It’s Chernihiv’s turn. MKIP is preparing a nomination file for inclusion of the city’s landscape in the UNESCO heritage
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The Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine is preparing a nomination file for inclusion of the cultural landscape of Chernihiv in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Read UP.Kultura in Telegram Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko told about this during his visit to Chernihiv, Suspilne reported. In the city, he met with UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulet. Together they visited the building of the former cinema, which the Russian invaders destroyed with a rocket a year ago. Photo: MKIP Before that, Azule met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Chernihiv. He received a certificate from the Director General of UNESCO on the inclusion of the historical center of Odessa in the list of World Heritage under threat and emphasized the importance of including other Ukrainian cultural heritage sites in the UNESCO list – in particular, the historical center of Chernihiv. “Chernihiv has seen different occupiers, different evils… Defending ourselves against this Russian evil is the most important thing in our history,” Zelenskyi said after the meeting. Chernihiv cinema, which was partially destroyed by the Russians. Photo: Wikipedia The Minister of Culture Tkachenko talked about the plans to include the historical center of Chernigov in the UNESCO World Heritage List at the end of January 2023. Then this information was confirmed by Oleksandr Shevchuk, head of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Chernihiv City Council. He reported that there was a change in the nomination to which Chernihiv was supposed to apply. Also, according to him, the process of preparing all necessary documents should have started after the formation of the working group. Photo: MKIP The day before, in Odesa, in the presence of UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulet, an information board was opened on the inclusion of the city center in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The historical center of Odesa was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List at the end of January this year. At that time, local defenders of architecture complained that they were not involved in the work of the commission that created the dossier necessary to grant the center of Odessa this status. Read also: What gives Odesa the status of a UNESCO monument: Odesa activists assess
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