Alhambra Palace - Granada
Palacio de la Alhambra - Granada

La Segunda Guerra Mundial se cobró más vidas que cualquier otra guerra de la historia y destruyó una gran cantidad de bienes culturales que definían a las comunidades en las que se construyeron. Esto incluyó muchas ciudades históricas de Europa.

Tras el conflicto, el mundo necesitó una institución técnica dedicada a preservar, proteger y restaurar lo que la humanidad había destruido. Como respuesta, la UNESCO creó el ICCROM y eligió Roma como su sede. Siendo cuna del ICCROM y beneficiaria de sus primeros esfuerzos, Europa es una región con la que la organización siempre ha tenido estrechos vínculos y que también ha desempeñado un papel importante en el sector de la conservación.

Sesenta años después, la humanidad se enfrenta una vez más a acontecimientos a gran escala y catastróficos: desplazamientos masivos de personas, conflictos arraigados, endurecimiento del clima. Todos ellos ponen en tela de juicio la preservación del patrimonio cultural. Europa se encuentra de nuevo en posición de beneficiarse y servir a los esfuerzos del ICCROM. Esto se debe no sólo a que estas fuerzas demográficas, políticas y climáticas están actuando dentro o cerca de sus fronteras, sino también a que Europa es capaz y, por tanto, responsable de desempeñar un papel más universal en la realización del cambio.

El ICCROM está deseoso de comprometerse con una Europa que aproveche todos sus recursos, desde la experiencia y los conocimientos diplomáticos hasta el modelo de sociedades inclusivas y comprometidas. Este continente puede tomar la iniciativa para integrar verdaderamente a los refugiados que vienen en busca de seguridad, al acoger las culturas que traen e incorporarlas a las propias. Este continente puede mostrar cómo el cuidado de la cultura es el cuidado de las personas, ya que el patrimonio congrega y genera cohesión, comprensión e incluso oportunidades económicas. Y cuando Europa extienda esta labor más allá de sus fronteras, podrá demostrar que los beneficios de la diplomacia cultural convierten a las naciones en más estables, inclusivas y justas, con el fin de obtener un mundo mejor.

Temas destacados

Promoting photographic collections

Promoting photographic collections

The ICCROM Archives is participating in two initiatives which demonstrate how photographs can become key players for culture. On 16 May, a photographic exhibition “Alfabeto Fotografico Romano” was inaugurated at Palazzo Poli (Fontana di Trevi) in Rome.

Promoting photographic collections

Promoting photographic collections

The ICCROM Archives is participating in two initiatives which demonstrate how photographs can become key players for culture. On 16 May, a photographic exhibition “Alfabeto Fotografico Romano” was inaugurated at Palazzo Poli (Fontana di Trevi) in Rome.

Promoting photographic collections

Promoting photographic collections

The ICCROM Archives is participating in two initiatives which demonstrate how photographs can become key players for culture. On 16 May, a photographic exhibition “Alfabeto Fotografico Romano” was inaugurated at Palazzo Poli (Fontana di Trevi) in Rome.

Rome Appeal approved for the protection of heritage at risk

Rome Appeal approved for the protection of heritage at risk

The two-day International Conference “Documenting the Heritage at Risk” has successfully concluded. The meeting was organized by the “Incontro di Civiltà” Association, chaired by Francesco Rutelli, in collaboration with ICCROM.

Rome Appeal approved for the protection of heritage at risk

Rome Appeal approved for the protection of heritage at risk

The two-day International Conference “Documenting the Heritage at Risk” has successfully concluded. The meeting was organized by the “Incontro di Civiltà” Association, chaired by Francesco Rutelli, in collaboration with ICCROM.

Rome Appeal approved for the protection of heritage at risk

Rome Appeal approved for the protection of heritage at risk

The two-day International Conference “Documenting the Heritage at Risk” has successfully concluded. The meeting was organized by the “Incontro di Civiltà” Association, chaired by Francesco Rutelli, in collaboration with ICCROM.

Kizhi Museum: guardian of wooden architecture traditions

Kizhi Museum: guardian of wooden architecture traditions

On 9 and 10 May, a series of events will be held at the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro (ISCR) in Rome. The series, entitled “Wooden architecture: learning from ancestors, keeping for posterity, teaching our contemporaries,” has been organized by the Kizhi State Museum, an open-air venue devoted to history, architecture and ethnography

Kizhi Museum: guardian of wooden architecture traditions

Kizhi Museum: guardian of wooden architecture traditions

On 9 and 10 May, a series of events will be held at the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro (ISCR) in Rome. The series, entitled “Wooden architecture: learning from ancestors, keeping for posterity, teaching our contemporaries,” has been organized by the Kizhi State Museum, an open-air venue devoted to history, architecture and ethnography

Kizhi Museum: guardian of wooden architecture traditions

Kizhi Museum: guardian of wooden architecture traditions

On 9 and 10 May, a series of events will be held at the Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro (ISCR) in Rome. The series, entitled “Wooden architecture: learning from ancestors, keeping for posterity, teaching our contemporaries,” has been organized by the Kizhi State Museum, an open-air venue devoted to history, architecture and ethnography

ICCROM old logo

Agreement between Italy and UNESCO – 60th anniversary

The 27th of April marks the 60th anniversary of the signature of the Agreement between Italy and UNESCO regulating the establishment and legal status of ICCROM on the Italian territory. This signing ceremony took place in Paris on 27 April 1957.