Common Cultural Heritage: Developing local awareness
The project aim was to create a local awareness and understanding of the cultural diversity existing in the region in order to create raise tappreciation of the local community for the architectural heritage left during the exchange of populations in Turkey and Greece as a ...
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Project details
| Title: | Common Cultural Heritage: Developing local awareness |
|---|---|
| Entr. year: | 2005 |
| Result: | Diploma |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Category type: | a study or the results of research |
| Notes: | Typology: scientific publication. "Common Cultural Heritage: Developing local awareness concerning the architectural heritage left from the exchange of populations in Turkey and Greece" |
| Building type/ Project type: | architectural heritage |
| Actual use: | Typology |
| The Jury's citation: | "For a remarkable civic initiative that uses architectural heritage as a basis for developing cross-cultural understanding and cooperation between Greece and Turkey" |
Description:
The project aim was to create a local awareness and understanding of the cultural diversity existing in the region in order to create raise tappreciation of the local community for the architectural heritage left during the exchange of populations in Turkey and Greece as a consequence of the Treaty of Lausanne, establish criteria necessary to assess the heritage, and discuss the methods for conservation and restoration to be used in buildings. Two conference workshops were organised an, as well as exhibitions (one in Turkey and one in Greece). The publication comprises the results of these conference-workshops.
