Cultural Heritage


  Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that is inherited from past generations.
Cultural heritage includes tangible culture (such as buildings, monuments, landscapes, books, works of art, and artifacts), intangible culture (such as folklore, traditions, language, and knowledge), and natural heritage (including culturally significant landscapes, and biodiversity).
The deliberate act of keeping cultural heritage from the present for the future is known as  conservation.

Cultural heritage and society

  Cultural heritage is the fabric of our lives and societies. It surrounds us in the buildings of our towns and cities; our landscapes, natural sites, monuments and archaeological sites.It is not only made up of literature, art and objects but also by the crafts we learn, the stories we tell, the food we eat, the songs we sing and the films we watch. Cultural heritage brings communities together and builds shared understandings of the places we live in. Thanks to technology and the internet, it is now more accessible than ever.

Unesco Heritage Programmes


  • Culture for Sustainable Development
  • Culture in Emergencies
  • World Heritage
  • Armed Conflict and Heritage
  • Illicit Trafficking of Cultural Property
  • Underwater Cultural Heritage
  • Intangible Cultural Heritage
  • Diversity of Cultural Expressions
  • Museums


World Heritage Sites

  A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties. The sites are judged important to the collective interests of humanity.
To be selected, a World Heritage Site must be an already classified landmark, unique in some respect as a geographically and historically identifiable place having special cultural or physical significance (such as an ancient ruin or historical structure, building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, mountain, or wilderness area). It may signify a remarkable accomplishment of humanity, and serve as evidence of our intellectual history on the planet.


Cultural heritage within the European Union

 The EU has its own cultural policy to promote the conservation of Europe´s cultural heritage. Some european countries, like Italy and Spain, are among the countries with a richer and extensive cultural heritage at all levels.


World Heritage Sites in Spain


  • Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (1984,1994)
  • Antequera Dolmens Site (2016)
  • Aranjuez Cultural Landscape (2001)
  • Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida (1993)
  • Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco (2000)
  • Archaeological Site of Atapuerca (2000)
  • Burgos Cathedral (1984)
  • Caliphate City of Medina Azahara (2018)
  • Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí (2000)
  • Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (1987)
  • Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain (1985,2008)
  • Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana (2011)
  • Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija (2012)
  • Historic Centre of Cordoba (1984,1994)
  • Historic City of Toledo (1986)
  • Historic Walled Town of Cuenca (1996)
  • La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia (1996)
  • Las Médulas (1997)
  • Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid (1984)
  • Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias (1985,1998)
  • Mudejar Architecture of Aragon (1986,2001)
  • Old City of Salamanca (1988)
  • Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches (1985)
  • Old Town of Cáceres (1986)
  • Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (1985)
  • Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona (1997)
  • Palmeral of Elche (2000)
  • Poblet Monastery (1991)
  • Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde (1998,2010)
  • Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza (2003)
  • Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula (1998)
  • Roman Walls of Lugo (2000)
  • Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain (1993,2015)
  • Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe (1993)
  • San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1999)
  • San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries (1997)
  • Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) (1985)
  • Tower of Hercules (2009)
  • University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares (1998)
  • Vizcaya Bridge (2006)
  • Works of Antoni Gaudí (1984,2005)
  • Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe(2007,2011,2017)
  • Doñana National Park (1994,2005)
  • Garajonay National Park (1986)
  • Teide National Park (2007)
  • Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture (1999)
  • Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997,1999)

Alhambra 

                                             Cave of  Altamira

                           
                           Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias

The students played an on line game called "Cultural detectives"

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