World Heritage Review n°53 - World Heritage in Spain

Monday, June 1, 2009

Special Issue
World Heritage in Spain
Message from the UNESCO Director-General, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura

Map of World Heritage in Spain

World Heritage in Seville: Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias

Interview with María Jesús San Segundo, Chair of the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee

Spanish prehistory on the World Heritage List
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain: Birth and apogee of humanity’s first art
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula: Ten years on the World Heritage List
- Atapuerca: Cradle of humankind in Europe

World Heritage and prehistory

Historic cities: The management of a living heritage

Valuing knowledge: The PAHÍS Plan

The Routes of Santiago: Managing complexity

Cultural landscapes: A wise management of World Heritage

Spain’s National Parks: Management networks

Spain and the World Heritage Centre: Seven years of close cooperation

World Heritage in private hands
- Casa Batlló: A dialogue with light, colour and freedom
- Vizcaya Bridge: A masterpiece of industrial heritage managed by private initiative
- Two jewels of Catalan modernism serving Barcelona: Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau

Religion and culture: The management of an ecclesiastical heritage

World Heritage monuments
- The Alhambra and the Generalife: Landscape and cultural diversity
- Chronicles of the Escurial in the 20th century
- The Great Wall of Europe
- La Lonja de la Seda: The splendour of commerce

Spanish Tentative List

Coordinating diversity: The role of the Ministry of Culture in implementing the World Heritage Convention