HERITAGE CONSERVATION POLICIES OF

INTERNATIONAL CITIES

“PERU”

ZEESHAN IBRAR

M ARCH I SEM (U/R)

LOCATIONCountry in western south America.

It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the

southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the pacific ocean.

PRE-INKA CIVILIZATIONS7,000 B.C.

1.CHAVIN TEMPLE, CHAVIN CULTURE (X A IV B. C.), ANCASH 2. KUELAP TEMPLE, CHACHAPOYAS CULTURE (900-1470), AMAZONAS

3 & 4. HOUSE MODEL POTTERY ARTWORK CHIMU CULTURE (1100-1470),

,

5. CHANCHAN CITADE, CHIMU CULTURE

MACHU PICCHU, CUZCO

XIII - XVI c.THE INKAS

PURUCHUCO, LIMA CAPAC NAM (THE INKA ROAD)

CHOQUEKIRAO, CUZCO TEMPLE OF VIRACOCHA, RAQCHI, CUZCO,

BUILT HERITAGE

1. MONASTERY OF ST. CATHERINE,

AREQUIPA

2.MONASTERY OF ST. DOMINIC OVER THE

TEMPLE OF THE SUN, CUZCO

3.FAÇADE DETAIL OF THE ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH, LIMA

4.ST. JAMES APOSTLE CHURCH, LAMPA, PUNO

5.ESUIT CHURCH AFTER THE 2007 EARTHQUAKE, PISCO

BACKGROUND & LEGAL FRAMEWORK

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POLITICAL CONSTITUTION

“property has to be used in harmony with the social interest and it can be

Confiscated only for reasons of public only need and use“

CIVIL CODE

land property is subject to the requirements and limitations of the respective

dispositions“

ORGANIC LAW OF MUNICIPALITIES

“in topics related to land use, housing and collective safety, the city halls are

entitled among other actions, to regulate new construction and alterations,

demolish buildings, promote the health and safety of urban and overcrowded

areas,renew non-habitable urban areas, preserve heritage buildings and sites

listed as historical and artistic heritage, control the progressive clearing of

unsafe areas subject to hazard and destruction in detriment of its occupants“

Venice Charter, 1964 Victor Pimentel, Peruvian architect Invited as a signee

The Deliberant Board of Lima, 1964 First Inventory of Built Heritage in Lima

National Institute of Culture, 1972Conservation gets institutionalism .Adaptation to

International theories

The Council of Lima, 1980Private institution promoting education campaigns

to foster the benefits of the conservation

Ford Foundation , 1984Comprehensive Inventory of Built Heritage of Lima

from Antiquity to Modern Movement

TIMELINE

UNESCO, World Heritage Sites

Chan Chan, 1986

Chavin, 1985

Sacred City of Caral, 2009

Lines and Geoglyphs of Nazca, 1994

City of Cusco, 1983

Historic centre of Lima, 1988

Historic centre of Arequipa, 2000

Huascaran National Park, 1985

Manu National Park, 1987

Rio Abiseo National Park, 1990

Sanctuary of Machu Picchu, 1983

Cultural

(Archeological) Sites

Cultural (Historical) sites

Natural Sites

Mixed Sites

Workshop School of Lima Vocational Schools throughout Peru to learn traditional trades

New Wonder of the Modern World Macchu Pichu

TIMELINE

Peruvian World Heritage Sites

No specific legislation exists besides the Convention of the World

Heritage Sites and the documents for the own management

Every human activity carried out within should follow the

parameters defined by its respective Master Plan, Plan of

Management, or Plan of Public Use aimed to preserve the

Exceptional Universal Value of the place, as well as its authenticity

and integrity.

UNESCOS’s Convention for the Protection of cultural

and Natural Heritage has character of National Law

WORLD HERITAGE SITES

Ministry of Culture

Issuance of Management

Documentation

National Institute of Natural Resources

Cultural Heritage

Mixed Cultural &

Natural HeritageNatural Heritage

1.Monument

Every built structure that has a cultural, historical, and social value. It goes

from the isolated architectonic creation to the urban or rural site. This

comprehend not only great creations but also humble work, that with the time,

have acquired a cultural meaning. By its architectonic, historic, artistic,

technological, scientific, symbolic, Traditional value have to be preserved,

totally or partially

4.983 monuments listed in the Colonial & Republican (Historical) Built Cultural

Heritage List

2. Monumental Zone

Sectors or neighborhoods of the city whose physiognomy should be conserved

because:

•Possess an overall environmental urban value.

•Possess historical-artistic value.

•Has a substantial number of monuments and/or monumental urban areas.

60 monuments areas have been recognized throughout the country

GOVT. DEFINITIONS

3. Monumental Urban Environments

Urban spaces (plazas, small squares, streets, etc.) whose

physiognomy and elements have an overall urban value, they

should be conserved total or partially

4. Property of Monumental Value

386 monumental urban environments have been recognized

throughout the country

Buildings that according to the Building Code posses

architectonic and artistic value but are not necessarily listed

as Built Heritage

The degree of protection is given to every project individually. Free assessment is given to

Owner when related to small works and to Architects to speed up the Building Permit process

GENERAL LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF

THE NATIONAL HERITAGE

Public Institutions & Municipalities

By-Laws and protocols for :

•protective actions,

•conservation,

•administration,

•control,

•revalorization and

•development of historical/monumental centers

Technical Office Municipalities

Develop an Action plan for: rehabilitation :

•Recuperation

•retrofitting

•un-hovelling

•improve habitability, health and safety, and

•structural upgrade

Official list of buildings under municipal

protection presented before the Ministry of

Culture

To avoid:

•empirical, irregular and clandestine interventions

to the structures and architectonic elements

•Increase of precarity

CULTURAL MANAGEMENT

Archbishopric of Lima

Catholic University

Sedes Sapietiae

Steering Committee

•The Getty Institute

•World Monument Fund

•Catholic University

•Sedes Sapietiae

•Foreign Universities

•Other Donors

Funding

Political support

•Local Municipality

•Local Dioceses

Technical support

Ministry of Culture Heritage Board

Cultural Asset

EUROPEAN MASTER OR DIAGNOSIS AND REPAIR OF BUILDING 2009-2010

Specialization Stage – Polytechnic University of Lublin

RESTORATION IN PERU

Héctor Abarca Torres

Lublin, 2010

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