The Renaissance of Bamiyan (Afghanistan) and Some Proposals for the Revitalisation of the Bamiyan Valley
The present proposal have been developed by taking into consideration the need of an integrated and sustainable development of the whole Country as well as of the local Bamiyan community. In this view, the revitalization of Bamiyan valley must be integrat
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The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues Heritage Reconstruction in Theory and Practice
The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues
UNESCO Publishing United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
The Future of the Bamiyan Buddha Statues Heritage Reconstruction in Theory and Practice
Editor Masanori Nagaoka Culture Unit UNESCO Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Published jointly by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 7, place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris, France, the UNESCO Office in Kabul, ICON Compound, Supreme Road, Off Jalalabad Road, PD 9, Kabul, Afghanistan, and Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Gewerbestrasse 1, 6330 Cham, Switzerland. ISBN 978-92-3-100419-3
ISBN 978-3-030-51315-3 ISBN 978-3-030-51316-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51316-0 © UNESCO 2020. This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to UNESCO, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence and indicate if changes were made. If you remix, transform, or build upon this book or a part thereof, you must distribute your contributions under the same licence as the original. This publication is also available at the UNESCO Open Access Repository: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts contained in this book and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
This volume is published with a generous financial contribution from the Government of Japan within the framework of the Japanese Funds-in Trust project for the Safeguarding of the Bamiyan World Heritage property, Phase V.
Foreword: UNESCO’s Response to the Intentional Destruction of Cultural Heritage
The destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan by the Taliban in March 2001 sent shockwaves around the world. It represented a painful loss not only for the people of Afghanistan, but for all of humanity. It reminded us that we all have a role to play in safeguarding these places for the future. Protecting the world’s cultural heritage is at the heart of UNESCO’s mandate. For 75 years, UNESCO has provided support to its Member States in safeguarding their cultural heritage – as a means to promote peace and protect human rights. Afghan
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