This week in Calasparra transformed into the European capital of Prehistoric Cave Drawings as the hosts of the «I Encuentro Europeo de Gestores de Sitios de Arte Rupestre inscritos en la Lista de Patrimonio Mundial» (1st European Meeting of Managers of Cave Art sites on the list of World Patrimony).
The meetings were held over three days in the Casa de la Cultura, under the theme: «Between the Patrimony and the Society: Mediation Strategies on the sites of World Patrimony Cave Art.»
It was the first meeting of the technicians responsible for the principal sites of cave art in Europe declared by UNESCO as World Patrimony, such as Altamira, Lascaux, Chauvet, Côa, Gobustán and Valcamonica.
The meeting was organised by the national Ministry of Culture and coordinated by ICRART, with the support of the regional government of Murcia and Calasparra Town Hall.
During the three days archaeologists, conservationists, restorers and technical managers shared their experiences and knowledge to
boost joint iniatives and an improvement in the management strategies, as well as the protection, conservation and difgsion of this patrimony.
