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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)
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Voyages en Égypte et
en Nubie de Giovanni
Belzoni
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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