Historic Areas of Istanbul
Factors affecting the property in 1997*
- Management activities
- Management systems/ management plan
- Other Threats:
Need to monitor movements which could affect the structure of the building
Factors* affecting the property identified in previous reports
- Need for information on the Urban development Plan
- Need to monitor the structure of the buildings
International Assistance: requests for the property until 1997
Total amount approved : 269,000 USD
| 1994 | Historic Areas of Istanbul - Restoration of the mosaics ... (Approved) | 80,000 USD |
| 1994 | Restoration of the mosaics of Aghia Sophia, Istanbul (Approved) | 30,000 USD |
| 1994 | Purchase of material and funding of international ... (Approved) | 20,000 USD |
| 1992 | Carrying out analytical studies on materials and ... (Approved) | 30,000 USD |
| 1991 | Restoration works of the mosaics of the dome of St ... (Approved) | 20,000 USD |
| 1987 | Equipment for Istanbul (Approved) | 30,000 USD |
| 1987 | Contribution to a training course on wood and stone ... (Approved) | 12,000 USD |
| 1986 | Training and equipment for the safeguarding of Istanbul (Approved) | 47,000 USD |
Missions to the property until 1997**
November 1993: expert mission
Information presented to the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee in 1997
Action Required
Summary of the interventions
Decisions adopted by the Committee in 1997
21 COM VII.C.55
Reports on the state of conservation of cultural properties noted by the Committee
VII.55 The Committee noted the decisions of the twenty-first extraordinary session of the Bureau on the following cultural properties as reflected in the report of the Bureau session, Working Documents WHC-97/CONF.208/4B Section III.C.c):
Joya de Ceren Archaeological Site (El Salvador)
Le Canal du Midi (France)
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (France)
Ashanti Traditional Buildings (Ghana)
Maya Site of Copan (Honduras)
Agra Fort, Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri (India)
Quseir Amra (Jordan)
Town of Luang Prabang (Lao People's Democratic Republic)
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan (Mexico)
Ilha de Mozambique (Mozambique)
Moenjodaro (Pakistan)
Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Philippines)
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (Spain)
Cultural World Heritage sites in Sri Lanka
Ancient City of Damascus (Syrian Arab Republic)
Historic Areas of Istanbul (Turkey)
Itchan Kala, Historic Centre of Bukhara (Uzbekistan)
Shibam and Zabid (Yemen).
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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.
