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European and Arab experts discuss in the Alhambra the Cultural Conservation and Management in Monuments, Landscapes and World Heritage Sites
The Palace of Carlos V will become, from today and until next Thursday, a scenario of debate and knowledge exchange with the holding of the 1st Symposium on Cultural Conservation and Management in Monuments, Landscapes and World Heritage Sites. Overcoming the challenges of conservation in the 20th century: The Alhambra, a case study, organised by Euro-Arab Institute Foundation for Education and Training and the Patronato de la Alhambra y Generalife in collaboration with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and the World Tourism Organisation (OMT).
Miguel Castellano, Government of Andalusia director general for Museums and the Promotion of Art, opened the symposium this morning in the Palace of Carlos V along with María del Mar Villafranca, general director of PAG; Margarita Sánchez Romero, Government of Andalusia director general for Cultural Heritage; Manuel Piñeiro, director of the Euro-Arab Institute Foundation; Veronique Dauge, chief of the Arab States Unit, UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and Luigi Cabrini, director, Sustainable Development of Tourism, World Tourism Organization (OMT). According to the organizers, ” the site of the Alhambra was selected to host this first symposium due to the international recognition enjoyed by the cultural management of this Monument in the conservation, research and tourism management fields”.
Initiatives discussed at this symposium include the creation of “a structure or permanent network for the training of cultural agents and experts on both sides of the Mediterranean, extensible to other territories in the Arab world and Europe”.
In order to encourage dialogue and the exchange of experiences, 75 international experts in heritage management from European and Arab countries, will meet during the symposium week. Among such experts there will be officials responsible from the Aga Khan Foundation, from the Iraq government, from the archaeological site of Petra (Jordan), etc, who will discuss matters related to economy, heritage, cultural landscape, conservation and restoration of heritage property and intervention as well as management of cultural heritage, taking the Alhambra as a case study.
On the basis of the economic crisis and considering the uncertainty and consequences that the revolts in Arab countries may have on heritage, the round table discussions will have a moderator and two experts: one European and one Arab, in order to enrich the approaches and debate.
