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Best Practices Materials Bank of the Municipality of Porto

The Municipality of Porto was a pioneer in the creation of an innovative service, the Materials Bank (MB), aimed at safeguarding the most varied construction and ornamentation materials of Porto’s buildings.

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Best Practices Conservation and Restoration Workshop of the Municipality of Évora

The Conservation and Restoration Workshop of the Évora City Council was created in 2011 due to the need to establish a specialised unit to promote the use of good practices in the conservation of the municipality’s cultural heritage.

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To know more Restoration of statuary and funerary monuments in Angra do Heroísmo

In the context of the option and strategy of the Angra do Heroísmo City Council, of valorisation and management of the municipal monuments, works of conservation and restoration of statuary in public spaces and funerary monuments are in progress.

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Ibiza - Eivissa Recovery of traditional trades and popular craftsmanship of Ibiza and Formentera

El Retorn is a non-profit cultural association, whose main purpose is the recovery of traditional crafts and popular crafts of Ibiza and Formentera.

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Córdoba Rescue and preserve the tradition of the Cordovan "Cordobanes and guadamecíes" (Cordobanes and guadamecíes).

Meryan is a family business with the main aim of rescuing and preserving the tradition of the Cordoban and Guadamecí leather, a handicraft that has practically disappeared and has been devalued since the 10th century and which gave the city of Cordoba its worldwide fame.

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Granada Art and plasterwork restoration workshop

It is a craft workshop committed to the recovery of the original techniques used by Hispano-Muslim craftsmen. These craftsmen reached their artistic peak with the Nasrid dynasty, founded in 1238 by Muhammad lbn Yusuf Ibn Nasr and ended with the reign of Muhammad XII (Boabdil), on the 2nd of January 1492, with the surrender of the city of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs, making him the last Muslim king of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Arts and Crafts in World Heritage Cities

Crafts is one of the main hallmarks of the towns. Symbol of its roots, its history and its personality, it identifies and characterizes the peculiarities of different cultures. The Arts and Crafts of the World Heritage Cities constitute a unique cultural legacy. Its survival and transmission to future generations contributes to safeguarding the values of authenticity and integrity for which these cities were declared World Heritage. A project of the Organization of World Heritage Cities.

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Good Practices

Valuing and preserving the crafts and professions linked to the restoration and recovery of tangible or intangible heritage is one of the challenges facing world heritage cities. Here you can find some examples of good practices of municipalities related to this theme.

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The 23rd Regional Conference of the OWHC Southern Europe and Mediterranean Secretariat approved the continuation of projects linked to Arts and Crafts

The 23rd Regional Conference, organised by the Regional Secretariat for Southern Europe and the Mediterranean of the...

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28 November, 202328 November, 2023

Thematic workshop on “Crafts that conserve and restore heritage”

On 3 and 4 July, a new Project Meeting of the OWHC’s Southern Europe and Mediterranean Regional...

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10 November, 202210 November, 2022

Presentation of the first leaflet dedicated to the city of Évora

ARTS AND CRAFTS IN WORLD HERITAGE CITIES is a project of the Organisation of World Heritage Cities...

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