UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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On 16 November 1972, the General Conference of UNESCO adopted the recommendation on the national protection of cultural and natural heritage.
Cultural heritage includes:
the monuments: monumental architectural works of sculpture or painting, elements or structures of archaeological character, inscriptions, caves and groups of elements, which have an exceptional universal value from the point of view of history, art or science,
the sets: groups of individual or combined constructions which, by reason of their architecture, unity or integration into the landscape, have an exceptional universal value from the point of view of history, art or science,
the sites: works of man or combined works of man and nature, and areas including archaeological sites, which have exceptional universal value from a historical, aesthetic, ethnological or anthropological point of view.
Natural heritage includes:
natural monuments constituted by physical and biological formations or by groups of such formations which have an exceptional universal value from the aesthetic or scientific point of view,
geological and physiographic formations and strictly demarcated areas constituting the habitat of threatened animal and plant species, which have exceptional universal value from the point of view of science or conservation,
natural sites or strictly defined natural areas, which have exceptional universal value from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty.
It is for each State Party to the Convention to ensure the identification, protection, conservation, development and transmission to future generations of the cultural and natural heritage inscribed on the World Heritage Site.
1,092 properties are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, 845 cultural properties (39 in France), 209 natural properties (4 in France including the Chaîne des Puys tectonic hotspot - Limagne fault) and 38 mixed properties (1 in France).
The DRAC accompanies the owners and managers of candidate assets and is responsible for ensuring the protection and valuation of listed assets: periodic reports, monitoring of management plans.
In the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, cultural goods are covered:
- the historic site of Lyon, registered in 1998
- palafittic sites around alpine lakes (international property composed of 111 sites including 11 in France: 9 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and 2 in Burgundy-Franche-Comté)
- the ornate cave of the Pont d'Arc, known as bald cave, registered in 2015.
- the Paths of Santiago de Compostela (mass cultural property, consisting of several buildings, inscribed in 1988) which concern several regions. Notre-Dame-du-Port Church (Clermont-Ferrand), Notre-Dame Cathedral and Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Jacques (Le-Puy-en-Velay)
- The architectural work of Le Corbusier A contribution to the modern movement, composed of 17 sites (11 French, 2 in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: the House of Culture of Firminy and the convent of the Tourette in Eveux).
- Europe’s big water cities : The transnational site of Europe’s big water cities includes 11 cities located in seven European countries: Bad Ems (Germany); Baden-Baden (Germany); Bad Kissingen (Germany); Baden bei Wien (Austria); Spa (Belgium); Vichy (France) ; Montecatini Terme (Italy); City of Bath (United Kingdom); Franzensbad (Czech Republic); Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic); and Marienbad (Czech Republic). registered in 2021.
intangible cultural heritage
The Ethnology Service is the privileged contact for the UNESCO applications for intangible cultural heritage.
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