Thursday 24 and Friday 25 June 2010 Painshill Park, Cobham, Surrey Painshill Park Trust marks its 30th anniversary in 2010. This is also a time when the issue of interpreting 18th century landscape restoration/reconstruction is a hotly debated topic. Painshill Park is bringing together key players in the debate to a major conference, using Painshill’s [...]
ICOMOS Documentation Centre, Paris- World Heritage News
- The Rapid Response Facility Contributes to avoiding the ecological isolation of Romania's Retezat Massif
- UNESCO and Goodwill Ambassador Herbie Hancock launch 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
- Statement of the United Nations Foundation in Support of the World Heritage Convention's 40th Anniversary
Joint ICOMOS Ireland/ICOMOS-UK Meeting
16th-18th October 2009 – Dublin, Ireland ICOMOS Ireland and ICOMOS-UK successfully organised the first of a series of annual meetings between Ireland and the UK. The main theme this year was “Cultural Landscapes”. The presentations explored new landscape initiatives in line with the aims of the ELC and the meeting was a great chance for members to network and [...]
People and Places: Sustaining the Value of World Heritage Cultural Landscapes
The Garden History Society Winter Lectures Series Wednesday 11 March, 6.30 pm Susan Denyer, FSA, World Heritage Adviser, ICOMOS, & Secretary, ICOMOS-UK Cultural landscapes reflect the interaction between people and their environment over time. Sustaining the distinctiveness of World Heritage cultural landscapes can mean sustaining not just the symptoms of interaction but the [...]
