“Magical”, “inspiring” and “memorable” were the most common expressions used by the winners of the European Heritage Awards 2016 to describe the presentation ceremony held on 24 May at the historic Zarzuela Theatre in Madrid, Spain. Around 1,000 people from all over Europe celebrated this year’s most outstanding heritage achievements,
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Croatian Association of Historic Towns celebrated its 5th anniversary on the General Assembly at the City Hall in Varazdin on the 6th of May. 15 representatives of Croatian historical towns-members of the Association attended the Meeting, together with the representative of the French Embassy in the Republic of Croatia mr. Stanislas Hubert,
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Croatian Association of Historic Towns will celebrate its 5th anniversary with the General Assembly in Varazdin. This ceremonial meeting which will unite representatives of a dozen Croatian towns, will be held on Friday, 6 May 2016 at the City Hall of the City of Varazdin. Although festive, at this session the new president
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Restoration of the palace Prijeko – an example of good conservation practices and cooperation of the private sector, conservationists and local government. We bring you the BROCHURE From Antiquity to Modern Art More information: Prijeko Palace
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Bruxelles, Haag, 7 April 2016 “Operating within Karlovac, a city that wants to regenerate its potential, ‘Star in School’ involves an impressive number of students and teachers and helps to promote local identity and civic pride”, the jury said of this project which aims to educate students about their city’s
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We bring you the scientific articles by authors Matthias Ripp and Dennis Rodwell from Edinburgh, UK, on the following subjects: “The governance of urban heritage” and “The geography of urban heritage”. Find the abstracts here below. THE GOVERNANCE OF URBAN HERITAGE The term integrated conservation first entered the lexicon of urban heritage
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The present paper by Ioannis Poulios reviews the Nara+20 Document, placing it within a broader theoretical framework, setting the questions, and providing suggestions for the future. Given that Nara+20 marks a shift in the evolution of the discipline of conservation, the paper attempts to bring the insight of business strategy,
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20 selected destinations have just competed for the prestigious title of Best European Destination 2016. After a three weeks’ period of online voting, Zadar was elected Best European Destination 2016 and won this prestigious title. Athens, Plovdiv, Nantes, The Azores Islands, Paris, Novi Sad, Brussels, Kotor, Milan, Prague, Rome, Vienna,
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The final conference of EX.PO AUS “Extension of potentiality of Unesco Sites” financed by the IPA CBC Adriatic program 2007-2013 will be held on the 2nd and 3rd of February 2016 at the Rixos, organized by the City of Dubrovnik, lead partner of the project. International Conference under the title:
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“Take an afternoon stroll with gelato in hand through the medieval maze of streets. Blessed with stunning nature and an easygoing pace of life, this immaculately preserved Adriatic fort may just be a perfect microcosm of Croatia.” says National Geographic. Trogir, a harmonious stone town on a small island that
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