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Réf.
42793
Type
conference item
Titre
Local Residents against Developers and Officials: a Case Study of Protection of Architectural Ensembles of Chesma Palace and Alexandrino Country Estate in Saint Petersburg (Russia)
Langues
English
Auteurs
Lavrentyev, Nikolay / Chernushev, Vladimir / Malysheva, Elena / Romanovskaya, Nataliya
Lieu de publication
Charenton-le-Pont
Pays de publication
France
Maison d'édition
ICOMOS
Date
2018
Titre de conférence
ICOMOS 19th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium "Heritage and Democracy"
Lieu de conférence
New Delhi, India
Date de conférence
13-14th December 2017
Mots-clés
local communities / corruption / equity / stakeholders / development projects / protection of historic monuments / architectural ensembles / civil society / threats / operational guidelines / heritage at risk / town and country planning / economic aspects / social aspects / legal protection / public awareness / World Heritage in Danger / community participation / real estate pressure
Pays mentionnés
Russian Federation
Monuments et sites
Historic Centre of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
N° Patrimoine mondial
540
Résumé en anglais
Since 2010-2012, residents of St. Petersburg supported by city-defending activists, experts andpoliticians have been fighting against construction works carried out in proximity to two protected
architectural ensembles of the XVIII century, the Chesma Palace (1774-1777, architect J .I. Felten, 1831-1836, architect A. E. Schtaubert) and the Aleksandrino Country Estate (1760s, architect J. B. Vallin de la
Mothe). These objects are situated within the boundaries of Components №540-034а 'Moskovskaya road(highway)' and №540-034g 'Peterhofskaya Road (Highway)' of the World Heritage Site C540 'Historic
Centre of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments', respectively. By means of official addressesto governmental agencies, court actions, civil rallies, pickets etc, local residents together with the authors
of these proceedings try to persuade the authorities and developers to drop their plans of building multistoreyresidence houses in proximity to the mentioned monuments. The construction in progress distorts
protected views and panoramas and poses threat to physical safety of monuments. With consent of localofficials and arguably via corruption schemes, developers try to undertake projects that contradict the law.
A global problem is the reluctance of local officials to follow the requirements of Paragraph 172 ofOperational Guidelines for Implementation of World Heritage Convention (here
inafter OperationalGuidelines) and their refusal to evaluate constructing projects' impact on the outstanding universal value
of the World Heritage Site. Since 1990, when St. Petersburg was recognized as a World Heritage Site,Paragraph 172 of Operational Guidelines has never been observed. The situation has gone so far that in
2016 the Russian President charged the Russian Ministries of Culture and of Foreign Affairs with a taskto ensure that the Convention Concerning Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage and
Operational Guidelines to be observed in Russia. However, local officials, namely the executive agenciesof the Administration of St. Petersburg, stick to ignoring these norms of law.
architectural ensembles of the XVIII century, the Chesma Palace (1774-1777, architect J .I. Felten, 1831-1836, architect A. E. Schtaubert) and the Aleksandrino Country Estate (1760s, architect J. B. Vallin de la
Mothe). These objects are situated within the boundaries of Components №540-034а 'Moskovskaya road(highway)' and №540-034g 'Peterhofskaya Road (Highway)' of the World Heritage Site C540 'Historic
Centre of St. Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments', respectively. By means of official addressesto governmental agencies, court actions, civil rallies, pickets etc, local residents together with the authors
of these proceedings try to persuade the authorities and developers to drop their plans of building multistoreyresidence houses in proximity to the mentioned monuments. The construction in progress distorts
protected views and panoramas and poses threat to physical safety of monuments. With consent of localofficials and arguably via corruption schemes, developers try to undertake projects that contradict the law.
A global problem is the reluctance of local officials to follow the requirements of Paragraph 172 ofOperational Guidelines for Implementation of World Heritage Convention (here
inafter OperationalGuidelines) and their refusal to evaluate constructing projects' impact on the outstanding universal value
of the World Heritage Site. Since 1990, when St. Petersburg was recognized as a World Heritage Site,Paragraph 172 of Operational Guidelines has never been observed. The situation has gone so far that in
2016 the Russian President charged the Russian Ministries of Culture and of Foreign Affairs with a taskto ensure that the Convention Concerning Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage and
Operational Guidelines to be observed in Russia. However, local officials, namely the executive agenciesof the Administration of St. Petersburg, stick to ignoring these norms of law.
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