NEWS ON HERITAGE PRESERVATION

 

2009 New World Heritage Sites

Stoclet House (Belgium)

The Ruins of Loropéni (Burkina Faso)
Cidade Velha, Historic Centre of Ribeira Grande (Cape Verde)
Mount Wutai (China)
The Wadden Sea (Germany)

Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
The Dolomites (Italy)
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (Korea, Republic of)
Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain (Kyrgyzstan)
The Wadden Sea (Netherlands)
Sacred City of Caral-Supe (Peru)
Tower of Hercules (Spain)
La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, watchmaking town planning (Switzerland)
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

 

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Dresden is deleted from UNESCO’s World Heritage List

 

 

 

World Monuments Watch

2008 WATCH LIST
100 Most Endangered Sites, 2008

 

 

New ICOMOS Scientific Committees Websites
ISCARSAH - Analysis and Restauration of Structures of Architectural Heritage
ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Fortifications and Military Heritage

ICOMOS International Committee on Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites

 

Events (2009)

XIV International TICCIH Congress: "Industrial heritage, ecology and economy"

Date & Place: 30th August - 5th September 2009 - Freiberg, Germany
Organizers/Sponsors: The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage (TICCIH)

International conference: Astronomy and World Heritage: Across Time and Continents

Date & Place: Aug 19, 2009 - Aug 24, 2009 – Kazan, Russian Federation
Organizers/Sponsors: UNESCO, WHC, IAU

10th OWHC World Congress: “Revitalization of Historical centers. How to involve all social actors”

Date & Place: 8-11 September, 2009 – Quito, Ecuador
Organizers/Sponsors: OWHC (Organization of World Heritage Cities)

Reducing Risks To Collections

Date & Place:7-25 September 2009 - Beijing, China
Organizers/Sponsors: ICCROM

22nd CIPA Symposium

Date & Place: 11-15 October 2009 – Kyoto, Japan
Organizers/Sponsors: CIPA Heritage Documentation

IFLA 46th World Congress

Date & Place: 18-25 October 2009 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Organizers/Sponsors: IFLA

Preservation in the City Without Limits

Date & Place:2-6 November 2009
Organizers/Sponsors: Association for Preservation Technology International

SOIMA 2009 Safeguarding Sound and Image Collections

Date & Place: 17 November - 11 December 2009
Organizers/Sponsors: ICCROM

Cultural Heritage on line. Empowering users: an active role for user communities

Date & Place: 15-16 December 2009
Organizers/Sponsors: Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale Firenze

Applications currently accepted for new MA in World Heritage Resource Management

 

 

 

2008 New World Heritage Sites

Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia)

Joggins Fossil Cliffs (Canada)
Fujian Tulou (China)
Mount Sanqingshan National Park (China)
Stari Grad Plain (Croatia)
Historic Centre of Camagüey (Cuba)
Fortifications of Vauban (France)
Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (France)
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates (Germany)
Surtsey (Iceland)

Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran (Iran, Islamic Republic of)
Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee (Israel)
Mantua and Sabbioneta (Italy)
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (Italy)
Saryarka – Steppe and Lakes of Northern Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan)
Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests (Kenya)
Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca (Malaysia)
Le Morne Cultural Landscape (Mauritius)
Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)
Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco (Mexico)
Kuk Early Agricultural Site (Papua New Guinea)
San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano (San Marino)
Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) (Saudi Arabia)
Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area (Slovakia)
Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes (Switzerland)
Chief Roi Mata’s Domain (Vanuatu)
Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)

 

2007 New World Heritage Sites

Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (France)

Central University City Campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (Mexico)

Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius (Serbia)
Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape (Azerbaijan)
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (Japan)
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages (China)
Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Switzerland)
Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge in Višegrad (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Old Town of Corfu (Greece)
Parthian Fortresses of Nisa (Turkmenistan)
Red Fort Complex (India)
Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape (South Africa)
Rideau Canal (Canada)
Samarra Archaeological City (Iraq)
Sydney Opera House (Australia)
Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes (Namibia)
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (Republic of Corea)
Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (Slovakia , Ukraine)
Rainforests of the Atsinanana (Madagascar)
South China Karst (China)
Teide National Park (Spain)
Ecosystem and Relict Cultural Landscape of Lopé-Okanda (Gabon)

 

2006 New World Heritage Sites

Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman (Oman)

Aapravasi Ghat (Mauritius)

Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila (Mexico)
Bisotun (Iran (Islamic Republic of))
Centennial Hall in Wroclaw (Poland)
Chongoni Rock-Art Area (Malawi)
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal'at Salah El-Din (Syrian Arab Republic)
Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli (Italy)
Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town (Ethiopia)
Kondoa Rock-Art Sites (United Republic of Tanzania)
Malpelo Fauna and Flora Sanctuary (Colombia)
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof (Germany)
Sewell Mining Town (Chile)
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (China)
Stone Circles of Senegambia (Gambia)
Vizcaya Bridge (Spain)
Yin Xu (China)