RT Conference Proceedings
SR 00
A1 Musteață, Sergiu
T1 Panel 7. Paper 7.1: Rural heritage on the World Heritage List: The case of villages with fortified churches from Romania
YR 2019
FD 17 October 2019
K1 Cultural Landscapes
K1 Rural Heritage
K1 fortifies architecture
K1 fortified towns
K1 world heritage
K1 community participation
K1 local communities
K1 historic villages
K1 case studies
K1 public awareness
K1 world heritage sites
K1 fortified churches
K1 Romania
AB Rural heritage represents the foundation of our past, which includes material and immaterial heritage. By studying rural heritage, we could better understand the past and integrate it into sustainable development of modern communities.    My presentation will be focussed on the example of villages with fortified churches from Transylvania, which are the most representative rural heritage of Romania, and includes series of villages, but just seven of them were inscribed in the World Heritage List – Prejmier-Tartlau, Biertan, Valea Viilor, Calnic, Saschiz-Keisd, Darju, and Viscri. I will discuss the role and impact of public participation in various preservation and development projects. Other specific issues for these villages will be discussed too, like tourist impact on local communities.    The presentation is part of our new project, which was launched in August 2017 and has the goal to identify and set up innovative models of good practices, adapted to the local cultural and social-economic specificities, for safeguarding and managing the Romanian World Heritage Sites. The project deals with multi-disciplinary and multi-perspective approach, developing partnership networks between various institutions from Romania and abroad interested in the project field and transfer of good practices on maintenance, preservation and cultural heritage management, community participation and cooperation with local public administration in order to develop National Strategy and management plans supported by realistic action plans. Only a common and integrated approach will make it possible to enrich UNESCO standards of preservation and maintain the WHS status.
T2 ICOMOS 2019 Advisory Committee Scientific Symposium - Rural Heritage - Landscapes and Beyond
ED Marrakesh, Morocco
AV Published
LK http://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/2250/
UL https://doi.org/10.7275/qer4-pw85