The Consellería de Cultura, Lingua e Xuventude has organized two days of work, including visits to key locations within the Ribeira Sacra territory in the provinces of Lugo and Ourense, to bolster its World Heritage candidacy.
Last July, the Unesco World Heritage Committee made an exceptional decision to provide advisory support to the project Ribeira Sacra. Paisaxe da auga (Water Landscape), aiming for joint work to furnish additional necessary information for resubmitting the proposal with maximum guarantees.
The Icomos delegation will tour properties and infrastructure in the Lugo municipalities of Saviñao, Chantada, and Carballedo, as well as in the Ourense ones of Nogueiras de Ramuín and Parada de Sil.
The Galician Government aims to showcase to the technicians the exceptional and unique attributes of this landscape, shaped by water use, which is not yet sufficiently represented on the World Heritage List. These working sessions will also serve to refine technical aspects of the candidacy.
