The International Day for Monuments and Sites was created on 18th April, 1982, by ICOMOS and later approved at the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983. This special day offers an opportunity to raise public’s awareness concerning the diversity of the world’s heritage and the efforts that are required to protect and conserve it, as well as to draw attention to its vulnerability.


1. The History of the 18th April

2. Secretariat’s Call for Participation to ICOMOS National Committees

3. Ideas for the celebration

4. Introduction to 2007 theme from Dinu Bumbaru, Secretary General of ICOMOS

5. Introduction to 2007 theme from the Coordinator of the Scientific Council on Cultural Landscapes IFLA, Luigi Zangheri

6. Charters and other Doctrinal Texts

7. Cultural Landscapes included in the UNESCO World Heritage List

8. List of endangered sites by the World Monuments Fund

9. Calendar of events on 18 April 2007

10. Calendar of related events on 2007

11. Links

12. Bibliography on cultural landscapes


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