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SIPBC ONLUS Associata ICOMOS
Società Italiana per la Protezione dei Beni Culturali

Dr. Tabita, archaeologist orientalist and President of the Regional Section of Sicily SIPBC ONLUS, has reported a series of movies filmed in Syrian territory, documenting the bombing of the castle of Qala'at at Madiq, UNESCO World Heritage site. Remember that Syria is actually part of the Convention of 1954 and the I Protocol and has signed, but not yet ratified, the II Protocol.
Palestine has entered March 22, 2012 the Hague Convention of May 14, 1954, the Additional Protocol of May 14, 1954 and the II Additional Protocol of March 26, 1999.
The resurrection of Lazarus is the first opera performed in Messina from Caravaggio between 1608 and 1609.
The Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage was adopted by the UNESCO General Conference on 2 November 2001. It contains basic principles for the protection of underwater cultural heritage, a detailed State cooperation system, and widely recognized practical rules for archaeological work on submerged sites. The Convention focuses on preservation and State cooperation, but does not regulate the ownership of wrecks nor does it redefine maritime zones.
Naples, April 4, 2012
After the go-ahead of the European Commission for the Great Project Pompeii, this morning at 10.30 a.m. at the Prefecture of Naples, were presented to the press the contents of the first 5 Calls for the revival of the archaeological site.
Read more: Pompeii: the government presents the plan for the relaunching of the archaeological site.
The Virtual Tour of the Ara Pacis Museum - a production Zètema Progetto Cultura realized by Gebsoftware - fully interactive and multimedia, is developed with the technology of immersive Virtual Reality and is made using sophisticated techniques for processing and photo editing.
Angola has entered the February 7th, 2012 the Convention of The Hague of May 14th, 1954.
UNESCO has called on the Italian government to restrict access of large cruise ships to culturally and ecologically important areas, particularly Venice and its Lagoon which are visited by some 300 large cruise ships a year.
A new exciting discovery in recent days has been made in the Etruscan necropolis of Vulci, the important archaeological site in the province of Viterbo.
During some excavations inside a tomb was found a small Sphinx of about 50 cm, dated circa 6th century BC. A discovery that's going to close a 2011 full of surprises, first of all the excavations and the opening of the massive tomb of Queen of Tarquinia.
Read more: Discovered an ancient Sphinx in the archaeological area of Vulci
On the portal of Google, you can visit countless museums, whose works have been digitized and published in high definition.
An archaeological complex amongst the most precious of Republican age rising to via di Porta San Sebastiano, reopens to the public. To find out, in 1780, the brothers Sassi, owners of the vineyard that had held the subterranean structure.
Read more: Reopens to public after 20 years, the tomb of the Scipios (with video)
Finally came the day of the opening of the first rooms of the great Uffizi.
The announcement came through the Internet, preferred means of communication by the Mayor of Florence, Matteo Renzi: 'On 17 December are finally inaugurated the first eight halls of the great Uffizi'.
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