Territorio Mudéjar participated in the technical workshops of the Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites, held in Menorca Talayónica, from March 10 to 12.
Maru Gallego, from the TM team, has traveled to the World Heritage site since 2023 to participate in the meeting on Communicating World Heritage Properties: Interpretive and Outreach Resources to Connect with Society. This event brings together experts in heritage, communication, and outreach to discuss the best strategies for conveying the value of sites inscribed on the World Heritage List.
This event, which combines theoretical sessions with field experiences, aims to share experiences of initiatives aimed at strengthening the connection between heritage and society through the use of tools and methodologies that facilitate its interpretation and understanding by the public.
This biannual technical meeting of the Landscape Alliance included an intense day of conferences and visits to representative sites in Menorca, such as the Naveta des Tudons, the Ciutadella-Can Saura Museum, and the Numa Foundation.
We heard Pablo Jiménez Díaz, from the Ministry of Culture, discuss the different approaches to communicating World Heritage; Celia Martínez Yáñez of ICOMOS International speak about heritage law and regulation; we learned about a benchmark heritage education program from the San Millán de la Cogolla Foundation; and we learned about practical cases of heritage dissemination, such as the experience of the Madinat al Zahra Archaeological Complex, the educational project in the Sierra de Tramuntana, and the initiatives of Talayotic Menorca aimed at the local community.
This Thursday, Territorio Mudéjar attended the first meeting of representatives from the administrations and entities associated under the acronym of the Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites in Aranjuez.
The meeting was attended by Juan Antonio Sánchez Quero, president of the Territorio Mudéjar association and mayor of Tobed; and Victoria Trasobares, managing director.
The goal has been to work on the first steps of a renewed work program for 2026 to position the network internationally by activating collaborations between partners, raising the profile of the partner network, and activating institutional support that will enable the construction of a strong, forward-looking project.
Territorio Mudéjar has been a partner of the landscape network since October 2023 as a related site through the Mudéjar Architecture of Aragon UNESCO World Heritage Site as a serial asset, i.e., a declaration that groups 10 buildings in five locations and in which the understanding of the building’s environment, the urban landscape, and the landscape are essential for quality management of the assets.
The Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites is an initiative that aims to connect different cultural landscapes and related sites, illustrating the evolution of society and human settlements over the years, influenced by the limitations and/or advantages presented by the natural environment, and by internal and external social, economic and cultural forces, to create a joint work of man and nature of outstanding universal value.
Our technical and project study visits with the World Heritage management partners took us today to the Bizkaia Suspension Bridge.
This bridge is one of the most outstanding constructions of the European Industrial Revolution and iron architecture. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 2006 for its striking work that perfectly combines beauty, aesthetics, and functionality. It is also a member of the Alliance of Landscapes and Related Sites.
We were fortunate to have Marta Uriarte, the manager of the Hanging Bridge, join us on our trip. We’re returning her visit after she visited us in Territorio Mudéjar in April for the Alliance assembly.
The meeting was very beneficial, and we were able to discuss industrial heritage, land use management, and waterways as historical articulaters of the territory, among other topics. In fact, we are already studying a joint project for 2025.
We continue working on the management of World Heritage.
Territorio Mudéjar has participated in the workshop Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related World Heritage Sites “The involvement of local communities in the management of cultural landscapes”, which took place in Gran Canaria on 24 and 25 October, in the Cultural Landscape of Risco Caído and the Sacred Mountains of Gran Canaria.
This meeting has been a fruitful exchange of good practices and applied management models: shared agreement models and tools for public-private collaboration in the management of heritage resources from the cultural landscape strategy focused on effective local development.
A pleasure to share, discuss and continue learning about heritage management.
Territorio Mudéjar and the Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related World Heritage Sites are holding their biannual assembly on 25 and 26 April in Calatayud, Tobed, Cervera de la Cañada and Zaragoza. The meeting, entitled “Cultural Landscape and Management Plans for UNESCO World Heritage Sites ” will be attended by speakers from Spain and Italy.
The Alliance, which brings together World Heritage properties in the categories of landscapes and sites or monuments, aims to serve as a link between landscapes and sites to share experiences, seek solutions to various common problems, train their technicians in specific areas and obtain resources to develop joint activities. Specifically, the following are part of the Alliance: the Cultural Landscape of Aranjuez, Ibiza-Biodiversity and Culture, the Cultural Landscape of the Sierra de la Tramuntana, the city of Sintra, the Palm Grove of Elche, the Alhambra and the Generalife, the Cultural Landscape of Las Médulas and the Hercules Lighthouse in A Coruña.
The meeting will begin on Thursday 25th with a study visit to Calatayud, the church of Santa Tecla in Cervera de la Cañada and the church of the Virgin of Tobed, monuments declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
In the afternoon, the technical sessions will begin at the Mudéjar Museum of Tobed, with the participation of experts from Icomos Spain, Complutense University of Madrid, Andalusian Heritage Institute, Landscape Observatory of Catalonia, University of Zaragoza, and Territorio Mudéjar (both from the direction and with the experiences of the artistic residencies).
On Friday, the talks will continue with specialists from the IPH-Heritage and Humanities Institute, the University of Granada, the Politecnico di Torino and the Landscape Alliance.
Victoria Trasobares, director of Territorio Mudéjar, highlighted the essential work to reconnect the monument with its context, especially that of the inhabitants of the villages. And she recalled that the priority objective is to ensure not only the conservation of the identity and uniqueness of the territories, but also to address the immediate future, in the medium term, the innovative and sustainable management of the villages.
It should be remembered that the General Assembly of the Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related World Heritage Sites approved in November in A Coruña the inclusion of Territorio Mudéjar as a new member.
Inclusion in the Alliance allows Territorio Mudéjar to participate jointly in national and international fairs, to seek funding for joint projects, to disseminate its activities among the other partners and to hold technical conferences to address challenges, opportunities and analysis of common problems.
The last technical conferences of the Landscape Alliance were held in November under the title ‘Landscapes and Sites. Participate to coexist’ and were organised by the Tower of Hercules and the Alliance of Landscapes and Related World Heritage Sites, with the support of the City Council of A Coruña and the Tourism and Congress Consortium. The Ministry of Culture and Sport and the Provincial Council of A Coruña also collaborated. The event addressed the role of society in the conservation of World Heritage landscapes and sites, inviting reflection on the participation of institutions, communities and associations to protect and enhance these places.
This assembly includes a technical conference for partners organised around the theme “Cultural landscape and management plans for UNESCO World Heritage Sites”, which will be attended by speakers and partners from Spain, Andorra, Portugal and Italy. On this occasion, Territorio Mudéjar organised a European visit-meeting in Calatayud, Tobed and Cervera de la Cañada with a team from the University of Zaragoza, the Politecnico di Torino and the Politecnico di Milano. This meeting served to present and reflect on the preliminary study for the elaboration of the management plan for Mudejar Architecture in Aragon.
* This project of Territorio Mudéjar has been selected in the 2023 call for grants for projects for the conservation and dissemination of World Heritage properties of the Ministry of Culture and Sport. Territorio Mudéjar is thus part of a group of more than 20 Spanish organisations working to promote and improve the application of the World Heritage Convention and its guidelines. These grants are financed by the Ministry of Culture and aim to promote the development of projects for the management, protection and conservation of these assets, as well as to promote their accessibility, visibility and dissemination at national and international level.
Territorio Mudéjar participates in the event ‘Landscapes and sites. Participate to coexist’, framed in the technical conferences of the Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related World Heritage Sites, which began today in A Coruña.
The event is organised by the Tower of Hercules and the Alliance of World Heritage Landscapes and Sites, with the support of the City Council of A Coruña and the Tourism and Congress Consortium, the Ministry of Culture and Sport and the Provincial Council of A Coruña. The event will address the role of society in the conservation of World Heritage landscapes and sites, inviting reflection on the participation of institutions, communities and associations to protect and enhance these places.
Specifically, we will talk about the monument in the landscape: historical and artistic heritage, architectural heritage, heritage of the building trades. As well as intangible heritage and landscape as a builder of the concept of heritage.
We started with the presentation of Moisés Jorge Naranjo, manager of the A Coruña tourism consortium; Alicia Castillo, ICOMOS Spain and UCM; Pablo Jiménez Díaz, UNESCO convention and Ministry of Culture; Antoni Fuster, Consell de Mallorca; and Maral Kekejian, from the office of culture for the Spanish presidency of the Council of Europe 2023.
We have continued with the presentation of María Del Pozo, from the Consortium of Aranjuez World Heritage and secretary general of the Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites Alliance. And the presentations by Miriam Ugarte from the Ministry of Culture, Alicia Castillo, Iría Caamaño (University of Coruña), Xavier Simón (University of Vigo). And a round table moderated by Xosé Allegue (architect of the Consortium Santiago de Compostela World Heritage City) with the speakers: Manuel Rodríguez Lopez (Fundación Ría), Cristina García Fontán (UDC) and Xavier Simón Fernández (CISPAC).
We also took advantage of the day to visit the Tower of Hercules, the oldest lighthouse in the world in use with a fundamental link to the landscape.
Territorio Mudéjar continues weaving networks. This time we do it with the Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites, with whom we have been working for some time and who are visiting us these days to learn about our heritage and work methodology, share experiences and move towards joint activities.
The technical visit began in Tobed, headquarters of Territorio Mudéjar. The director of the organization, Victoria Trasobares, guided our guests through the church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and through the town to learn about its heritage, urban and agricultural landscape. They also visited the headquarters of Territorio Mudéjar.
We have been accompanied by María Del Pozo, general secretary of the Landscape Alliance and director of the Aranjuez Cultural Landscape Foundation; and Miguel Vadell, insular director of Territory and Landscape of the Consell de Mallorca on behalf of the presidency of the Cultural Landscape Alliance, which holds the Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana.
The visit continued throughout the week:
Wednesday 7.
#Tobed. Visit to the Mudejar church World Heritage Site and continue to know the landscape of the town. Visit to the pottery pottery of Conchita Gimeno and breakfast with local products.
#Ricla. Visit partner village. Heritage, urban landscape and agricultural landscape as incipient lines of a strategic plan for the management of heritage resources.
#Borja. Visit to the locality and study of the cultural landscape of the Casa de la Estanca.
#Daroca. Walk and visit to the Posada del Almudi to learn about the project ” qualityseal for establishments oriented to scientific tourism “.
Thursday 8
#Daroca. Walk through the streets decorated for the Corpus Christi and monuments. Walk, dinner and lodging at the Posada del Almudi, a 16th and 17th century house recovered 25 years ago for lodging.
The Alliance of Cultural Landscapes and Related Sites is an initiative that aims to bring together different cultural landscapes and related sites, which illustrate the evolution of society and human settlements over the years, under the influence of the constraints and/or advantages presented by the natural environment, and internal and external social, economic and cultural forces to create a joint work of man and nature of exceptional universal value.
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