World Heritage List
Spain
- Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada 1
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 2
- Burgos Cathedral
- Historic Centre of Cordoba 3
- Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
- Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
- Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
- Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
- Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
- Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias 4
- Old Town of Cáceres
- Garajonay National Park
- Historic City of Toledo
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 5
- Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
- Old City of Salamanca
- Poblet Monastery
- Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain
- Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
- Doñana National Park
- Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
- La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu *
- Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
- Las Médulas
- San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde * 6
- University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna
- Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
- Archaeological Ensemble of Tarraco
- Roman Walls of Lugo 7
- Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
- Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
- Palmeral of Elche
- Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
- Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
- Vizcaya Bridge
- Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe *
- Teide National Park
- Tower of Hercules
- Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
- Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija *
- Antequera Dolmens Site
- Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
- Risco Caido and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria Cultural Landscape
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences
- Talayotic Menorca
Notes
Extension of the "Alhambra and the Generalife, Granada", to include the Albayzin quarter.
The property “Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Casa Mila in Barcelona”, previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, is part of the “Works of Antoni Gaudí”.
Extension of the "Mosque of Cordoba".
Extension of the "Churches of the Kingdom of the Asturias", to include monuments in the city of Oviedo.
Extension of the "Mudejar Architecture of Teruel".
Extension de « Sites d'art rupestre préhistorique de la vallée de Côa », Portugal
Following a survey of ownership carried out in the late 1960s, ownership of the totality of the walls was vested in 1973 in the Spanish State, through the Ministry of Education and Science. It was transferred to the Xunta de Galicia by Royal Decree in 1994.
The Spanish Constitution reserves certain rights in relation to the heritage to the central government. However, these are delegated to the competent agencies in the Autonomous Communities, in this case the Xunta de Galicia. For the Lugo walls the Xunta is in the position of both owner and competent agency. Under the Galician Heritage Law the Xunta is required to cooperate with the municipal authorities in ensuring the protection and conservation of listed monuments, and certain functions are delegated down to them. The Xunta operates through its General Directorate of Cultural Heritage (Dirección General de Patrimonio Cultural), based in Santiago de Compostela.
The Master Plan for the Conservation and Restoration of the Roman Walls of Lugo (1992) covered proposals for actions to be taken in respect of research and techniques of restoration. This was followed in 1997 by the Special Plan for the Protection and Internal Reform of the Fortified Enceinte of the Town of Lugo, which is concerned principally with the urban environment of the historic town. However, it has a direct impact on the protection afforded to the walls, in terms of traffic planning, the creation of open spaces, and regulation of building heights. Another planning instrument which affects the walls is the Special Plan for the Protection of the Miño [river], approved by the municipality at the beginning of 1998.
There is at the present time no management plan sensu stricto for the walls in operation in Lugo: work is continuing on the basis of the 1992 plan. Nor is there a technical unit specifically responsible for the conservation and restoration of the walls. It is against this background that serious consideration is being given to the creation of an independent foundation, under royal patronage and with representatives from government, academic, voluntary, and business institutions, to work with the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage of Galicia. The work plan of this body would include the development and implementation of integrated conservation, restoration, and maintenance programmes.
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