Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments
Factors affecting the property in 2001*
- Quarrying
International Assistance: requests for the property until 2001
Total amount approved : 43,333 USD
| 2001 | Safeguarding the Medieval Mural Paintings of the Church ... (Approved) | 20,000 USD |
| 1995 | Conservation of the Eastern Part of the Castle of ... (Approved) | 23,333 USD |
Missions to the property until 2001**
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2001
In June 2001 ICOMOS received information that a travertine quarry below Drevenik, on the south-western edge of the inscribed site, was operational and that quarrying was going ahead. The permit is of limited duration and is scheduled to end in 2002. ICOMOS considers that the main threat to the site comes from the blasting operations, and to a lesser extent, from the large quantity of dust produced by extraction and transportation.
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 2001
The Bureau may wish to adopt the following decision:
“The Bureau takes note of the report provided by ICOMOS and requests the Slovakian authorities to provide a report on the situation for 1 February 2002, for examination by the twenty-sixth session of the Bureau.”
Slovakia
* :
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.
