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This is the international congress "Cultural Heritage and Catastrophes: Lorca as a reference", which will run from October 3 to 5, with more than 150 experts from different countries, university specialists and members of UME and Guardia Civil.

The councilman of Culture in the City of Lorca, Agustín Llamas, has reported that next Wednesday October 3 will start in our city which is possibly the most important event on management and monumental recovery in Europe.

It is the International Congress "Cultural Heritage and Catastrophes: Lorca as a reference", which will be developed from October 3 to 5 at the Guerra Theater, precisely one of the historic buildings of the municipality that was seriously damaged by the earthquakes of the year 2011 and that it was rehabilitated in its entirety, allowing to return to serve all citizens.

Agustín Llamas explained that this Congress has been organized in 6 sessions of debate, analysis and work, including Experiences in disasters in cultural heritage, actions in catastrophes, The Catastrophe Observatory, The recovery of the heritage of Lorca, Visit to the restored buildings in Lorca and Risk Management in cultural heritage.

In the different sessions there will be the participation of experts from multiple places where this type of catastrophe has been registered, such as Mexico, Chile, Portugal, Galicia, Castilla y León, along with those responsible for administrations and entities such as Cruz Red, Regional Government of Murcia, Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Madrid and Faculty of Law of Granada, Pontificia de Comillas, National Library of Spain, Military Emergency Unit, Civil Guard, Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, Once Foundation, Typsa Group and AON Spain Foundation, among others.

The papers that are attracting the attention of the aforementioned group of experts are those submitted by the Project Manager of the International Center for Studies for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICROM), Aparna Tandon, which will deal with the teachings derived from experiences of patrimonial recovery after catastrophes in diverse enclaves of the world.

Along with this has been highlighted the paper entitled "How to manage the historical heritage of Chile in one of the regions with the highest seismicity index in the world", which will be offered by the head curator of the Paper and Books Laboratory of the CNCR and coordinator of the Management Committee of Risks and Emergencies of Chile, Cecilia Rodríguez.

In addition to the international scope, Ángel Luís de Sousa, coordinator of the National Plan for Emergencies and Risk Management in the Cultural Heritage of the Cultural Heritage Institute of Spain, will address the mission of the European Union in Mexico 2017.

The Congress includes sessions for the exchange of international experiences before heritage disasters, concrete examples of reaction to catastrophes, as well as the presentation of the catastrophe observatory of the AON Foundation, as well as a day entirely devoted to learning about the case of Lorca, with visits on site.

The work carried out in the field of underwater heritage, floods, the recovery of the Sarajevo library, the EU mission in Mexico 2017, and interventions in fires will be made known, among other issues.

The contents of the communications sent to date are about risk management and heritage before catastrophes such as those recorded in Ecuador, Mexico, Mesopotamian heritage (area of ​​the Tigris and Euphrates rivers), as well as preventive management of cave paintings in the event of fires.

This will include the participation of UNESCO officials, the International Center of Studies for the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), Civil Guard, Ministry of Culture, representatives of the National Library, University of Granada, General of Civil Protection and Emergencies, Geological and Mining Institute of Spain (IGME), university specialists of the Polytechnic of Madrid, as well as members of the Historical Heritage Service of the Region of Murcia and prestigious architects.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca