The Alhambra publishes the first manual in arabic about good practices in restoration

            The Alhambra has just published the first manual in Arabic about Good Practice in the Restoration of wood, plaster and ceramic, a handbook to help train craftsmen and professionals in Morocco in the restoration of monuments from a heritage and conservation perspective, hitherto underrepresented in the world of heritage restoration in northern Africa.
            The full manual has been translated into Arabic and as well as Morocco seeks to reach much more distant regions, so contributing to heritage conservation in any part of the Arab world with similar efficacy.

            The Good Practices Manual is aimed at heritage institutions and professionals, as well as users of faculty libraries, restoration schools, craftsmen, etc and can be downloaded via …………. It aims to help improve the training of all the professionals who work in heritage conservation with a tried and tested methodology that has been successfully applied at the Alhambra for years and which has enabled it today to present itself to the world as one of the best conserved cultural landscapes and monuments of our shared Andalusian past.
 
   
            The idea of the manual arose after the setting up of a project entitled Redalh. Cross-Border Cultural Heritage: Creation of Networks for Heritage Management Professionals (2012-2013), which was established with the aim of creating and strengthening networks of management professionals working to recover, preserve and promote the craft heritage of the common legacy of al-Andalus and the Maghreb in the regions of Tangier-Tetouan and in the province of Granada. Led by the Council of the Alhambra and Generalife, the project was funded by the European Union (FEDER) via the Spain – External Frontiers Cross-Border Cooperation and Regional Development Program (POCTEFEX). REDALH also enjoyed the participation and support of the Culture Department of the Tangier-Tetouan Region of the Kingdom of Morocco, who have also worked hard to ensure that the objectives of the project could be materialized.