Territorio Mudéjar has participated in the 9th Iberian Meeting of World Heritage Managers held in Sintra (Portugal). This is an important framework for analysis, the exchange of information and experiences, and the sharing of best practices in very relevant areas for the protection, conservation and enhancement of World Heritage. It is also an opportunity for managers of World Heritage sites in Portugal and Spain to share their experiences and discuss issues of mutual interest.
As Victoria Trasobares, director of Territorio Mudéjar, recalled today from Sintra: “The management of heritage resources must have as a fundamental basis their permanence as heritage from a broad vision of conservation, authenticity and sustainability of World Heritage sites, and in our case, in the ability to influence our local heritage beyond types of protection. These issues require constant professional attention and therefore can be focal points for high quality work opportunities that directly impact on the permanence of our villages as we know them”.
In Sintra we continue to advance in this idea and to learn with presentations on conservation and climate change, restoration techniques, new artistic experiences and heritage of Portuguese influence, among other interesting topics.
On the second day of the IX Iberian Meeting we talked about heritage and people, safeguarding and collaborative processes and cultural landscapes and sustainability, among other interesting topics. We had the opportunity to share experiences with other managers. Among them, with Juanjo Arteaga, from the City Council of Cuenca, whose historic fortified city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. With him we discussed possible collaborations around our rich common heritage of traditional building techniques: plaster, earth and wood.
The IX Iberian Meeting will be held this year in Portugal, in the Cultural Landscape of Sintra, and the entities in charge of the organisation are the National Commission of Unesco, Patrimonio Cultural I. P., and Parques de Sintra-Monte da Lua S. A., the managing body of this World Heritage Site.