The See of Egara candidacy

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The See of Egara candidacy

The See of Egara candidacy began the process of registration on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List on 27 March 2015, with the official presentation of the project at a mass public event staged at the See of Egara.

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Following approval by the Autonomous Government of Catalonia, the Historical Heritage Council meeting held in Elche, Alicante, on 26 October passed a resolution to register the Episcopal See of Egara and its pictorial decoration (5th-7th century) on the Tentative List, the initial step in order subsequently to aspire to UNESCO World Heritage status.
The World Heritage Tentative List is an inventory of properties which each Member State intends to propose for definitive World Heritage registration, a process which requires that the site must have been on the former list for at least one year. The purpose of the List is to inventory the properties so as to provide more efficient protection, along with recognition as an element of the legacy of humanity requiring protection for future generations.

The candidacy will then once again need to be evaluated and approved by the Historical Heritage Council for the process to continue. Definitive registration will require a resolution passed at the yearly meetings held by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, in addition to a favourable report by any of the independent consultative bodies established by the World Heritage Convention (ICOMOS - UICN - ICCROM) with regard to cultural heritage, natural heritage, and the preservation and restoration of cultural property, respectively.

The candidature office is currently working on the 'Horizon 2025' project, which includes all the actions to be carried out (scientific research, education, public participation, conservation) before the submission of the final candidature dossier.

The process of candidacy registration

stage 1
Tentative List
stage 2
Generation of registration case file
stage 3
The case file is evaluated by Group I and the Historical Heritage Council
stage 4
The MECD ascends the case file to the World Heritage Centre
stage 5
Appraisal Mission: ICOM/ICOMOS
stage 6
Evaluation by the World Heritage Committee
stage 1
Tentative List
stage 2
Generation of registration case file
stage 3
The case file is evaluated by Group I and the Historical Heritage Council
stage 4
The MECD ascends the case file to the World Heritage Centre
stage 5
Appraisal Mission: ICOM/ICOMOS
etapa 6
Evaluation by the World Heritage Committee

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As a result of concern for the preservation of heritage, on 16 November 1972 a Convention was held in Paris 'concerning the protection of the world cultural and natural heritage', during the 17th UNESCO General Conference. The 1972 Convention is the founding document of the World Heritage system, through which the States take on responsibility for identifying and nominating sites for inclusion on a list of monuments and sites of Outstanding Universal Value (OUV), known as the World Heritage List.

Properties may be entered on the World Heritage List as:

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  • Natural Heritage
  • Mixed Heritage

Spain has 49 properties entered on the World Heritage List. This makes it the third-ranked state by number of World Heritage sites, behind only Italy and China.

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