The new database based on satellite
photos, raster and cartographic maps Iran has prepared a digital map of the
ancient sites of Tehran Province to facilitate the management system and
landscape analysis.
Tehran, 14 July 2008: Iran has
prepared a digital map of the ancient sites of Tehran Province to facilitate
the management system and landscape analysis.
The new database has created a
Cultural Resources Management (CRM) system based on satellite photos, raster
and cartographic maps of the area.
The system provides the means to
analyze and compare archeological evidence gathered from different sources.
As the database includes vital
information including the antiquity, cultural eras and technical specifications
of the sites, it can be used to take the necessary protective measures when a
historical site is damaged by natural or human causes.
The system also includes thousands
of written documents, charts, pictures, videos and maps pertaining to the
ancient sites of Tehran Province.
The Armenian Monastic Ensembles in
Iran, in the north-east of the country, consists of three monastic ensembles of
the Armenian Christian faith Fortified Armenian monasteries in Iran were added
to the new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List. The Armenian
Monastic Ensembles in the north-east of the country, consists of three monastic
ensembles of the Armenian Christian faith: St Thaddeus, St Stepanos, and the
Chapel of Dzordzor.
Tehran, 7 July 2008: Fortified
Armenian monasteries in Iran were added to the new sites inscribed on UNESCO’s
World Heritage List on 6 July.
The Armenian Monastic Ensembles in
Iran, in the north-east of the country, consists of three monastic ensembles of
the Armenian Christian faith: St Thaddeus and St Stepanos and the Chapel of
Dzordzor. These edifices - the oldest of which, St Thaddeus, dates back to the
7th century – are examples of outstanding universal value of the Armenian
architectural and decorative traditions.
They bear testimony to very
important interchanges with the other regional cultures, in particular the
Byzantine, Orthodox and Persian. Situated on the south-eastern fringe of the
main zone of the Armenian cultural space, the monasteries constituted a major
centre for the dissemination of that culture into Azerbayjan and Persia. They
are the last regional remains of this culture that are still in a satisfactory
state of integrity and authenticity. Furthermore, as places of pilgrimage, the
monastic ensembles are living witnesses of Armenian religious traditions
through the centuries.
This is the fourth cultural site to
be added onto UNESCO’s World Heritage List since the start of the current
session of the World Heritage Committee today. The three properties inscribed
earlier today were: Le Morne Cultural Landscape in Mauritius, The Al-Hijr
Archaeological Site (Madâin Sâlih) in Saudi Arabia, and the Fujian Tulou in
China.
Iran had eight historical sites on
the UNESCO list. Pasargadae, Bam and its Cultural Landscape, Tchogha Zanbil,
Persepolis, Meidan Emam in Esfahan, Bisotun, Takht-e Soleyman and Soltaniyeh,
the mausoleum of Oljaytu. So magnificent Armenian monastic ensembles in
Azerbaijan province becomes its ninth inscription on the World Heritage List.
Dezfoul Bridge was built during the
reign of the Sassanid king, Shapour I in 260 CE Archeologists are slated to resume the restoration project
of the world oldest fully functioning bridge in Iranian city of Dezfoul.
Tehran, 6 July 2008:Archeologists are slated to resume
the restoration project of the worlds oldest fully functioning bridge in
Iranian city of Dezfoul.
The bridge has been restored several times, the columns being reinforced with
concrete under the first Pahlavi.
According to the provincial Cultural Heritage Office of Khuzestan, vehicles
will not be allowed to cross the bridge after its restoration is complete.
Dezfoul Bridge was built during the reign of the Sassanid king, Shapour I, with
the help of the Roman Emperor Valerian s army he captured in 260 CE.
Evidence shows the present bridge was constructed over the ruins of an older
structure, presumably built during the Elamite era.
View of old circular Tulou earth
houses in China UNESCO World Heritage Committee on Sunday added three new sites
to its heritage list, including a former slave hideout in Mauritius, the
Nabataean archaeological site in Saudi Arabia, and China Fujian Tulou earthen
houses.
Tehran, 7 July 2008: UNESCO World
Heritage Committee on Sunday added three new sites to its heritage list,
including a former slave hideout in Mauritius, the Nabataean archaeological
site in Saudi Arabia, and China Fujian Tulou earthen houses.
The Archaeological Site of Al-Hijr,
the largest conserved site of the civilization of the Nabataeans south of Petra
in Jordan, is the first World Heritage site in Saudi Arabia.
The United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization also chose the Morne Cultural Landscape, a
rugged mountain jutting into the Indian Ocean in southwestern Mauritius that
was used as a shelter by runaway slaves, maroons, through the 18th and early
years of the 19th centuries.
Also making the heritage list were
the Fujian Tulou property of 46 houses built between the 12th and 20th
centuries as homes to entire clans in south-west of Fujian province, inland
from the Taiwan Strait.
The three new entries bring UNESCO
World Heritage List to 854 sites in more than 140 countries around the world.
The 21-member World Heritage
Committee meeting until 10 July is considering another 40 candidate sites to
its World List.
Canada is presiding at this year
meeting as Quebec City celebrates its 400th anniversary.
The World Heritage Committee decide
about the Iranian site in its next session tomorrow Iran hopes its Armenian
monastic ensembles will be added to UNESCO list, in the 32nd session of World
Heritage Committee in Canada. The World Heritage Committee will be decide about
the inscription of Iranian site in his next session tomorrow.
Tehran, 6 July 2008: Iran hopes its
Armenian monastic ensembles will be added to UNESCO list, in the 32nd session
of World Heritage Committee s in Canada. The World Heritage Committee s 32nd
session started July 2 and will run for 8 days.
During this year s session 41 States
Parties to the World Heritage Convention, including Iran, will present
properties for inscription on UNESCO s World Heritage List.
Among the applicants are five
countries that have no sites inscribed on the List namely Kyrgyzstan, Papua New
Guinea, San Marino, Saudi Arabia and Vanuatu.
Iran currently has eight historical
sites on the UNESCO list. Pasargadae, Bam and its Cultural Landscape, Tchogha
Zanbil, Persepolis, Meidan Emam in Esfahan, Bisotun, Takht-e Soleyman and
Soltaniyeh, the mausoleum of Oljaytu. This time Iran is nominating its
magnificent Armenian monastic ensembles in Azerbaijan province, hoping they
will become its ninth inscription on the World Heritage List.
The Committee will also review the
state of conservation of the 30 World Heritage sites inscribed on the
List of World Heritage in Danger and may decide to add new sites to
that list of properties whose preservation requires special attention.
The List in Danger features sites
which are threatened by a variety of problems such as natural disasters,
pillaging, pollution, and poorly managed mass tourism, that may have a negative
impact on the universal values for which they were inscribed on the World
Heritage List.
Among sites on the List in Danger,
the cultural landscape of Germany s Dresden Elbe Valley will come under
particular scrutiny. In keeping with the decision it took at its last meeting,
the Committee will decide whether to keep the property on the World Heritage
List or whether the building of a bridge in the heart of the landscape warrants
its deletion from the list.
In the Middle East, applicants
include Yemen for its Socotra Archipelago; Saudi Arabia for archaeological site
al-Hijr and Israel for the triple-arch gate at Dan and the Bahai holy places in
Haifa and western Galilee.
