aleppo, Al jazeerah area, and Wadi Al Nassara, photographed and documented the various architectural elements of the houses, their functions and their impact on the daily life of the residents. The panels are displayed in the glass room at Shibani building from June the 6th until July the 6th 2009.

• Film - Alésia - Victory of a defeat - TV5 (France)
  Alésia. One of the most famous battles in the history of France. Symbol of the Gallic resistance to the Roman invaders. Two thousands years later, the confrontation between the army of Vercingetorix and Caesar’s legions remains in our collective memory. But how does the legend take shape and to what extent does it correspond to the reality? The only written testimony of the event that has arrived to us is signed by winner’s own hand …

8 June

• Urban heritage and international co-operation files - School of Architecture and Landscape of Lille
  The mission of the ENSAPL students (seminar “urban Heritage and international co-operation”, directed by S. Hirschi and C. Nafa) cancelled in April due to the political events in Anjouan, finally took place from May 17 to June 1 2008. This mission, composed by 7 students + 2 professors, took place in the Indian Ocean on the Great Comoro and in Anjouan, with the purpose of carrying out, in association with the Heritage Group of the Comoros, to the National Commission of the Comoros for UNESCO, the Universities of the Comoros and Anjouan, the CNDRS as well as with the associations of young Comorians of the specific places (Moroni, Iconi, Itsandra, Msamoudou, Domoni), several actions in favour of the historical heritage of the archipelago (architecture and urban data collection, conferences and animation of public debates, heritage awareness raising in schools, etc.) Files.pdf (in French)

• Exhibition: Egypt and UNESCO’s Common History
  From 17 to 26 June 2009. UNESCO Headquarters. Paris (France)
  Exploring, through art, a share of Egypt’s cultural heritage, this exhibition provides a historical account of the country’s cooperation with UNESCO. Especially underscored are the projects that resulted from this cooperation: the great Museum of Civilizations, the Nubia Campaign – an international effort aimed at safeguarding the temples and artefacts of Nubia, the great Cairo Museum, the Alexandria Museum and underwater monuments project, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Cultural and Natural Heritage Documentation Centre of (CULTNAT).

• Help Create an Archive of Photographic Materials from the Pre-Digital Age
  Digital photography is replacing traditional photography. And it's happening so fast that traditional photography, and the knowledge about how to create it, is in danger of disappearing altogether. We need your help. Scientists at the Getty Conservation Institute need your old photographic papers, film, negatives, and prints to build an archive of knowledge and materials from the era of classical photography. This archive will become a reference collection for future generations of photo conservators and scholars, and will allow them to research and authenticate the treasures of the classical photography era. Surprisingly, the large photography companies—Kodak, Ilford, Fuji, Polaroid, and Agfa—did not save samples of the hundreds of different films and papers they developed over the last century.

• Online Exhibit Explores Pre-WWII AAR Architectural Work
  As a group this collection is the largest and most cohesive body of architectural output of its kind produced by American architects. It is comparable in quality and diversity with the best works of the French Prix de Rome winners of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts—a venerable institution the Academy always tried to emulate.

• American Academy in Rome - Photographic Archive - Ancient Rome as reconstructed in the photography of Giuseppe Gatteschi
  The Image of Rome that emerges from an examination of the work of Giuseppe Gatteschi takes shape gradually, coming together little by little from different planes of vision. Ancient Rome is “restored” in the archaeologist’s meticulous drawings accompanied by photographs of places that have been destroyed or rendered unrecognizable, unrealized projects juxtaposed with urban designs solidified over time, oft-obscure documents next to well-known monuments. Gradually we arrive at an understanding of how Gatteschi’s original comparison between “restoration drawings” and “photographs of the current state of the monuments”, as developed from the end of the 19th century to the end 1930s, has relevance in our own times, in an era of even stronger contradictions and antagonisms between conservation and modernity. The materials in the Gatteschi collection at the American Academy in Rome bear witness to fervent research and extensive reflection on the reconstruction of monuments and ancient topography. The complex articulation of the architectural and topographical plans contrast with the stereotypical linearity of the architectural reconstructions, drawn by various hands but all conceived by Gatteschi on the basis of Rodolfo Lanciani’s topographical interpretations. They reveal the intrinsic difficulty of his enterprise, which was greatly appreciated by his contemporaries but fatally challenged by subsequent archaeological research.

• Saving the Stones Program - The Old City of Acre (Israel)
  Saving the Stones is a practical training course in historical and archaeological conservation. It is initiated by the International Conservation Center in Old Acre (ICC), and is a joint project of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), the Old Acre Development Company and the Acre Municipality. Saving the Stones is an academic program developed and supervised by the Neri Bloomfield School of Design and Education, Department of Architecture. Powered by: Masa Israel Journey - A Joint Project of the Goverment of Israel and the Jewish Agency. Thousands of excavated archaeological sites in Israel offer an extraordinary opportunity to become familiar with the rich heritage of the Land of Israel, understand its culture and society, and learn about previous generations and their way of life. Conservation of the cultural and archaeological heritage of Israel is a national interest and a public mission. The Saving the Stones curriculum is a training program in historical and archaeological conservation, taught by both classes in theory and practical workshops.

• ICOMOS Venezuela: Elections, New contact address
  On Thursday 21 May 2009, ICOMOS Venezuela elected a new board. The composition of the new board is as follows:
  • President: Francisco Pérez Gallego
  • 1st Vice President: Pablo Ballini
  • 2nd Vice President: Soraya Nweihed
  • 1st Vocal: Maria Eugenia Bacci
  • 2nd Vocal: Josennya Noroño

  New contact data ICOMOS Venezuela
  E-mail President: franpergal@gmail.com
  E-mail Office: icomosvenezuela@yahoo.com
  A new postal address is still pending and will be provided shortly

• ICOMOS Israel: Elections
  ICOMOS Israel has elected a new board. The results are as follows:
  • Adv. Gideon Koren (President, re-elected)
  • Mrs. Irit Amit-Choen
  • Mrs. Tamar Tuchler
  • Mrs. Tal Eyal
  • Pro. Smuel Groag

  Contact ICOMOS Israel: Gideon KOREN, gidi@gkl.co.il

• ICOMOS Argentina: Elections, Conference on Historic Urban Landscapes
  The Annual Ordinary Assembly of the national committee was held in the city of San Juan on 24 April. The new Directive Board, elected for the period 2009-2012, is headed by Alfredo Conti (President), Leonardo Lupiano (Vice-President), Elina Tassara (Secretary General) and Guillermo García (Treasurer). The conference on Historic Urban Landscapes that preceded the Assembly gathered some 150 attendants and included six lectures and the presentation of 70 papers. The conclusions of the conference will be ready soon, as well as the edition of the CD containing all the presentations. Contact ICOMOS Argentina, Alfredo CONTI: alconti@speedy.com.ar

• International speakers at The Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Canberra
  The Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage, University of Canberra, presents a special program of distinguished international speakers on Monday 13 July 2009.
  • Symposium 1—The Heritage of 20th Century Planned Cities- Canberra in the Global Context. 1.00-2.30pm, Old Parliament House, Members Dining Room. Cost $5.00
    International Guest Speakers—Gustavo Aroaz, President International ICOMOS and Maristella Casciato, Chair of DOCOMOMO International.
  • Symposium 2—The Battle Against Oblivion: The Extraordinary Effort To Commemorate The First World War Dead - Australia and Canada- A Shared Heritage. 5.00pm (for a 5.30 start) Australian War Memorial, BAES Systems Theatre, followed by drinks and canapés 6.30-7.30pm. Cost $5.00.
    International Guest Speakers—Jacqueline Hucker, Canadian architectural historian and member of Vimy Monument Restoration Project, and Dinu Bumbaru, President, ICOMOS Canada and Professeur associé, École d’architecture de l’Université de Montréal.

  Please join us for one or both of the symposia. Reservation Required – please indicate if you are booking for Symposia 1 or 2, or both: Email: heather.mueller@canberra.edu.au

• Heritage Notebooks of the Comoros - National higher School of Architecture and Landscape of Lille (ENSAPL)
  Since its creation in 2006, the aim of the Heritage Group of the Comoros was to increase awareness of the population and the international opinion towards the defence of the Comoros heritage. The project of publication of the thematic notebooks, dedicated to the built heritage of the archipelago, constitutes an important element of this awareness-raising campaign. Written in two language versions French-Arabic and English-Arabic, the notebooks also propose a separate brochure, for young people, in French and Comorian. The Notebooks will gather several thematic series, aimed at evolving and open to all heritage sites of the Comoros and those of Mayotte and the Indian Ocean. The Heritage Group of the Comoros is at the moment looking for sponsors and partners in order to launch the first five pamphlets dedicated to the medinas as well as the Notebook of Junior Heritage, entitled “The Heritage of the Comoros told by the children of Ngazidja and Ndzuani”.

5 June

• [italiano] Milano. L’architettura moderna come descrizione della città. 7 percorsi guidati il 6 giugno
  Al via 7 nuovi itinerari di architettura contemporanea a cura della Fondazione dell’Ordine degli Architetti di Milano. Sabato 6 Giugno 2009, in occasione della Festa dell’Architettura della Triennale di Milano appuntamento all’Ordine degli Architetti PPC della Provincia di Milano per una grande kermesse itinerante. Già a partire dalle 9.30 di mattina, in via Solferino 19 si formeranno i primi gruppi desiderosi di scoprire nuovi ambiti del moderno cittadino, con replica alle 14,30.

2 June

• Study Tour - The culture and heritage of China, its management and the pressures of tourism
  From 8 to 21 October 2009. The tour will develop basic knowledge of Chinese culture in the classical Middle Kingdom region bounded by Beijing, Xian and Shanghai. The first focus is on the monuments of Chinese heritage (practically all World Heritage-listed) as exemplars of the great dynastic movements that shaped the major culture of Asia, influencing the rest of the world in general and SE Asia in particular. Second, meetings with local heritage managers will introduce Chinese approaches to managing the vast resource of built and object heritage, including the influence of the Burra Charter on the China Principles. The tremendous pressure of domestic and international tourism will be the third focus of the tour – taking the participant-observer approach to knowledge building. Bookings: $100 deposit (paid to the university) required by 5 June 2009. For full details, contact Linda Young: linda.young@deakin.edu.au, (03) 9251 7130

• Exhibition: Mexican contemporary pictures from the Kyron Archives
  From 19 June to 7 August 2009. Cultural institute of Mexico (Paris, France)
  The Cultural Institute of Mexico in Paris is pleased to invite you to the inauguration of the exhibition “Mexican contemporary Pictures from the Kyron Archives” Thursday 18 June from 6.00 p.m. This exhibition presents 82 Mexican contemporary pictures from the Kyron archives, lithographic workshop of Mexico, created in 1972 and directed by Andrew Vlady until 2004, when the workshop was permanently closed. The exhibition includes original works by living legend like Francisco Toledo, Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Nieto, Leonora Carrington and Jose Luis Cuevas, as well as by young artists like Lucia Maya, who rediscovered Frida Kahlo, better known for the young generation as the wife of Diego Rivera than as artist.

• Invitation to the launch of Réalisons Montreal Ville UNESCO de Design
  A work that facilitates and revalorizes the contribution of designers in the future of Montreal! The office Design Montreal of the city of Montreal and the UNESCO Chair in landscape and environment of the University of Montreal invite you and your partners, to the launch of a collective project.

Publication online: Urban History News May 2009 - University of Leicester (United Kingdom)
A monthly digest of news and information for the urban history community.

Digital library on Mauritania
Information and communication technologies can contribute to the protection of intangible heritage. A good example of this statement is Mauritania, where a group of institutions has just created a digital library. The digital Library on Mauritania belongs to a digitalization project of the heritage collection established by the University Agency of La Francophonie (AUF). In Mauritania, specifically, the digitized collection includes the titles published by the Fundamental Institute of the Black Africa (IFAN) of the University Cheick Anta Diop of Dakar.

A new heritage leaflet for the City of Helsinki (Finland)
The City of Helsinki published a new leaflet displaying the architectural heritage of the city so that the visitors could visit not only central sites, but also go a bit further in other sites. This leaflet is available in Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, German, French, Spanish and Italian. English PDF version: part 1 - part 2

Online Spanish Bibliography on Cultural Heritage at Foundation Caja Madrid (Spain)
The Caja Madrid Foundation, since its creation in 1991, directed a part of its activity and resources to the Spanish Historical Heritage Conservation. Since then and until 2008 they have devoted to this program more than €156 million, which turns the Caja Madrid FOUNDATION into the private institution without profit that devotes most attention to Historical Heritage in Spain.

Connecting Publication, the EUROMED Newsletter
For this first edition, we have selected a theme which we believe represents a good start for our programme and further illustrates current issues related to cultural heritage and the development of its multiple and diverse assets throughout the Mediterranean region:
to what extent does EH 4 bridge the dichotomy between tangible and intangible heritage,
and how is this dichotomy addressed in the selected projects? Our discussion will allow us to present the twelve projects within EH4 in a non-linear and non-didactic way and engage us, from the very start, in bridging the perceived but erroneous dichotomy between tangible and intangible heritage.

Documentar para Conservar, La arquitectura del Movimiento Moderno en México
La publicación de la Facultad de Arquitectura de la UNAM nos brinda alrededor de 50 ensayos con fotografías sobre varios inmuebles y arquitectos fundamentales de la ciudad de México y de varios estados de la República. Entre los autores, todos miembros de Docomomo, se encuentran Sara Topelson, Lousie Noelle Gras, Iván San Martín, Alberto González Pozo, Lourdes Cruz y Rodolfo Santa María, quienes seguramente van a estar el próximo miércoles 24, a las 18 horas, en El Eco, el original espacio que creó Matías Goeritz y que la UNAM restauró recientemente, situado en la calle de Sullivan 34, en donde Felipe Leal, Xavier Cortés Rocha y Olga Orive van a presentar el libro.

L'Orient Grec. L'art héllénistique et romain d'Alexandre à Dioclétien
Henri Stierlin, Editions Imprimerie Nationale (France)
Langue : Français
ISBN-10: 2742774920
ISBN-13: 978-2742774920
C’est un monde nouveau qui naît des conquêtes réalisées par Alexandre à la fin du IVe siècle avant J.-C. L’effondrement de l’Empire achéménide, longtemps demeuré la puissance dominante en Orient, est en effet suivi de la naissance d’un espace dans lequel se fondent l’héritage grec apporté par les guerriers macédoniens et celui des anciennes civilisations qui avaient fleuri sur les rives du Nil, en Mésopotamie ou sur les hauts plateaux iraniens.