{"id":150209,"date":"2024-07-19T11:49:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/?p=150209"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:01:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T10:01:11","slug":"six-buildings-by-antoni-gaudi-together-with-the-gaudi-chair-of-the-upc-promote-a-second-extension-of-the-world-heritage-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bellesguardgaudi.com\/en\/six-buildings-by-antoni-gaudi-together-with-the-gaudi-chair-of-the-upc-promote-a-second-extension-of-the-world-heritage-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Six buildings by Antoni Gaud\u00ed, together with the Gaud\u00ed Chair of the UPC, promote a second extension of the World Heritage declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Signing of the UNESCO protocol on June 25th at Gaud\u00ed’s Torre Bellesguard.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Six entities owning buildings designed by Antoni Gaud\u00ed signed a protocol of intentions on June 25th at Torre Bellesguard, with the aim of joining efforts to ensure that these works they manage achieve World Heritage status. This recognition by UNESCO of Gaud\u00ed’s creations was initiated in 1984 and received a first extension in 2005. This initiative seeks to have the entire body of work of the Catalan architect, who will be commemorated on the centenary of his death in 2026, declared a World Heritage site.<\/span><\/p>\n

The six buildings leading the initiative are the Cathedral-Basilica of Santa Maria of Mallorca, Torre Bellesguard Gaud\u00ed and the Teresian College of Barcelona, El Capricho de Gaud\u00ed in Comillas, Cantabria; the Casa Botines Gaud\u00ed Museum in Le\u00f3n and the Episcopal Palace of Gaud\u00ed in Astorga.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the protocol of intentions signed by the six entities, the advances in research, restoration, and improvement of these buildings, from 2005 to the present, have determined that they have acquired the necessary valuation to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. This action takes place in the context of the commemoration of the hundred years since Antoni Gaud\u00ed’s death in 2026. For this date, the start of the Gaud\u00ed Centenary 2026 program is planned, with activities related to heritage, art, culture, and education to honor Antoni Gaud\u00ed’s work, with special emphasis on the scientific understanding of Gaud\u00ed’s contributions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Gaud\u00ed Chair of the UPC, directed by Professor Galdric Santana, is a research and documentation center at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB), whose mission is the conservation, dissemination, and study of an exceptional heritage surrounding Antoni Gaud\u00ed and the architecture and urbanism of the 19th and 20th centuries. Galdric Santana is also the curator of the Gaud\u00ed Centenary in 2026, along with N\u00faria Poch.<\/span><\/p>\n