(January 18, 2017) On January 26-27, the city of Siena will host the international seminar “Walled Cities, Open Societies: Managing Historical Walls In Urban World Heritage Properties”. The workshop is hosted by the City of Siena and organized by the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe (Venice, Italy), in cooperation with the UNESCO World Heritage Centre. The seminar – hosted by the museum complex of Santa Maria della Scala – will be attended by representatives of 27 European cities from 13 different countries.The workshop will allow to share experiences, good practices and lessons learnt among participants on the management of historic walls in World Heritage cities with special focus on the European region. In particular, representatives of the invited cities, together with other participants from academic and institutional fields, will work on the following thematic panels: Integrating historic walls within management systems; Sustainable use and conservation of historic walls; and, Communicating heritage: new symbolic values for historic walls. L’organizzazione del seminario è stata possibile grazie al contributo dell’Italia, tramite il ministero degli Affari esteri e della Cooperazione internazionale. Il seminario si propone inoltre di rafforzare la cooperazione internazionale fra le città partecipanti, nell’ottica di sviluppare partenariati e possibili progetti congiunti. (Red)
