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State of Conservation City of Cuzco 2003

City of Cuzco

Peru
Factors affecting the property in 2003*
  • Housing
  • Management systems/ management plan
  • Underground transport infrastructure
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
  • Major urban rehabilitation projects
  • Institutional cooperation to be improved
International Assistance: requests for the property until 2003
Requests approved: 2 (from 1986-1997)
Total amount approved : 45,000 USD
1997 Historic Centre of Cuzco (Approved)   20,000 USD
1986 Contribution to urgent consolidation work at Cuzco (Approved)   25,000 USD
Missions to the property until 2003**

October 1999: World Heritage Centre mission

2003 Report on the WHC mission to Cuzco, 23 - 27 October 2003
1999 WHC Mission to Peru, October 1999
Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2003

WHC:

The Municipality of Cuzco opened a call for tender for the renovation of the Plaza de San Francisco. The project includes the construction of an underground parking. The Secretariat requested information on this matter. On 31 January 2003, the State Party informed the World Heritage Centre of the decision to cancel the construction of the parking. By letter dated 25 March 2003, the Director General of Monumental and Historical Heritage (INC, Peru), informed that the draft Master Plan of the Historical Centre of Cuzco was being revised.

ICOMOS:

ICOMOS has studied the correspondence between the Centre and the State Party regarding the pilot project for the rehabilitation of the Plaza San Francisco de Asís in the heart of Cuzco. Following extensive consultations, it has been decided to carry out the following actions: archaeological investigation; environmental impact assessment; viability assessment, and identification of plant species in the Plaza. It is intended that the project will result in the creation of a green open space in the Plaza, together with the rehabilitation of the surrounding buildings.

One aspect of the project is, however, causing concern: the proposal to create an underground vehicle park beneath the Plaza. The Centre has requested the State Party for more information about this aspect of the project, which is seen as a potential source of traffic congestion in the streets leading into the Plaza. However, this information had not been provided at the time these comments were prepared, nor has the Master Plan for the Historic Centre of Cuzco, which had also been requested since there is no copy at the Centre. ICOMOS shares the Centre’s misgivings about this aspect of the project, and recommends that the Committee should strongly reiterate its requests to the State Party. 

Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 2003
27 COM 7B.98
City of Cuzco (Peru)

The World Heritage Committee [60],

1. Takes note of the measures undertaken by the municipality to revise the draft Master Plan for the City of Cuzco;

2. Commends the State Party for its decision to cancel the construction of the parking;

3. Urges the State Party to finalize the Master Plan for the city of Cuzco;

4. Requests the State Party to submit to the World Heritage Centre by 1 February 2004 a progress report in order that World Heritage Committee can examine the state of conservation of the property at its 28th session in 2004.

[60]  Decision adopted without discussion.

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Draft Decision: 27 COM 7 (b) 98

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Takes note of the measures undertaken by the municipality to revise the draft Master Plan for the City of Cuzco,

2. Commends the State Party for its decision to cancel the construction of the parking,

3. Urges the State Party to finalize the Master Plan for the city of Cuzco,

4. Requests the State Party to submit to the Centre a progress report, by 1 February 2004, for review  at its 28th session. 

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Report year: 2003
Peru
Date of Inscription: 1983
Category: Cultural
Criteria: (iii)(iv)
Documents examined by the Committee
WHC.03/27.COM/7B
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* : 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.


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