Publicomos

Réf.

41656

Type

conference item

Titre

Similarities and differences in the conservation and settings of the Great Wall in China and the Limes romanus as listed and planned World Heritage Sites

Langues

English

Auteurs

Visy, Zsolt

Date

2005

Pagination de section

1-13

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

walls / World Heritage Sites / setting / conservation / comparative analysis / Roman architecture / military architecture / conservation of historic sites / management / World Heritage / World Heritage List / boundaries

Pays mentionnés

China / Germany / United Kingdom

Monuments et sites

The Great Wall, China / Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Germany and UK

N° Patrimoine mondial

438 / 430

Résumé en anglais

The Great Wall and the Roman Limes are the longest built constructions of the world. The Great Wall was established earlier and it is very likely that it influenced somehow the concept of the Roman limes. While the Great Wall is a continual built defense line, the limes runs along rivers or roads (in the desert), and has only in some sectors a built construction, like the Hadrian’s Wall. This sector and the Great Wall were inscribed into the World Heritage list in 1987.Both played a decisive role in the life of the peoples living in- or outside of them, and both influence our life, too. The Roman frontiers run in Europe through densely populated areas, especially where the wall was substituted by rivers like the Rhine or the Danube. Most Roman settlements in this region are covered by medieval and modern towns, settlements. Another threatening effect is the strong industrialization of the line of the limes, so the newly initiated multinational project of the Roman limes as a World Heritage site – now for 6 European countries – can not be prepared not easily.
It is worth comparing their settings and conservation, discussing their similar and different features, and to give an account about the preparations as a WHS in Hungary.

Document joint

1-32.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)