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State of Conservation (SOC)

Venice and its Lagoon (1989)

UNESCO Extra-Budgetary Funds
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Requests Approved: 0
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Missions**
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
Corrective Measures
Current conservation issues

The same delegate informed the Committee of his concern over the announcement of a universal exhibition in Venice.

The fragile structures and the limited space of this town, inscribed together with its lagoon on the World Heritage List in 1987, made Venice extremely vulnerable to the effects of mass events.

The Secretariat informed the Committee that the Director-General had already written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy requesting more details on this project.

 

 

Conclusion
Decision

  • Adopted

  • Draft Decision

13COMIX.22
Link to the decision

22. The same delegate informed the Committee of his concern over the announcement of a universal exhibition in Venice. The fragile structures and the limited space of this town, inscribed together with its lagoon on the World Heritage List in 1987, made Venice extremely vulnerable to the effects of mass events. The Secretariat informed the Committee that the Director-General had already written to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy requesting more details on this project. The Committee decided to launch the following appeal:

The World Heritage Committee, meeting for its 13th session at Unesco headquarters in Paris from 11 to 15 December 1989, expressed its grave concern about the new threats to Venice which is inscribed on the World Heritage List. A universal exhibition, which would attract several hundreds of thousands of visitors in addition to the usual surge of tourists, risks threatening the integrity of this heritage which is unique in the history, art and civilization of humanity. The World Heritage Committee calls upon the Italian authorities so that irreparable damage can be avoided.

 

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Venice and its Lagoon
State Party:
Italy
Date of Inscription: 1987
Nomination records (Year): 1986
Category: Cultural
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(vi)
Exports
Word File
SOC Reports (year)
1989
Threats*
  • Impacts of tourism/visitor/recreation
  • Other Threats:
Documents
SC.89/CONF.004/12
Other Documents:
View inscribed site documents, nomination file, reports, decisions, ...
SOC ID: 1607

* : 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.