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NEWS - Forum UNESCO
WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION TABLE OF CONTENTS NEWS • UNESCO/NHK: World Heritage Site Documentaries • UNESCO’s World heritage Exhibition: the French sites • New features this spring in the Val de Loire gardens • Business Skills for World Heritage Training Programme Launched • (Portuguese) VIDEO - Conheça os patrimônios da humanidade no Brasil • Bibliography: Sustainable Tourism Development in UNESCO Designated Sites • WHTour: 1001 Wonders - Simien National Park - Ethiopia • Cave sculptures of Dazu – World Heritage Site (China) • Vézelay 1979-2009: 30 anniversary of the inscription in UNESCO’s World heritage list AGENDA Exhibition: “The Loire invites the Mékong river: photographs of other banks” 15 June - 30 September 2009. Chateauneuf sur Loire, France You have an appointment with world heritage 20 June - 8 July 2009. France 33rd session of of the World Heritage Committee 22 - 30 June 2009. Sevilla, Spain Call for Papers: Conference BTU Cottbus “World Heritage and Cultural Diversity - Challenges for University Education”. Extension entry deadline: 1 July 2009 23 - 25 October 2009. Cottbus, Germany PUBLICATIONS Online publication: Sustainable Tourism Development in UNESCO. Designated Sites in SouthEastern Europe Oda a Eiffel de Carmen Parra (Mexico) 1 Voyages en Égypte et en Nubie de Giovanni Belzoni FUUH’s Newsletter - http://universityandheritage.net WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION NEWS UNESCO/NHK: World Heritage Site Documentaries http://www.unesco.org/en/nhk-video/ The partnership between UNESCO and NHK Japanese broadcasting corporation builds on state-of-the-art digital visual and sound processing technologies for the production of short digital TV documentaries on Heritage using Hi-Vision technology as well as quality 3-D moving images and reconstruction images related to the World Heritage Sites. These videos have been edited and adapted by UNESCO especially for online access. The Tasmanian Wilderness Australia http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/181/video In a region that has been subjected to severe glaciation, these parks and reserves, with their steep gorges, covering an area of over 1 million ha, constitute one of the last expanses of temperate rainforest in the world. Remains found in limestone caves attest to the human occupation of the area for more than 20,000 years. © / M&G Therin-Weise The Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras - Philippines http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/722/video For 2,000 years, the high rice fields of the Ifugao have followed the contours of the mountains. The fruit of knowledge handed down from one generation to the next, and the expression of sacred traditions and a delicate social balance, they have helped to create a landscape of great beauty that expresses the harmony between humankind and the environment. ©UNESCO / NHK Petra - Jordan http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/326/video Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. Petra is halfbuilt, half-carved into the rock, and is surrounded by mountains riddled with passages and gorges. It is one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites, where ancient Eastern traditions blend with Hellenistic architecture. © Sacred Sites / Martin Gray 2 FUUH’s Newsletter - http://universityandheritage.net WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION Machu Picchu - Peru http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/274/video Machu Picchu stands 2,430 m above sea-level, in the middle of a tropical mountain forest, in an extraordinarily beautiful setting. It was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height; its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments. The natural setting, on the eastern slopes of the Andes, encompasses the upper Amazon basin with its rich diversity of flora and fauna. © UNESCO / F. Bandarin Mount Huangshan - China http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/547/video Huangshan, known as ‘the loveliest mountain of China’, was acclaimed through art and literature during a good part of Chinese history (e.g. the Shanshui ‘mountain and water’ style of the mid-16th century). Today it holds the same fascination for visitors, poets, painters and photographers who come on pilgrimage to the site, which is renowned for its magnificent scenery made up of many granite peaks and rocks emerging out of a sea of clouds. © UNESCO / F. Bandarin The Vézère Valley Decorated Caves - France http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/85/video The Vézère valley contains 147 prehistoric sites dating from the Palaeolithic and 25 decorated caves. It is particularly interesting from an ethnological and anthropological, as well as an aesthetic point of view because of its cave paintings, especially those of the Lascaux Cave, whose discovery in 1940 was of great importance for the history of prehistoric art. The hunting scenes show some 100 animal figures, which are remarkable for their detail, rich colours and lifelike quality. © UNESCO / F. Bandarin Aachen Cathedral - Germany http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/3/video Construction of this palatine chapel, with its octagonal basilica and cupola, began c. 790–800 under the Emperor Charlemagne. Originally inspired by the churches of the Eastern part of the Holy Roman Empire, it was splendidly enlarged in the Middle Ages. ©UNESCO / NHK 3 FUUH’s Newsletter - http://universityandheritage.net WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl - Austria http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/288/video From the 18th century to 1918, Schönbrunn was the residence of the Habsburg emperors. It was designed by the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Nicolaus Pacassi and is full of outstanding examples of decorative art. Together with its gardens, the site of the world’s first zoo in 1752, it is a remarkable Baroque ensemble and a perfect example of Gesamtkunstwerk. © OUR PLACE The World Heritage Collection Victoria Falls - Zambia and Zimbabwe http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/509/video These are among the most spectacular waterfalls in the world. The Zambezi River, which is more than 2 km wide at this point, plunges noisily down a series of basalt gorges and raises an iridescent mist that can be seen more than 20 km away. © Evergreen Valdes Peninsula - Argentina http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/937/video Península Valdés in Patagonia is a site of global significance for the conservation of marine mammals. It is home to an important breeding population of the endangered southern right whale as well as important breeding populations of southern elephant seals and southern sea lions. The orcas in this area have developed a unique hunting strategy to adapt to local coastal conditions. ©UNESCO / NHK Tsingy de Bemaraha - Madagascar http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/494/video Tsingy de Bemaraha Strict Nature Reserve comprises karstic landscapes and limestone uplands cut into impressive ‘tsingy’ peaks and a ‘forest’ of limestone needles, the spectacular canyon of the Manambolo river, rolling hills and high peaks. The undisturbed forests, lakes and mangrove swamps are the habitat for rare and endangered lemurs and birds. © Evergreen 4 FUUH’s Newsletter - http://universityandheritage.net WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION The Tokaj Wine - Hungary http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1063/video The cultural landscape of Tokaj graphically demonstrates the long tradition of wine production in this region of low hills and river valleys. The intricate pattern of vineyards, farms, villages and small towns, with their historic networks of deep wine cellars, illustrates every facet of the production of the famous Tokaj wines, the quality and management of which have been strictly regulated for nearly three centuries. © OUR PLACE The World Heritage Collection Timgad - Algeria http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/194/video Timgad lies on the northern slopes of the Aurès mountains and was created ex nihilo as a military colony by the Emperor Trajan in AD 100. With its square enclosure and orthogonal design based on the cardo and decumanus, the two perpendicular routes running through the city, it is an excellent example of Roman town planning. ©UNESCO / NHK UNESCO’s World heritage Exhibition: the French sites From 13 June to 6 July 2009. Blois, France The library of the Abbé-Grégoire is closed Thursdays and Sundays. Free admission during the library’s opening times. From the cathedral of Vézelay to the latest French site listed: Le Havre, Jean-Jacques GELBART took approximately 500 photographs that valued the sites in UNESCO’s world heritage List. A selection of these magnificent photographs is displayed. An exhibition carried out by Jean-Jacques Gelbart, photographer author of the book UNESCO’s World heritage: the French sites, ED. Gelbart. New features this spring in the Val de Loire gardens With spring upon us, gardens have burst back into flower, but we can also see innovations and creations springing up too. An overview of la Chatonnière, the Domaine de Chaumont sur Loire and Valencay. On 10 April 2009, La Chatonnière (Azay-le-Rideau) officially opened the Jardin de la danse, an ephemeral garden of 40,000 narcissi and 4 branches climbing freely, which will decorate the south façade of the Renaissance château for two months. It blossoms before the spring only to disappear under a thick lawn in May. On this occasion, la Chatonnière won the Villandry Prize, awarded by Henri Carvallo, for the creation of its 12 gardens and restoration of its vegetable patch. 5 FUUH’s Newsletter - http://universityandheritage.net WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION Business Skills for World Heritage Training Programme Launched The first World Heritage sites to participate in the Earthwatch “Business Skills for World Heritage” programme were selected today. A total of 9 site managers from Ujung Kulon National Park (Indonesia), Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (Philippines) and Kinabalu Park (Malaysia) will join two Earthwatch training professionals and three Shell company business planning experts on an 11-day training and field research course at the Danum Valley Field Station on the island of Borneo, in Sabah Malaysia in October this year. Participants will be expected to develop the outline of a business plan during their stay at Danum, and over the course of the following year they will receive on-going support from the Shell business planning experts as they implement their plans. © Earthwatch / Paul Abaya Bibliography: Sustainable Tourism Development in UNESCO Designated Sites (Portuguese) VIDEO - Conheça os patrimônios da humanidade no Brasil Enquanto você acompanha no Fantástico a viagem de Zeca Camargo pelos patrimônios da humanidade no mundo, o Canal F mostra os patrimônios da Unesco aqui no Brasil. Desembarcamos na capital do Maranhão, São Luís, onde uma das principais atrações do centro histórico é o maior conjunto de azulejos portugueses da América Latina. 6 O Canal F apresentou mais uma escala da nossa série exclusiva sobre os patrimônios da Unesco no Brasil. O destino foi o Parque Nacional do Iguaçu, no Paraná, declarado Patrimônio Natural da Humanidade em 1986. FUUH’s Newsletter - http://universityandheritage.net WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION Fomos até o Rio Grande do Sul e visitamos São Miguel das Missões. O local foi erguido por padres jesuítas entre os séculos 17 e 18. O belíssimo lugar foi considerado patrimônio da humanidade no Brasil, em 1983. Ele foi erguido pelos padres jesuítas entre os séculos 17 e 18. Em mais um passeio pelos patrimônios da humanidade no Brasil, fizemos uma visita ao Parque Nacional do Pantanal. Um lugar de natureza exuberante que fica na divisa entre os estados de Mato Grosso e Mato Grosso do Sul. Faça um passeio por Olinda, em Pernambuco, a cidade que, em 1982, foi considerada pela Unesco patrimônio histórico cultural da humanidade. Lindas praias, coqueiros e a arquitetura barroca fazem de Olinda uma das mais belas cidades do país. Conheça as reservas na Costa do Descobrimento, no Sul da Bahia, e no Paraná. Dois lugares onde a Mata Atlântica ainda é preservada. Como a floresta é uma das mais ameaçadas de extinção, a Unesco declarou, em 1999, as regiões patrimônio da humanidade. Nestas reservas ainda é possível encontrar espécies raras de plantas e animais. 7 A cidade de Goiás recebeu o título da Unesco em 2001. As ruas e prédios contam a história da ocupação do Centro-Oeste do país e da exploração do ouro. São 800 prédios históricos, entre eles uma antiga prisão, a sede do governo, várias igrejas e o cartão postal da cidade: a chamada “Casa Velha da Ponte”, casa da poetisa Cora Coralina. O lugar hoje é um museu. A Serra da Capivara no Piauí é mais um patrimônio da humanidade brasileiro. Nos sítios arqueológicos do local, pesquisadores catalogaram mais de um milhão de peças, incluindo fósseis humanos. O material indica que há cem mil anos já havia humanos no local Ouro Preto foi a primeira cidade do Brasil a ganhar o título da Unesco em 1980. Além dela, Diamantina e Congonhas são outras cidades consideradas patrimônios mundiais da humanidade localizadas em terras mineiras. Veja a reportagem! No Amazonas, o Parque Nacional do Jaú tem mais de 2,2 milhões hectares de florestas, uma área maior do que o estado do Sergipe, totalmente preservada. A Unesco reconheceu a importância do parque há 8 anos e deu a ele o título de Patrimônio Natural da Humanidade. O Jaú abriga bichos ameaçados de extinção, como o peixe-boi, a tartaruga da amazônia e o gavião real. FUUH’s Newsletter - http://universityandheritage.net WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION WHTour: 1001 Wonders - Simien National Park - Ethiopia 1001wonders.org (formerly world-heritage-tour.org) is listing 1001 cultural and natural sites around the world and is documenting them in panophotographies - immersive and interactive panoramic images. Today 272 sites have been visited : 253 are available on this web site, 19 are currently in post-production and will soon be uploaded. Altogether there are 2097 panophotographies. This project is building a museum atlas which is interactive, immersive, without border and for educational purposes. It is also a testimony and a documentary inventory of natural and cultural sites to future generations. Massive erosion over the years on the Ethiopian plateau has created one of the most spectacular landscapes in the world, with jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys and sharp precipices dropping some 1,500 m. The park is home to some extremely rare animals such as the Gelada baboon, the Simien fox and the Walia ibex, a goat found nowhere else in the world. Cave sculptures of Dazu – World Heritage Site (China) South-east of Chengdu and eighty kilometres west of Chongking, travellers can admire one of the most notable artistic places in China. Discovered during World War II and inaccessible to tourists until the 1980’s, the grottos of Dazu (Ta-tsou) were not object of a scientific report until 1959. Hidden in a magnificent mountainous steep territory, prove the last great impulse of Buddhist fervor in the China of the Song dynasty. The abundant dispersed statues in this region (near fifty thousand works) translates the intention of the Buddhist clergy to gain the town’s adhesion offering instead of the customary traditional pantheon of abstract divinities, closer figures, mentioning the works and the days of the farmers of that time. Vézelay 1979-2009: 30 anniversary of the inscription in UNESCO’s World heritage list In 1979, the basilica and hill of Vézelay were among the first five sites listed in France in the list of sites with exceptional universal value. In order to celebrate this anniversary in honor of the aesthetic and the cultural integrity of one of the most beautiful towns of France, Vézelay organizes a series of events, distributed in five stages. Vézelay’s heritage associates in a same place, architecture, history, preserved nature and spiritual dimension. From Sunday 12 April to Sunday 25 October, around twenty events will take place in harmony with the places on the topic “light, voice and stone”. During approximately 80 summer days and nights, concerts, exhibitions, excursions, spectacles, thematic visits will be offered… many of them free. The events are directed to the many visitors who come to Vézelay from all over the world. 8 FUUH’s Newsletter - http://universityandheritage.net WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION AGENDA Exhibition: “The Loire invites the Mékong river: photographs of other banks” 15 June - 30 September 2009. Chateauneuf sur Loire, France Organizers: A partnership between: Musée de la Marine de Loire, Mission Val de Loire, Région Centre et IRASEC dans le cadre de la coopération fleuve à fleuve. [email protected] More info: http://www.rendezvousdupatrimoinemondial.fr/agenda/La-Loire-invite-le-Mekong-photographies-d-autres-rives_ae61616.html You have an appointment with world heritage 20 June - 8 July 2009. France Organizers: Val de Loire Mision Contact: [email protected] http://rendezvousdupatrimoinemondial.fr/Le-patrimoine-mondial-vous-donne-rendez-vous_a31.html PUBLICATIONS Oda a Eiffel de Carmen Parra (Mexico) ISBN : 978-968-9345-23-7 L’Instituto Cultural de México à Paris a le plaisir de vous inviter à la présentation du livre Oda a Eiffel. Mardi 19 mai à 19h, à l’Instituto Cultural de México Avec la participation de Jacques Bellefroid, écrivain, Vilma Fuentes, écrivain, Bertand Lemoine, ingénieur spécialiste de l’histoire de l’architecture et de la construction, et Carmen Parra, artiste Modérateur: Jaime Moreno Villarreal, conseiller culturel de l’Ambassade du Mexique. Voyages en Égypte et en Nubie de Giovanni Belzoni Editions Tallandier « Il a presque six pieds huit pouces de haut ; il est très vigoureux et sa puissance musculaire est extraordinaire, d’autre part il est très habile en mécanique et très ingénieux ; avec les moyens ordinaires, il peut déplacer des objets d’un volume considérable ; il est infatigable et s’intéresse à tout ce qu’il entreprend ; enfin, à toutes ces qualités, il faut ajouter qu’il a une intelligence très vive... » C’est en ces termes qu’Henry Salt, consul général d’Angleterre en Egypte, présente Gian Battista Antonio 9 33rd session of of the World Heritage Committee 22 - 30 June 2009. Sevilla, Spain Organizers: World Heritage Centre (WHC) Contact: [email protected] More info: http://whc.unesco.org/en/sessions/ 33COM/ Call for Papers: Conference BTU Cottbus “World Heritage and Cultural Diversity Challenges for University Education”. Extension entry deadline: 1 July 2009 23 - 25 October 2009. Cottbus, Germany Organizers: The UNESCO Chair in Heritage Studies at Brandenburg University of Technology Contact: [email protected] More info: http://www-1.tu-cottbus.de/BTU/Fak2/ studium/whs/conference2009/ Belzoni dont le nom demeure attaché à la mise au jour du temple d’Abou Simbel, à la découverte du tombeau de Séthi Ier ou au transport de l’obélisque de Philae et de la statue colossale de Ramsès II arrachée au Ramesseum. Pionnier malgré lui de l’égyptologie, ce chercheur d’antiquités nous apparaît comme un aventurier hors du commun auquel la postérité a pardonné ses fouilles plus qu’approximatives dans la mesure où il fut l’un des premiers artisans de la résurrection de l’ancienne Egypte. Online publication: Sustainable Tourism Development in UNESCO. Designated Sites in South-Eastern Europe Tourism is in comparison with other industries dependent on national, regional and local resources (e.g. destinations, attractions, etc.) of a country. It is an industry which is bound to territory. Other industries generally depend on natural resources and/or services. Furthermore tourism depends on traditions, culture, etc. These features are incorporated into tourism businesses becoming part of the tourism industry. This in turn creates a cross-sectoral, dynamic approach to tourism with a corresponding management schema. FUUH’s Newsletter - http://universityandheritage.net