“The conference intends to provide a list of technologies on earthen architecture studying different styles of earthen monuments,” said the secretary of the conference Rassoul Vatandoust during a press conference on Monday.
“We also want to promote public knowledge on the values of the earthen architecture for conservation of such monuments,” he added.
“It will be the most important event in the field of
According to him, a total of 40 articles will be presented in the conference to be attended by more than 300 Iranian and foreign experts as well as a number of officials of related international organizations.
The experts are from different countries including South Africa, Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican, Ecuador, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, the Philippines, Portugal, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Tunisia, United Kingdom, the U.S., and Uzbekistan.
Vatandoust said that the Cultural Heritage Organization planned to establish a research center in
“UNESCO has realized the potentials of Iranian experts in the field of cultural heritage; if we materialize probable scientific results of the conference,
Yazd Cultural Heritage Department, Governorship of Yazd, Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, Yazd’s School of Art and Architecture, Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University, Arts University of Isfahan, United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the French Center for Research of Earth Architecture are the sponsors of the conference.
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