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Recueil d’articles de presse sur des sujets liés au patrimoine. Les points de vue exprimés dans ces derniers n’engagent évidemment que leurs auteurs.

30 September

• Nero's rotating dining room discovered
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  Archaeologists in Rome have unearthed what they think are the remains of a circular rotating dining room that belonged to the Emperor Nero.

28 septembre

• The road to promoting cultural heritage in Kosovo
  New Kosava Reports
  In a 30-mile distance,dozens of cyclists, including those who love to run, started a marathon to promote cultural heritage, starting from the town of Junik to Hoçë të Madhe of Rahovec.

23 septembre

• Frida Kahlo 'fakes' investigated
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  A probe has been launched into claims that artworks featured in books about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo are fakes.

21 septembre

• Call for investment in the arts
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  London mayor Boris Johnson and two-time Oscar winner Kevin Spacey have called for continued investment in cultural attractions during the downturn.

• Lost art masterpiece rediscovered
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  A lost Renaissance masterpiece by Italian artist Mazzolino has been rediscovered after being left in a packing case for nearly 60 years.

18 septembre

• On Governors Island, a Curious Site
  Finanacial Times, United Kingdom
  Audio slide show: An archaeological excavation site that recently opened to the public on Governors Island purports to offer artifacts of an unusually modern variety, from about 1954.

• Asia’s top archaeologists explore (sea) wonders of Subic Bay
  News Central, Philippines
  Rey Garcia: Twenty-two archaeologists working with underwater heritage collections in the Southeast Asian region joined a study tour to explore the wonders of Subic Bay. The National Museum of the Philippines co-hosts the Collasia 2010 International Course on “Conservation of Underwater Archaeological Collections.”

• Web-Based GIS and the Future of Participatory GIS Applications within Local and Indigenous Communities
  Participatory GIS (PPGIS)
  As resource managers search for strategies to meet the challenges posed by intense competition for scarce local resources, the implementation of Community-based GIS applications have become widespread.

17 septembre

• Sevilla acogerá una reunión mundial de ministros de Cultura en septiembre
  El Pais, Spain
  La ministra de Cultura, Carmen Calvo, ha anunciado esta mañana que la Red Internacional de Políticas Culturales reunirá en Sevilla, el próximo mes de septiembre, a todos los ministros de Cultura del mundo para tratar sobre la Convención de la Diversidad Cultural, un tratado internacional aprobado en 2006 con el que se pretende dar protección jurídica a todas las culturas del mundo.

14 September

• Safeguarding folk heritage as a means of sustainable livelihood
  Zunia.org
  The value of culture as a tool for economic development is being increasingly recognized globally.

12 septembre

• Warhol art collection is stolen
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  Police in Los Angeles say a multi-million dollar Andy Warhol art collection has been stolen from a private home in the city.

10 septembre

• UK City of Culture list unveiled
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  A list of 29 locations - including Aberdeen, Belfast and 'The Countryside' - are in the running for the UK's first ever City of Culture, it is announced.

• Panel recommends revising L.A. cultural heritage law
  LA Times, United States
  The Los Angeles Planning Commission voted 7 to 1 today to recommend approval of a revised historic preservation ordinance that — for the first time — would grant the city's Cultural Heritage Commission authority to bar the demolition of designated monuments.

9 septembre

• Heritage cities conference to discuss Lamu
  Dsily Nation, Kenya
  The status and future of Lamu town as a world heritage site will be the centre of discussion at a conference on world heritage cities being held in Ecuador, South America.

6 septembre

• Giant statues give up hat secret
  BBC News, United Kingdom
  Sudeep Chand: Archaeologists believe they have solved one ancient mystery surrounding the famous Easter Island statues.

• China's national library braces for centenary celebration
  People's Daily Online, China
  The National Library of China is bracing for a series of activities to celebrate its 100th anniversary which falls on Wednesday, the library said on its website Sunday.

• La Biblioteca Nacional de Costa Rica se inunda, pero se salvan los libros
  Yahoo.es
  El sótano de la Biblioteca Nacional de Costa Rica se inundó después de lluvias torrenciales y las autoridades temen que la humedad afecte a colecciones de libros de los siglos XVII y XVIII, aunque el agua no llegó a alcanzarlas, informó la prensa.

mise à jour : 19.04.2010