Cultural Heritage of Serbia

Cultural Heritage (Serbian: Непокретна културна добра (НКД) / Nepokretna kulturna dobra (NKD); lit. "Immovable Cultural Goods") are national heritage sites in Serbia (including Kosovo[a]) which are covered by Serbia's Law on Cultural Heritage.[1] Some of them are also World Heritage Sites.

The preservation and protection of cultural heritage sites in Serbia is entrusted to the National Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments.[2] The Institute maintains the Central Register of Cultural Heritage.[3] The Register currently lists 2,458 heritage sites classified in four categories: cultural monuments, archaeological sites, historic landmarks and spatial cultural-historical units. 200 of those are classified as being "of exceptional importance",[4] and thus entitled to the highest level of protection. Further 582 are classified as being "of great importance",[5] while the rest are "unclassified".[3]

Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance

Those sites enjoy the highest level of the state protection, as defined by the Law. In order to be on the list, properties must meet at least one of the following criteria:

List

The register of 2,458 sites and localities[3] is divided into twelve categories:

...of Exceptional Importance ...of Great Importance Protected...
Archaeological sites List List List
Cultural monuments List List List
Historic landmarks List List List
Spatial Cultural-Historical Units List List List

See also

References

  1. ↑ Закон о културним добрима ("Law on Cultural Heritage"), Act No. 71 of 1994 (in Serbian). Retrieved on 10 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Official web site
  3. 1 2 3 National Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments official site: Nepokretna kulturna dobra - NKD, retrieved 10 December 2013 (Serbian)
  4. ↑ National Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments official site: List of Cultural Heritage of Exceptional Importance (Serbian)
  5. ↑ National Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments official site: List of Cultural Heritage of Great Importance (Serbian)

Notes

a.   ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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