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Building capacity in managing World Heritage properties, interconnection of development and heritage preservation in Uzbekistan and Central Asia 18-20 May 2021
In the framework of the UNESCO/Netherlands Funds-in-Trust project “
Building capacity in managing World Heritage properties, interconnection of development and heritage preservation in Uzbekistan and Central Asia” the World Heritage Centre (UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France) is organizing, in close cooperation with the UNESCO Tashkent Office, a three-day
online sub-regional workshop on 18-20 May 2021 on Zoom platform.
The main aim of this sub-regional workshop is to provide necessary technical assistance to Uzbekistan in its efforts in strengthening nation-wide understanding on the
Washing of the Valongo Wharf, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
The Valongo Wharf Archaeological Site comprises the globally most significant remains of a landing point of enslaved Africans in the Americas. The Washing of the Wharf is a symbolic ritual of cleaning and purification to pay tribute to the spirits of the African ancestors who reached this entry port in captivity. The ritual started shortly after the discovery of the remains in 2011, when the archaeologists invited priestesses of traditional African spiritual communities to visit the site.
About Rio de Janeiro
The city of Rio de Janeiro, shaped by interaction with mountains and sea, lies in the narrow strip of alluvial plain between Guanabara Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. Its exceptionally dramatic landscape is punctuated by a series of forested mountains that tower over the city, and cascading down to the coast where the steep cone shapes of Pão de Açúcar, Urca, Cara de Cão and Corcovado frame the wide sweeps of Guanabara Bay
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Daily monitoring system of heritage sites in the Baekje Historic Areas (Republic of Korea)
In the Baekje Historic Areas, the daily monitoring of the conservation status of the heritage sites is carried out by local residents, who were trained as daily heritage inspectors by the managing authority. This monitoring system is a flexible, innovative way to promote maintenance and conservation while encouraging local involvement in heritage sites
About the Baekje Historic Areas
The serial property Baekje Historic Areas was inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2015 under criteria (ii) and (iii).
Located in the mountainous mid-western region of the Republic of Korea, this property comprises eight archaeological sites dating from 475 to 660 CE. Together, these sites represent the later period of the Baekje Kingdom – one of the three earliest kingdoms on the Korean peninsula - during which time they were at the crossroads of considerable technological, religious, cultural and
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In the context of the 10th anniversary of the 2011 UNESCO Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape (HUL Recommendation) and as part of the activities organised for the Metropolitan Plan for Prague, the City of Prague that includes the World Heritage property of the Historic Centre of Prague, hosted on March 24 the conference
Integrating Urban Heritage in Urban Planning Processes, in cooperation with the World Heritage Centre.
During the online session was discussed a significant variety of case studies and practices focusing on the integration of heritage and historical values into processes of urban development. The pressures of urbanization and inadequately planned urban development, the urgency of responding to sustainable development and Climate Change, as well as the ongoing sanitary crisis are challenging historic cities and to address complex issues related to housing, mobility,