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State of Conservation (SOC)

Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (2004)

UNESCO Extra-Budgetary Funds
International Assistance granted to the property

Requests Approved: 0 (from1979-1982)
Total Amount Ap proved: 70,000USD

1982   Equipment for the Institute for the Protection of Cultural ...   50,000  USD
1979   Emergency assistance for the natural and culturo-historical ...   20,000  USD
Missions**
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports

Earthquake; no new information 1979-2003

Corrective Measures
Current conservation issues

The World Heritage Committee, at its 27th session, decided to remove the property from the List of World Heritage in Danger and endorsed the proposal for a Round Table in order to involve all stakeholders in the preparation of a management plan for the property.

 

The organisation of the Round Table was made possible with the financial support of the German World Heritage Foundation. The meeting gathered some forty national specialists and was organised by the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments in Kotor and its staff. The participants in the Round Table concluded that, given the natural and cultural components of the World Heritage site of Kotor, a concept of integrated conservation and protection is recommended. Full attention should be paid to the entire geographic extension of the site, its cultural landscape, as well as consideration of its intangible values. Particular attention should be paid to the threats to its environmental and aesthetic values by uncontrolled urbanisation and infrastructure development. In the field of restoration, revitalisation and re-use of cultural monuments, international standards should be observed concerning authenticity and integrated conservation and protection.

 

On 16 February 2004 the World Heritage Centre received a detailed progress report as requested by the Committee.

 

ICOMOS expressed its appreciation for the fact that the Institute for the Protection of Monuments in Kotor has been requested to coordinate the working group for the development of the management plan, and remarks that the competent authorities provide the Institute with the necessary human resources for carrying out this task.  It also recalled that the State Party provides a legal framework for the management plan. Furthermore, ICOMOS stated that the programme and timeframe for the development of the management plan are appropriate, as is the proposal to organise round tables for each of the development phases. The plan should take into account appropriate measures of territorial and urban planning such as conservation plans for urban areas, guidelines for architectural and landscape restoration, thematic guidelines for developing cultural tourism and revalorise the area (such as data collection on the intangible heritage values of the property, civil and religious traditions). 

Conclusion
Decision

  • Adopted

  • Draft Decision

28COM15B.78
Link to the decision

The World Heritage Committee, 1. Commends the State Party and the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Kotor for the excellent organisation of the Round Table on the development of a management plan; 2. Takes note with appreciation of the progress report submitted by the State Party; 3. Encourages the State Party to follow the phases indicated in the progress report for the development of an integrated management plan that takes into account the built heritage, the cultural landscape and the intangible heritage values of the property; 4. Requests the State Party to provide the World Heritage Centre with a detailed report on the development of an integrated management plan and time table for its preparation, adoption and implementation by 1 February 2005 in order that the World Heritage Committee can examine the state of conservation of the property at its 29th session in 2005.

Draft Decision: 28 COM 15B.78

The World Heritage Committee,

1.     Commends the State Party and the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Kotor for the excellent organisation of the Round Table on the development of a management plan;

2.     Takes note with appreciation of the progress report submitted by the State Party;

3.     Encourages the State Party to follow the phases indicated in the progress report for the development of an integrated management plan that takes into account the built heritage, the cultural landscape and the intangible heritage values of the property;

4.     Requests the State Party to provide the World Heritage Centre with a detailed report on the development of an integrated management plan and time table for its preparation, adoption and implementation by 1 February 2005 in order that the World Heritage Committee can examine the state of conservation of the property at its 29th session in 2005.

Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
State Party:
Montenegro
Date of Inscription: 1979
Nomination records (Year): 1979, 2012
Category: Cultural
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
Exports
Word File
SOC Reports (year)
2012
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
1979
Threats*
  • Housing
  • Management systems/ management plan
  • Other Threats:
Documents
WHC-04/28.COM/15B
Other Documents:
View inscribed site documents, nomination file, reports, decisions, ...
SOC ID: 1472
Inscription on the Danger List
Year: 1979 -2003
Threats to the Site:

Partial destruction due to an earthquake in 1979 (the property was inscirbed on both Lists at the same time). 


* : The threats indicated are listed in alphabetical order; their order does not constitute a classification according to the importance of their impact on the property.
Furthermore, they are presented irrespective of the type of threat faced by the property, i.e. with specific and proven imminent danger (“ascertained danger”) or with threats which could have deleterious effects on the property’s Outstanding Universal Value (“potential danger”).

** : All mission reports are not always available electronically.