Heritage UNESCO threatens to place Venice on danger list
UNESCO has threatened to put Venice on its Heritage at Risk list after expressing concern over development projects relating to shipping near the city. The Italian government has decided to deep-dredge a channel through the Laguna Venita so cruise ships can enter the port without having to sail through the city. The plans have come up against a
crescendo of objections since the decision was announced in August. In that time, a petition signed by more than 27,000 people has been presented, 40 senators have questioned the move and environmental scientists have also expressed concern. Those against the plans believe that if the
dredging goes ahead, the degradation of the lagoon could be accelerated, putting the waterways and buildings of Venice at risk. At UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee
meeting in Doha in June, the heritage body passed important resolutions indicating it would call the Italian government to account and put Venice on the List of World Heritage in Danger if the government could not allay its concerns. UNESCO has requested the Italian government host a UNESCO monitoring mission in 2015 to assess the
Venice is already featured on the World Monuments Fund’s ‘at risk of destruction’ list after being added in 2014
condition of Venice and its lagoon, including the potential impact of development proposals. The government has also been asked for a report on the conservation of Venice and the lagoon by 1 February 2015
and an account of what action had been taken by 31 December 2015. The danger list is intended to increase awareness of threats and to encourage counteractive measures. Details:
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Kerry leads call to protect heritage from IS HMS Caroline was in active service for 97 years
Former battleship to be turned into museum
The last surviving battleship of World War I is to be transformed into a £12m ($19.3m, €15.1m) museum, dedicated to the history of the vessel. With the majority of funding supplied
by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), the currently derelict HMS Caroline will be turned into a visitor attraction in time for centenary commemorations of the 1916 Battle of Jutland. The museum will sit alongside other maritime attrac- tions in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s old shipyards, including the Titanic Belfast. Details:
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US Secretary of State John Kerry has spoken out to highlight the destruction of Iraq and Syria’s cultural heritage by violent extremist groups, including the Islamic State of Iraq (IS) and the Syrian regime. Alongside representatives
from the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (MoMA), Kerry presented the US case for protecting cultural elements in Iraq and Syria, which are in danger from attempts by IS to deliberately target and destroy a number of heritage sites in Iraq. Syria’s heritage sites have been the target of deliberate shelling and general chaos in the past couple of years, with recent satellite imagery showing that five out of six of Syria’s UNESCO World Heritage sites have been “significantly” damaged.
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A statement from the US Department of State said: “As the United States responds to the violence in Iraq and Syria that has destroyed millions of lives and caused enormous suffering to the region’s people, we also remain deeply concerned about the destruction of cultural heritage in these areas
of tragic conflict. Ancient treasures have now become casualties of continuing warfare and looting and are targets for destruction. “Historic monuments, which enrich modern societies by connecting all of us to our cultural origins, must be preserved for the future,” the statement said. Details:
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