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Adopting a more hands-on approach
At skills development training courses, young people are actively involved in the preservation of World Heritage, while acquiring new skills that contribute to a better understanding of the importance of both their tangible (monuments, historical centres, natural reserves, etc.) and intangible heritage (traditional know-how, music, ...
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Restoring Life to the Community in Lamu Old Town, Kenya
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Culture|2030 Indicators Kenya and the city of Nakuru Project Page
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Mount Kenya, Kenya, 19-23 April 2004
Event
The 4-day program included, besides an official opening, thematic presentations by resource persons from the Kenya National Museums, the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Kenyan National Commission and by the World Heritage Centre. All thematic presentations were accompanied by skills development activities based on the various chapters ...
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Promoting climate change adaptation and mitigation in Lamu Old Town (Kenya)
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Graz, Austria, 7-12 October 2000
Interregional Seminar on World Heritage and Youth
The workshop consisted of 3 working groups that focused on different aspects of the World Heritage Education. The first working group was "Challenges in Introducing World Heritage Education into classroom teaching and trough extra-curriculum activities"; the second group was working on the ...
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Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, 14-16 March 2005
Organizers
The UNESCO Dar es Salaam Office, in collaboration with the UNESCO Harare Office and under guidance of UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Event
The workshop was convened to familiarize the participating teachers from the sub-region with the World Heritage in young Hands Education Kit published in Swahili in ...
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Earthen architecture is one of the most original and powerful expressions of our ability to create a built environment with readily available resources.
It includes a great variety of structures, ranging from mosques, palaces and granaries, to historic city centres, cultural landscapes and archaeological sites. Its cultural importance throughout the world is evident and ...
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The first Regional Meeting on Modern Heritage, for Latin America, took place from 11 to 13 December 2002 in Monterrey (Mexico) and was organised by the World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS, DOCOMOMO and the Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia of Mexico (INAH). Attended by more than 50 persons, two dozen experts who were selected for their professional work and ...
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In 1954 the decision to build the Aswan High Dam was made. This dam would lead to the creation of a huge artificial lake covering the Upper Nile Valley from Aswan in Egypt to the Dal Cataract in Sudan - a culturally extremely rich area, which has been known as Nubia since antiquity.
In 1959 the Egyptian and the Sudanese Governments requested UNESCO to assist their ...
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Update of the Management Plan of the Historic Monuments Zone of Queretaro (Mexico)
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Restauration and revitalisation of the Complex of Hue Monuments and historical town, Viet Nam
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Urban Heritage Atlas: Understanding attributes of historic cities and settlements| Historic Monuments Zone of Queretaro (Mexico)Ashraf AliMirna
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The handbook "Cultural heritage and local development: A Guide for African local governments", co-edited by the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement and CRATerre-ENSAG in 2006, was designed as a tool for decision making, but also for sensitising the elected representatives to the challenges of the protection and valorisation of their heritage. It aims to create a new ...
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The most famous of the monuments affected by the Aswan High Dam Project was the temple complex on the island of Philae. Sacred to the goddess Isis, the sanctuary dates mostly to the Graeco-Roman period and was later transformed into a church (540 AD).
The following monuments were also threatened by the construction of the dam:
The small temples of Debod, Qertassi and ...
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The area of Africa that is present-day Ethiopia has a long history rich in tradition; its sites and monuments bear witness to the civilizations that have had their roots in this territory for more than 2,700 years. The buildings and monuments of Aksum, Gondar, Harar and Tiya reflect periods of great influence, growth and prosperity, while the churches and mosques of ...
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The Comite francais financed the restoration of Lorenzo Bregno's sixteenth-century funeral monument to Alvise Pasqualigo in the Church of the Frari in memory of Ms Solange Gaussen. In November and December the Committee enabled the organ doors that Bonfacio de' Pitati painted for the Church of Sant'Alvise (restored in 1998) to be put on a temporary exhibition in the ...
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In December 1995, the Director-General of UNESCO and the representative of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Government signed a Cooperation Memorandum providing for the preparation of reconstruction and restoration projects in the fields of UNESCORegarding cultural heritage, the Memorandum refers to the restoration of historical centres (in particular in Sarajevo and Mostar) and ...
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The project aims at the emergency consolidation, conservation and restoration of the Minaret of Jam and The Fifth Minaret in Herat.
Expected results:
Consolidated and rehabilitated Minaret of Jam and Fifth Minaret in Herat
Increased national capacity in the conservation of cultural heritage
Income generated and training provided for Afghans of various backgrounds, in ...
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Three and a half centuries of neglect and maltreatment were finally reversed in October 1999 with the completion of the comprehensive restoration of the Ancient Jewish Cemetery on the Lido, first established in 1386. Unused since the end of the seventeenth century, when the "new" cemetery was opened, the old burial ground had become overgrown with vegetation and ...
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Message given by the Director General delivered at the Press Conference of the 12th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Nairobi, Kenya (6-17 November 2006)
One of the major challenges of our society is coping with climate change; to this end the need to improve the level of public debate on climate change is vital. Thus, public ...
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Karslkrona, Sweden3-8 September 2001
Objectives
The 10th World Heritage Youth Forum Theme was: " Both sides of the coin - how the dark and light sides of my World Heritage can become keys to understand the present and the future"
The Youth Forum aimed at deepening the understanding of World heritage and to make the students aware of the dark and the light sides of their ...
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Sites on the World Heritage List are cultural, natural or mixed properties recognized by the World Heritage Committee has being of outstanding universal value. Biosphere Reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems which are internationally recognized within the framework of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme.
State Party
World Heritage ...
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Situated in an exceptionally beautiful landscape and covering a vast area of 42 km2, Hampi, in India, contains major archaeological remains of what was once the capital of the last great Hindu kingdom and one of the world’s largest cities in the 16th century. Today, it is a living site, with 29 villages and widespread agricultural activity. Hampi is an important Hindu ...
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Africa is underrepresented on the World Heritage List, particularly concerning archaeological sites. This is why it is important to assist countries in the preparation of nominations.
In a territory approximately 350 km long and 100 km wide, on either side of the border separating Gambia and Senegal, there is a series of megalithic sites characterised by four major types ...
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The President of the Republic of Senegal (by Decree 2001-1065 of 20 December 2001) requested the Ministry of Culture (in particular, the Department of Cultural Heritage) conduct an inventory of historical sites and monuments for Senegal over the course of five years. Since Senegal has access to international sovereignty, the country initiated the law 71-12 on the 25th of ...
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By the end of the first month of work, the international team of experts headed by Professor Carlo Blasi of the University of Florence (Italy) was established to set up the general framework for the safeguarding of Mostar's historical centre and to facilitate the implementation of specific restoration projects of historical monuments and urban planning in this «safeguarded ...
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Following the inscription of the Minaret and archaeological remains of Jam in the 'World Heritage List' and the 'List of the World Heritage in Danger' in 2002, the Government of Switzerland has decided to generously fund to the conservation of the Minaret and its archaeological site in the area of Jam, which had been seriously deteriorated because of its state of neglect ...
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There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and humankind, they express a long and intimate relationship between peoples and their natural environment.There exist a great variety of Landscapes that are representative of the different regions of the world. Combined works of nature and ...
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The Comite francais pour la sauvegarde de Venise often sponsors the restoration of Venetian monuments that have a French connection.
This is the case of the Cappella Clary in the Church of San Trovaso, the burial place of a French princess.
The most important work in the chapel is the beautiful fifteenth-century relief carving of three Greek marble panels on the front of ...
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The Borodino Battlefield in the Russian Federation was awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes.The Borodino Battlefield in the Russian Federation was awarded the Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes.
Borodino BattlefieldRussian Federation
Borodino ...
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The largest and most representative collection of stelae are to be found near the village of Tiya.
Originally forty-six stelae were erected in the cemetery between the tenth and fifteenth centuries. Archaeological excavations show that the site contains graves. The stelae of Tiya have carvings representing swords and various enigmatic signs quite unlike those of other ...
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This historical mosque, situated in the vicinity of the Old Bridge, in the most touristic part of Mostar, was built c. 1600.
This monocameral mosque had a rectangular plan a roof of slates and a slender minaret, twenty metres high. A wooden porch marked the entrance. This picturesque little mosque suffered considerable damage during military operations in 1992 and 1993: ...
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Following four preliminary survey missions fielded by the Japanese Government in response to the request of the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Japanese Government Team for Safeguarding Angkor (JSA) was set up in 1994 under the leadership of Professor NAKAZAWA from Waseda University, Tokyo, to carry out a practical project within the framework of the UNESCO/Japan Trust ...
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The focus of this Campaign is the safeguarding of all aspects of Afghan cultural heritage, both tangible and intangible, including museums, monuments, archaeological sites, music, art, traditional crafts etc.
Objective
The safeguarding of cultural heritage holds an important position in order to strengthen the sense of national identity. Cultural heritage can become a ...
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At the start of 2001 the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) and DOCOMOMO (Working Party for the Documentation and Conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement) launched a joint programme for the identification, documentation and promotion of the built heritage of the 19th and 20th centuries - ...
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During unsettled periods between the thirteenth and seventeenth centuries, Ethiopian rulers moved their royal camps frequently. King Fasil (Fasiledes) settled in Gondar and established it as a permanent capital in 1636. After Fasil, successive kings continued building, improving the techniques and architectural style. Before its decline in the late eighteenth century, the ...
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Following the decline of the Aksumite Empire, power shifted in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries to Roha in Lasta District.
This was renamed for King Lalibela (1181-1221) of the Zagwe Dynasty which ruled in Lalibela for more than a century. The construction of eleven rock-hewn churches is attributed to King Lalibela. The buildings are monolithic, carved from a sloping ...
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Ile d'Aix (Region Poitou-Charentes)25 august- 15 september 2008
Description
Fort Liedot forms part of the Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente (World Heritage Tentative List as cultural site, 2002).
The site is in need for regular restoratiions and installations. The work camp will continue works of the restoration in the parhs of th ...
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Masvingo, Zimbabwe, 2-4 February 2000
Event and objectives
A workshop for the launch of the World Heritage Education Resource Kit for teachers in the World Heritage Education Project (WHEP) Pilot Schools.
Workshop objectives
Launch the World Heritage in Young Hands project in the 7 pilot secondary schools;
Introduce the World Heritage Education Kit for teachers in the ...
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The International Coordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage (ICC) was formed in 2002 to coordinate all international efforts for the safeguarding of cultural heritage in Afghanistan. UNESCO was entrusted with coordinating all such activities by the Afghan government.
The mandate of this Committee as defined in its Statutes as approved ...
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People of Africa, the Americas, the Arab to the future world, Asia, Europe and the Pacific; men, women and children, we are all the inheritors of treasures from past civilizations and natural sites of outstanding beauty. We are all responsible for passing these treasures on civilizations. People of the world, ephemeral owners of the world heritage of humanity, ours is the ...
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Petra, Jordan
Event
The 1st sub-Regional World Heritage Skills Development Course in the Arab Region held in Petra, Jordan (2002) scientifically supervised by ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property).
Objectives
Enhance young peoples awareness and sense of ownership of the heritage
Develop a manual of best ...
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UNESCO and the Government of Mozambique signed an agreement in 2003 for the rehabilitation of the San Sebastian Fortress, the most emblematic monument on the Island of Mozambique, a site inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1991.
Built in the 16th century by the Portuguese colonial rulers, the Fortress is one of the oldest and in its massive and sober military ...
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The technical cooperation for the protection, enhancement and development of the Town of Luang Prabang, Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a remarkable example of tripartite cooperation between the Lao People's Democratic Republic, France and the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. It is the flagship pilot project of the France-UNESCO Cooperation Agreement, which served as a ...
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Student's appeal
"We, the youth of Africa, have met at the UNESCO World Heritage Forum for Africa in Zimbabwe (18-24 September 1996). During this week, we have discovered just how important it is to conserve and preserve our heritage. Our appeal to you is to help us carry this heritage into the future. We "Patrimonitos" are defenders of World Heritage and the leaders of ...
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Following their meeting in Tokyo in December 2004, a group of Afghan and international experts working on the safeguarding of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), as well as representatives of the Afghan and Japanese governments and UNESCO, today released a list of recommendations for further activities to preserve the Bamiyan site.
Bamiyan remains one of the most important examples of ...
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During the year 1999, Save Venice Inc.passed from the planning to the execution phase of the restoration of the German Synagogue, but even after full-scale preparatory surveys and tests the Superintendency is already having to cope with the unforseeable consequences of the intricacies and improvisations that characterized building practices in the Ghetto over the ...
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A series of 30 exhibition panels available for World Heritage Exhibits. These posters can be used free of copyright restrictions for non-commercial purposes. They are available for downloading as PDF (See Documents below).
Culture/Nature: the link to preservation
The World Heritage emblem symbolises the interdependence of the world's natural and cultural diversity.
What is ...
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Malawi, 12-16-July 1999
Recommendations
The Sub-regional workshop on World Heritage Education for Africa was organized in parallel with the 6th bi-annual SADCAMM (Southern Africa Development Community Association of Museums and Monuments) conference.
Objectives of the Workshop
Creation of an awareness of the project
Increase knowledge of the World Heritage Educational ...
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From the 20 to the 23 September 2004, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre organised an international seminar involving official representatives and experts in the area of Archaeology in the Caribbean for the identification of Archaeological sites in the Caribbean for potential inscription on the World Heritage List, in Fort-de-France, Martinique. The results of the seminar ...
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The World Heritage Cities Programme is one of six thematic programmes formally approved and monitored by the World Heritage Committee. The programme concerns the development of a theoretical framework for urban heritage conservation, and the provision of technical assistance to States Parties for the implementation of new approaches and schemes.
World Heritage Cities ...
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In 1470 or thereabouts, an image of a Madonna and child was enshrined in a niche overlooking the street. Gradually, a history of miracles grew up around it, and the Venetians so worshipped the Madonna that they decided to dedicate a chapel and subsequently a church to her. In 1480, Pietro Lombardo was chosen by competition for his harmonious design of a church set in the ...
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First Central European Meeting - World Heritage in Young Hands - in Bratislava, Slovakia, 24-29 June 2002.
The purpose of the meeting was to initiate innovative educational approach and develop a sense of shared responsibility for our common cultural and natural heritage. It is considered important to introduce cultural heritage education in both schools and out of school ...
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An Executive Committee was created in 1960 (C 11 Res. 4.4141 and 4.4142, 1960) as a control panel for the large amount of activities undertaken within the framework of the International Campaign, and was modified in regard to membership and terms of reference in 1962 (C 12 Res. 4.421).
The modified Executive Committee consisted of representatives of 15 member states that ...
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The UNESCO World Heritage Education Programme, initiated as a UNESCO special project in 1994, gives young people a chance to voice their concerns and to become involved in the protection of our common cultural and natural heritage. It seeks to encourage and enable tomorrow’s decision-makers to participate in heritage conservation and to respond to the continuing threats ...
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Ifrane, Morocco 22-28 November 1999
Objectives
The Forum aims to stimulate young people's interest in preserving the world's cultural and natural heritage. The Forum will give participants the opportunity to exchange views among themselves and education and heritage conservation experts on how to protect cultural and natural sites of outstanding universal value and will be ...
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Patrimonito
Patrimonito's World Heritage Adventures
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Patrimonito means 'small heritage' in Spanish and the character represents a young heritage guardian. Patrimonito has been widely adopted as the international mascot of the World Heritage Education Programme.
Patrimonito was created in 1995 by a group of Spanish-speaking students during a workshop at the 1st ...
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Our Pledge, Bergen, Norway
Cultural and natural sites form the environment on which human beings are dependent psychologically, religiously, educationally and economically. Their destruction or even deterioration could be harmful to the survival of our identity, our nations and our planet. We have the responsibility to preserve these sites for future generations.
Our ...
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Created in 2003 within the framework of the Global Strategy for the balanced, representative and credible World Heritage List, as a pilot activity for the identification of the sites connected with astronomy, the Thematic Initiative on Astronomy and World Heritage, aims to establish a link between Science and Culture towards recognition of the monuments and sites connected ...
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Some 80 high-level participants, representing a wide range of fields, gathered at the International Conference on World Heritage in Young Hands - A Dialogue among Civilizations, held in Aswan/Cairo (Egypt) from 6-12 February 2002. In addition to experts from some 20 countries around the world, the Conference benefited from the participation of 20 Egyptian ...
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During the 7th International Symposium of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) in Rhodes, Greece (23-26 September) a Youth Forum was held within the framework of the UNESCO World Heritage in Young Hands Project . The forum was attended by 19 young people between 18 and 20 years of age, who met at the Marc de Montalembert Foundation in the heart of the medieval ...
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Valencia, July 1998
By Minja Yang
As the century approaches its end, the oracles of the day have set about prophesying doom or utopia in the next millennium at conferences, in the media and even in board rooms where marketing strategies are developed for just about anything from soap to satellite dishes. After a century of unprecedented commodities production through the ...
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World Heritage properties are affected by the impacts of climate change at present and in the future. Their continued preservation requires understanding these impacts to their Outstanding Universal Value and responding to them effectively.
Climate Change and World Heritage
© Copyright / Geoff Pugh, Oxfam East Africa via flickr.com / Children collect water for ...
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Higher education is crucial to the long-term preservation of World Heritage sites. As the World Heritage List grows, there is an urgent need for qualified professionals to manage every aspect of the sites, from conservation and preservation to monitory, to tourism and visitor flows as well as interaction with local authorities and communities.
The World Heritage Centre ...
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Heritage for the Future
If the future of humanity is irrevocably linked to the city, then this future - political, economic and cultural - will be apparent above all in Asia as recent trends indicate.Throughout time, cities have played a vital role in the development of Asian civilizations. Almost everywhere, the heritage of the past - palaces, places of worship, ...