The Tower of Hercules, World Heritage - A Coruña, Spain
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The Tower of Hercules is an ancient Roman lighthouse on a peninsula in A Coruña. The news article informs that it has been considered a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Waymark Code: WMNXK4
Location: Galicia, Spain
Date Posted: 05/19/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member lumbricus
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La Torre de Hércules,
Patrimonio de la Humanidad

(The Tower of Hercules, World Heritage)


"La Torre de Hércules de A Coruña, el faro romano más antiguo del mundo en activo, ha sido declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad por el Comité del Patrimonio Mundial de la Unesco, que celebra en Sevilla su 33 reunión.

Esta decisión, que ha desatado la alegría y la euforia entre la delegación gallega, se ha conocido exactamente a las 18.26 horas, cuando, después de darse lectura al informe de la candidatura y de recibir los elogios de numerosos países, el Comité ha aprobado por aclamación inscribir a la Torre en la lista del Patrimonio Mundial.

Este reconocimiento de la Unesco, como sitio cultural de "valor universal excepcional", ha llegado en el primer año que ha concurrido la candidatura de la torre coruñesa. Comenzó a fraguarse en 2001 con la creación, por parte del doctor José Luis Vázquez Iglesias, del Instituto de Estudios Torre de Hércules (IETH) y que ha contado con un amplio respaldo popular.

El presidente de la Xunta, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, ha expresado el "júbilo" de Galicia por esta declaración, que considera que contribuirá a dar una dimensión internacional a Galicia. Cree que es un día para "felicitarnos" por haber conseguido que "lo que dentro de Galicia ya se sabía, se sepa ahora fuera de nuestras fronteras: que la torre de Hércules tiene un valor universal excepcional".

Además, el presidente gallego destaca la "lección" que el pueblo gallego puede extraer del reconocimiento de la Unesco: "Los gallegos tuvimos un sueño, pusimos todo el empeño y lo conseguimos. Que el espíritu de la Torre de Hércules nos ilumine en el futuro"."

From: http://www.elmundo.es/



"The Tower of Hercules in A Coruña, the world's oldest active Roman lighthouse, has been declared World Heritage by the World Heritage Committee of Unesco, which celebrates its 33rd session in Seville.

This decision, which has sparked joy and euphoria among the Galician delegation, has been known exactly at 18.26 hours, when, after reading the report given to the nomination and received praise from many countries, the Committee adopted Tower acclaim enroll in the World Heritage list.

This recognition by UNESCO as a cultural site of "outstanding universal value" has come in the first year he has attended the nomination of coruñesa tower. It began to take shape in 2001 with the creation by Dr. José Luis Vázquez Iglesias, the Tower of Hercules Institute (IETH) Studies and has received wide popular support.

The president of the Xunta, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, expressed his "joy" of Galicia by this statement, considering that help give an international dimension to Galicia. He believed to be a day to "congratulate" for having achieved that "what in Galicia already known, are now known beyond our borders: the Tower of Hercules has outstanding universal value".

In addition, the Galician president stressed the "lesson" that the Galician people can extract recognition of Unesco: "The Galicians had a dream, we put all the effort and we got May the spirit of the Tower of Hercules enlighten us in the future."

Translated with the help of Google from: http://www.elmundo.es/






Type of publication: Newspaper

When was the article reported?: 06/27/2009

Publication: El Mundo

Article Url: [Web Link]

Is Registration Required?: no

How widespread was the article reported?: national

News Category: Arts/Culture

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