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UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL understanding the issues inherent in identifying a potential astronomical World Heritage site; and. developing a suitable methodological approach for undertaking preliminary studies and, if these are encouraging, to prepare a nomination dossier. A selection of the thematic essays and case studies is used to illustrate the mainpoints made.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. After the death of the queen he was forgotten, and TT353 was never completed. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Yuan Dynasty observatory was originally built in 1279 by Guo Shoujing (1231-1316). It was repaired in 1542 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhou Gong’s Temple was also built in the Ming Dynasty, in commemoration of Zhou Gong, who is believed to have carried the earliest measurement of the sun’s shadow in Yangcheng. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the 18th century. Today it has 19 main astronomical instruments or groups of instruments. They were generally constructed of brick rubble and plaster, but a few were made of bronze. They were built for naked-eye observations of the celestial bodies and precision was UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The most important temples in relation to astronomy are the temple of Amun itself, the temple of Ra-Horakhty, the temple of Amun-who-hear-the-Prayers, the High-room of the Sun and the temples of Khonsu and Ptah, with their pylons, obelisks, courts, halls and inner chambers. The site includes an open-air museum containing thereconstructed White
CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomy and world heritage. This portal supports UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative (AWHI) through the provision of thematic essays, case studies and general information, for example on preparing a nomination dossier for the World Heritage List. We encourage professional users to register and login in order to viewdetailed
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL understanding the issues inherent in identifying a potential astronomical World Heritage site; and. developing a suitable methodological approach for undertaking preliminary studies and, if these are encouraging, to prepare a nomination dossier. A selection of the thematic essays and case studies is used to illustrate the mainpoints made.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. After the death of the queen he was forgotten, and TT353 was never completed. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Yuan Dynasty observatory was originally built in 1279 by Guo Shoujing (1231-1316). It was repaired in 1542 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhou Gong’s Temple was also built in the Ming Dynasty, in commemoration of Zhou Gong, who is believed to have carried the earliest measurement of the sun’s shadow in Yangcheng. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the 18th century. Today it has 19 main astronomical instruments or groups of instruments. They were generally constructed of brick rubble and plaster, but a few were made of bronze. They were built for naked-eye observations of the celestial bodies and precision was UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The most important temples in relation to astronomy are the temple of Amun itself, the temple of Ra-Horakhty, the temple of Amun-who-hear-the-Prayers, the High-room of the Sun and the temples of Khonsu and Ptah, with their pylons, obelisks, courts, halls and inner chambers. The site includes an open-air museum containing thereconstructed White
CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomy and world heritage. This portal supports UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative (AWHI) through the provision of thematic essays, case studies and general information, for example on preparing a nomination dossier for the World Heritage List. We encourage professional users to register and login in order to viewdetailed
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Each case study on this portal relates to heritage that belongs to one or more categories and to one of more types, as defined below.It may relate to any of the themes identified in the thematic essays. Most (but not all) case studies relate to a particular place (or places) and to a particular span of time.. The categories are: tangible fixed (‘immovable’); tangible movable; intangible UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Astronomical Heritage Finder is available either as a map or as a list. To narrow down the search results, please use the filters below, including at least one of the four lists (AWHI, UNESCO, IAU, PC2S). Learn more about filtering on the HowTo filter page. List. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Stonehenge World Heritage Site (WHS), one half of the ’Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites‘ WHS (no. 373) inscribed in 1986, comprises an area of 2,665 ha (26.6 km²) with Stonehenge stone circle approximately at its centre. Stonehenge is the most architecturally sophisticated prehistoric stone circle in the worldand, in addition
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19th century. An axis leads up the hill to a city park with the university,observatory
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL It has been recognised on the World Heritage List since 1979, under criteria (i), (iii) and (vi), as part of the World Heritage Site Memphis and its Necropolis—the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur. The presence of such a huge number of visitors and a range of tourist pursuits alters the former perception of authenticity and creates UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Our knowledge about the extent of peoples’ familiarity with astronomy in the Arabian Peninsula in pre-Islamic times is limited. However, it is known that they were familiar with the sun’s journey through the zodiacal signs, and that they adopted a lunar calendar, defined lunar mansions by identifying certain fixed stars and asterisms, and used the rising and setting times of certain UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL A common theme in the Middle Ages was the use of astronomy for the reckoning of time, first for religious and later for civil purposes. Timekeepers ranging from sundials to ornate astronomical clocks were often incorporated as a semi-permanent feature of churches and other religious or civic structures. CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. CASE STUDY 6.1: THE JANTAR MANTAR AT JAIPUR, INDIA Case Study 6.1: The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, India Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: City of Jaipur, State of Rajasthan, India. Location: Latitude 26º 55´ 27˝ N, longitude 75º 49´ 19˝ E. Elevation 440m above mean sea level. General description: The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Latest news The 2020 World Heritage Committee meeting has been held over until 2021. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has announced that the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee, originally due to be held in Fuzhou, China, in July 2020, will now be held over until Juneor July 2021.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Latest news Extended 2021 World Heritage Committee meeting will take place on 16–31 July. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has announced that the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee, originally due to be held in Fuzhou, China, in July 2020, will now take place on-line on 16–31 July 2021. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19thcentury.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The most significant instruments (yantras) among the collection are: Brihat Samrat, probably the largest gnomon-sundial ever built. With a gnomon arm 22.6m high and two lateral quadrants of radius 15.15m, it measures local time to an accuracy of 2 seconds. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The most important temples in relation to astronomy are the temple of Amun itself, the temple of Ra-Horakhty, the temple of Amun-who-hear-the-Prayers, the High-room of the Sun and the temples of Khonsu and Ptah, with their pylons, obelisks, courts, halls and innerchambers.
CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Latest news The 2020 World Heritage Committee meeting has been held over until 2021. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has announced that the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee, originally due to be held in Fuzhou, China, in July 2020, will now be held over until Juneor July 2021.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Latest news Extended 2021 World Heritage Committee meeting will take place on 16–31 July. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has announced that the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee, originally due to be held in Fuzhou, China, in July 2020, will now take place on-line on 16–31 July 2021. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19thcentury.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The most significant instruments (yantras) among the collection are: Brihat Samrat, probably the largest gnomon-sundial ever built. With a gnomon arm 22.6m high and two lateral quadrants of radius 15.15m, it measures local time to an accuracy of 2 seconds. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The most important temples in relation to astronomy are the temple of Amun itself, the temple of Ra-Horakhty, the temple of Amun-who-hear-the-Prayers, the High-room of the Sun and the temples of Khonsu and Ptah, with their pylons, obelisks, courts, halls and innerchambers.
CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Latest news Extended 2021 World Heritage Committee meeting will take place on 16–31 July. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has announced that the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee, originally due to be held in Fuzhou, China, in July 2020, will now take place on-line on 16–31 July 2021. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The brick building with sandstone and limestone frames was erected in 1576–1580 in the style of the Flemish Renaissance by the architect of the royal Danish court Hans van Steenwinckel der Ältere (around 1545-1601) and the sculptor Johan Gregor van der Schardt (around 1530 - after 1581/91) in close cooperation with Tycho. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Stonehenge WHS contains more than 700 archaeological features, including more than 350 burial mounds, and a number of key monuments such as the Cursus (c. 3600-3400 BC); Woodhenge (c. 2300 BC), Durrington Walls henge (c. 2500 BC) and the Stonehenge Avenue (c.2500-1700 BC).
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Computus. Computus was a practical astronomy, concerned with reconciling the periods of the Sun and Moon—in other words ’the science of the numbering and division of time‘ (Grosseteste 1926:213).
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.The neighbouring regions of Alentejo (Portugal) and Extremadura (Spain) where seven stone antas can be found. The vast majority are in Portugal (notice the huge concentration around Évora, E in the map), hence the common name of Antas Alentejanas by which they are alsoknown.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Framework appropriate to properties with clear significance and value in relation to science - note that we use the term ‘fixed’ rather than ‘immovable’, since some heritage that falls under the Convention (e.g. a stone circle) is not strictly ‘immovable’ but is merely understood not to UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Pantheon as preserved today is composed of a rectangular pronaos (portico) with three lines of granite columns fronting a circular building. The latter is designed as a huge hemispherical dome (43.3m in diameter) built over a cylinder of the same diameter and as high asthe radius.
CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. CASE STUDY 6.1: THE JANTAR MANTAR AT JAIPUR, INDIA Case Study 6.1: The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, India Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: City of Jaipur, State of Rajasthan, India. Location: Latitude 26º 55´ 27˝ N, longitude 75º 49´ 19˝ E. Elevation 440m above mean sea level. General description: The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomy and world heritage. This portal supports UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative (AWHI) through the provision of thematic essays, case studies and general information, for example on preparing a nomination dossier for the World Heritage List. We encourage professional users to register and login in order to viewdetailed
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. After the death of the queen he was forgotten, and TT353 was never completed. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL understanding the issues inherent in identifying a potential astronomical World Heritage site; and. developing a suitable methodological approach for undertaking preliminary studies and, if these are encouraging, to prepare a nomination dossier. A selection of the thematic essays and case studies is used to illustrate the mainpoints made.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Yuan Dynasty observatory was originally built in 1279 by Guo Shoujing (1231-1316). It was repaired in 1542 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhou Gong’s Temple was also built in the Ming Dynasty, in commemoration of Zhou Gong, who is believed to have carried the earliest measurement of the sun’s shadow in Yangcheng. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL It has been recognised on the World Heritage List since 1979, under criteria (i), (iii) and (vi), as part of the World Heritage Site Memphis and its Necropolis—the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur. The presence of such a huge number of visitors and a range of tourist pursuits alters the former perception of authenticity and creates UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the 18th century. Today it has 19 main astronomical instruments or groups of instruments. They were generally constructed of brick rubble and plaster, but a few were made of bronze. They were built for naked-eye observations of the celestial bodies and precision was CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomy and world heritage. This portal supports UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative (AWHI) through the provision of thematic essays, case studies and general information, for example on preparing a nomination dossier for the World Heritage List. We encourage professional users to register and login in order to viewdetailed
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. After the death of the queen he was forgotten, and TT353 was never completed. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL understanding the issues inherent in identifying a potential astronomical World Heritage site; and. developing a suitable methodological approach for undertaking preliminary studies and, if these are encouraging, to prepare a nomination dossier. A selection of the thematic essays and case studies is used to illustrate the mainpoints made.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Yuan Dynasty observatory was originally built in 1279 by Guo Shoujing (1231-1316). It was repaired in 1542 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhou Gong’s Temple was also built in the Ming Dynasty, in commemoration of Zhou Gong, who is believed to have carried the earliest measurement of the sun’s shadow in Yangcheng. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL It has been recognised on the World Heritage List since 1979, under criteria (i), (iii) and (vi), as part of the World Heritage Site Memphis and its Necropolis—the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur. The presence of such a huge number of visitors and a range of tourist pursuits alters the former perception of authenticity and creates UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the 18th century. Today it has 19 main astronomical instruments or groups of instruments. They were generally constructed of brick rubble and plaster, but a few were made of bronze. They were built for naked-eye observations of the celestial bodies and precision was CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Latest news Extended 2021 World Heritage Committee meeting will take place on 16–31 July. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has announced that the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee, originally due to be held in Fuzhou, China, in July 2020, will now take place on-line on 16–31 July 2021. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Each case study on this portal relates to heritage that belongs to one or more categories and to one of more types, as defined below.It may relate to any of the themes identified in the thematic essays. Most (but not all) case studies relate to a particular place (or places) and to a particular span of time.. The categories are: tangible fixed (‘immovable’); tangible movable; intangible UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The interplay between the tangible and the intangible is an inherent and fundamental aspect of astronomical heritage, as indeed it is of science heritage in general. The same is also true, to some degree, of all properties on the World Heritage List. In heritage terms, we can identify three main aspects of the 'astronomical system' associated UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Contacts. The main contacts for the Astronomical Heritage web portal project are the project team and its advisors. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL understanding the issues inherent in identifying a potential astronomical World Heritage site; and. developing a suitable methodological approach for undertaking preliminary studies and, if these are encouraging, to prepare a nomination dossier. A selection of the thematic essays and case studies is used to illustrate the mainpoints made.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The BiophereSmart Initiative in partnership with UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and supported by the Starlight Initiative has created a very useful interactive world map, listing Astronomical Heritage Sites in conjunction with Dark Sky Protected Areas.. View the interactive dark sky protected areas map with information sourced from various organisations, as detailed below. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19th century. An axis leads up the hill to a city park with the university,observatory
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL It has been recognised on the World Heritage List since 1979, under criteria (i), (iii) and (vi), as part of the World Heritage Site Memphis and its Necropolis—the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur. The presence of such a huge number of visitors and a range of tourist pursuits alters the former perception of authenticity and creates UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL A common theme in the Middle Ages was the use of astronomy for the reckoning of time, first for religious and later for civil purposes. Timekeepers ranging from sundials to ornate astronomical clocks were often incorporated as a semi-permanent feature of churches and other religious or civic structures. CASE STUDY 6.1: THE JANTAR MANTAR AT JAIPUR, INDIA Case Study 6.1: The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, India Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: City of Jaipur, State of Rajasthan, India. Location: Latitude 26º 55´ 27˝ N, longitude 75º 49´ 19˝ E. Elevation 440m above mean sea level. General description: The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomy and world heritage. This portal supports UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative (AWHI) through the provision of thematic essays, case studies and general information, for example on preparing a nomination dossier for the World Heritage List. We encourage professional users to register and login in order to viewdetailed
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. After the death of the queen he was forgotten, and TT353 was never completed. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL understanding the issues inherent in identifying a potential astronomical World Heritage site; and. developing a suitable methodological approach for undertaking preliminary studies and, if these are encouraging, to prepare a nomination dossier. A selection of the thematic essays and case studies is used to illustrate the mainpoints made.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Yuan Dynasty observatory was originally built in 1279 by Guo Shoujing (1231-1316). It was repaired in 1542 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhou Gong’s Temple was also built in the Ming Dynasty, in commemoration of Zhou Gong, who is believed to have carried the earliest measurement of the sun’s shadow in Yangcheng. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19th century. An axis leads up the hill to a city park with the university,observatory
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the 18th century. Today it has 19 main astronomical instruments or groups of instruments. They were generally constructed of brick rubble and plaster, but a few were made of bronze. They were built for naked-eye observations of the celestial bodies and precision was CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomy and world heritage. This portal supports UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative (AWHI) through the provision of thematic essays, case studies and general information, for example on preparing a nomination dossier for the World Heritage List. We encourage professional users to register and login in order to viewdetailed
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. After the death of the queen he was forgotten, and TT353 was never completed. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL understanding the issues inherent in identifying a potential astronomical World Heritage site; and. developing a suitable methodological approach for undertaking preliminary studies and, if these are encouraging, to prepare a nomination dossier. A selection of the thematic essays and case studies is used to illustrate the mainpoints made.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Yuan Dynasty observatory was originally built in 1279 by Guo Shoujing (1231-1316). It was repaired in 1542 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhou Gong’s Temple was also built in the Ming Dynasty, in commemoration of Zhou Gong, who is believed to have carried the earliest measurement of the sun’s shadow in Yangcheng. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19th century. An axis leads up the hill to a city park with the university,observatory
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the 18th century. Today it has 19 main astronomical instruments or groups of instruments. They were generally constructed of brick rubble and plaster, but a few were made of bronze. They were built for naked-eye observations of the celestial bodies and precision was CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Each case study on this portal relates to heritage that belongs to one or more categories and to one of more types, as defined below.It may relate to any of the themes identified in the thematic essays. Most (but not all) case studies relate to a particular place (or places) and to a particular span of time.. The categories are: tangible fixed (‘immovable’); tangible movable; intangible UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Astronomical Heritage Finder is available either as a map or as a list. To narrow down the search results, please use the filters below, including at least one of the four lists (AWHI, UNESCO, IAU, PC2S). Learn more about filtering on the HowTo filter page. List. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The interplay between the tangible and the intangible is an inherent and fundamental aspect of astronomical heritage, as indeed it is of science heritage in general. The same is also true, to some degree, of all properties on the World Heritage List. In heritage terms, we can identify three main aspects of the 'astronomical system' associated UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL understanding the issues inherent in identifying a potential astronomical World Heritage site; and. developing a suitable methodological approach for undertaking preliminary studies and, if these are encouraging, to prepare a nomination dossier. A selection of the thematic essays and case studies is used to illustrate the mainpoints made.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The BiophereSmart Initiative in partnership with UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and supported by the Starlight Initiative has created a very useful interactive world map, listing Astronomical Heritage Sites in conjunction with Dark Sky Protected Areas.. View the interactive dark sky protected areas map with information sourced from various organisations, as detailed below. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Horologion of Andronikos Kyrrhestes (official name of the monument), is a structure about 14 m tall and 8 m in diameter. It is an octagonal building, which incorporates a cylindrical structure on the south side. At the top of the eight vertical walls is a vaulted ceiling depicting the sky. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL It has been recognised on the World Heritage List since 1979, under criteria (i), (iii) and (vi), as part of the World Heritage Site Memphis and its Necropolis—the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur. The presence of such a huge number of visitors and a range of tourist pursuits alters the former perception of authenticity and creates UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL A common theme in the Middle Ages was the use of astronomy for the reckoning of time, first for religious and later for civil purposes. Timekeepers ranging from sundials to ornate astronomical clocks were often incorporated as a semi-permanent feature of churches and other religious or civic structures. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The most important temples in relation to astronomy are the temple of Amun itself, the temple of Ra-Horakhty, the temple of Amun-who-hear-the-Prayers, the High-room of the Sun and the temples of Khonsu and Ptah, with their pylons, obelisks, courts, halls and inner chambers. The site includes an open-air museum containing thereconstructed White
CASE STUDY 6.1: THE JANTAR MANTAR AT JAIPUR, INDIA Case Study 6.1: The Jantar Mantar at Jaipur, India Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: City of Jaipur, State of Rajasthan, India. Location: Latitude 26º 55´ 27˝ N, longitude 75º 49´ 19˝ E. Elevation 440m above mean sea level. General description: The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomy and world heritage. This portal supports UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative (AWHI) through the provision of thematic essays, case studies and general information, for example on preparing a nomination dossier for the World Heritage List. We encourage professional users to register and login in order to viewdetailed
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Astronomical Heritage Finder is available either as a map or as a list. To narrow down the search results, please use the filters below, including at least one of the four lists (AWHI, UNESCO, IAU, PC2S). Learn more about filtering on the HowTo filter page. List. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL A preliminary version of TS2 was presented at a side-event at UNESCO’s 2015 World Heritage Committee meeting In Bonn, Germany. “Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the Context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention: Thematic Study no. 2” was published as an e-book on 30 June 2017. It is a is joint publicationby ICOMOS
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. After the death of the queen he was forgotten, and TT353 was never completed. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Yuan Dynasty observatory was originally built in 1279 by Guo Shoujing (1231-1316). It was repaired in 1542 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhou Gong’s Temple was also built in the Ming Dynasty, in commemoration of Zhou Gong, who is believed to have carried the earliest measurement of the sun’s shadow in Yangcheng. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19th century. An axis leads up the hill to a city park with the university,observatory
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomy and world heritage. This portal supports UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative (AWHI) through the provision of thematic essays, case studies and general information, for example on preparing a nomination dossier for the World Heritage List. We encourage professional users to register and login in order to viewdetailed
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Astronomical Heritage Finder is available either as a map or as a list. To narrow down the search results, please use the filters below, including at least one of the four lists (AWHI, UNESCO, IAU, PC2S). Learn more about filtering on the HowTo filter page. List. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL A preliminary version of TS2 was presented at a side-event at UNESCO’s 2015 World Heritage Committee meeting In Bonn, Germany. “Heritage Sites of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the Context of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention: Thematic Study no. 2” was published as an e-book on 30 June 2017. It is a is joint publicationby ICOMOS
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. After the death of the queen he was forgotten, and TT353 was never completed. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Yuan Dynasty observatory was originally built in 1279 by Guo Shoujing (1231-1316). It was repaired in 1542 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Zhou Gong’s Temple was also built in the Ming Dynasty, in commemoration of Zhou Gong, who is believed to have carried the earliest measurement of the sun’s shadow in Yangcheng. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19th century. An axis leads up the hill to a city park with the university,observatory
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Each case study on this portal relates to heritage that belongs to one or more categories and to one of more types, as defined below.It may relate to any of the themes identified in the thematic essays. Most (but not all) case studies relate to a particular place (or places) and to a particular span of time.. The categories are: tangible fixed (‘immovable’); tangible movable; intangible UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomical heritage is evidence relating to the practice of astronomy and to social uses and representations of astronomy. It exists in the form of the tangible remains of monuments, sites and landscapes with a link to the skies that constitute a well-definedphysical property.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Astronomical Heritage Finder is available either as a map or as a list. To narrow down the search results, please use the filters below, including at least one of the four lists (AWHI, UNESCO, IAU, PC2S). Learn more about filtering on the HowTo filter page. List. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The interplay between the tangible and the intangible is an inherent and fundamental aspect of astronomical heritage, as indeed it is of science heritage in general. The same is also true, to some degree, of all properties on the World Heritage List. In heritage terms, we can identify three main aspects of the 'astronomical system' associated UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL As an IAU100 Endorsed Project Pc2S provides extra means to achieve the IAU100 main goals and objectives. It aims to raise awareness that astronomy represents a rich and significant aspect of cultural and natural heritage. It encourages the general public worldwide to engage with their local astronomy-related places and to present them alongside many others in this global collection which is UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The BiophereSmart Initiative in partnership with UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and supported by the Starlight Initiative has created a very useful interactive world map, listing Astronomical Heritage Sites in conjunction with Dark Sky Protected Areas.. View the interactive dark sky protected areas map with information sourced from various organisations, as detailed below. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Pioneering measurements of the distance between the Earth and the Moon using laser shots (Calame in 1969). Stellar Astronomy. Today, the Bernard Lyot Telescope (2m) is the worldwide leader in the observation of stellar magnetism using the instruments MUSICOS (Boehm, Catala, Donati 2000-2007) and NARVAL (Semel, Donati, since 2007). UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL A common theme in the Middle Ages was the use of astronomy for the reckoning of time, first for religious and later for civil purposes. Timekeepers ranging from sundials to ornate astronomical clocks were often incorporated as a semi-permanent feature of churches and other religious or civic structures. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL LocationInfoTheme: Astronomy from the Renaissance to the mid-twentieth centuryEntity: 100Subentity: 1Version: 3Status: PUBDate: 2019-06-19 10:02:00Author (s): Gudrun Wolfschmidt. Uraniborg 55° 54′ 28.3″ N, 12° 41′ 47.7″ E, elevation 44m above mean sea level. Stjärneborg 55° 54′ 24.7″ N, 12° 41′ 49.3″ E, elevation 42mabove
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The Jantar Mantar of Jaipur is an observatory built in the first half of the 18th century. Today it has 19 main astronomical instruments or groups of instruments. They were generally constructed of brick rubble and plaster, but a few were made of bronze. They were built for naked-eye observations of the celestial bodies and precision was UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Latest news The 2020 World Heritage Committee meeting has been held over until 2021. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has announced that the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee, originally due to be held in Fuzhou, China, in July 2020, will now be held over until Juneor July 2021.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomical Heritage Finder. The Astronomical Heritage Finder is available either as a map or as a list.To narrow down the search results, please use the filters below, including at least one of the four lists (AWHI, UNESCO, IAU, PC2S). Learn more about filtering on the HowTo filter page. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Following the publication of the first ICOMOS–IAU Thematic Study (“TS1”) in 2010, the IAU requested its Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage to develop particular case studies in greater detail, so as to explore further and clarify some of the key issues highlighted in TS1 that can arise in the particular case of astronomical heritage sites. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19thcentury.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Gaocheng occupies a special place in Chinese history as well as in the history of Chinese astronomy (for which, see below). Before the Tang Dynasty its name was Yangcheng, and according to classical Chinese texts, Emperor Yu the Great, founder of the Xia Dynasty, the first Dynasty in Chinese history, made Yangcheng his capital in the 21stcentury BC.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Latest news The 2020 World Heritage Committee meeting has been held over until 2021. UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has announced that the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee, originally due to be held in Fuzhou, China, in July 2020, will now be held over until Juneor July 2021.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomical Heritage Finder. The Astronomical Heritage Finder is available either as a map or as a list.To narrow down the search results, please use the filters below, including at least one of the four lists (AWHI, UNESCO, IAU, PC2S). Learn more about filtering on the HowTo filter page. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Following the publication of the first ICOMOS–IAU Thematic Study (“TS1”) in 2010, the IAU requested its Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage to develop particular case studies in greater detail, so as to explore further and clarify some of the key issues highlighted in TS1 that can arise in the particular case of astronomical heritage sites. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Senenmut, Queen Hatshepsut’s (c. 1470 BC) architect and chancellor, was a powerful man in his time. He was permitted to build this tomb very close to the Million Year temple of his mistress, the queen pharaoh, a rare privilege for a person of non-royal blood. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The City of La Plata was founded by Governor Dardo Rocha (1838-1921) on November 19,1882, and planned by the architect Pedro Benoit (1836-1897) on a generous scale with broad streets and diagonals; it is famous as one of the best planned urban systems of the 19thcentury.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Gaocheng occupies a special place in Chinese history as well as in the history of Chinese astronomy (for which, see below). Before the Tang Dynasty its name was Yangcheng, and according to classical Chinese texts, Emperor Yu the Great, founder of the Xia Dynasty, the first Dynasty in Chinese history, made Yangcheng his capital in the 21stcentury BC.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Fig. 1.Location of Taosi Observatory (identified as feature IIFJT1) within the Taosi site. After He Nu and Shanxi Xiangfen (2009), ’Taosi chengzhi zhongqi wang ji da mu IIM22 chutu qigan guichi gongneng shitan ‘, Ziran kexueshi yanjiu [Studies in the history of CASE STUDY 12.5: THE EINSTEIN TOWER, POTSDAM, GERMANY Case Study 12.5: The Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany Gudrun Wolfschmidt and Michel Cotte Presentation and analysis of the site Geographical position: Telegrafenberg 1, 14473 Potsdam, Germany. Location: Latitude 52º 22´ 44˝ N, longitude 13º 3´ 50 E˝.Elevation 87m above mean sea level. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Each case study on this portal relates to heritage that belongs to one or more categories and to one of more types, as defined below.It may relate to any of the themes identified in the thematic essays. Most (but not all) case studies relate to a particular place (or places) and to a particular span of time.. The categories are: tangible fixed (‘immovable’); tangible movable; intangible UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomical heritage is evidence relating to the practice of astronomy and to social uses and representations of astronomy. It exists in the form of the tangible remains of monuments, sites and landscapes with a link to the skies that constitute a well-definedphysical property.
UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Astronomical Heritage Finder. The Astronomical Heritage Finder is available either as a map or as a list.To narrow down the search results, please use the filters below, including at least one of the four lists (AWHI, UNESCO, IAU, PC2S). Learn more about filtering on the HowTo filter page. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL While incomplete and begging many issues, such as the imprecise boundaries between certain types of evidence, the table suffices to highlight the important question of the relationships between material evidence, as the main focus of the application of the World Heritage Convention at the present time, and intangible heritage, as evidence for the value of material manifestations. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL As an IAU100 Endorsed Project Pc2S provides extra means to achieve the IAU100 main goals and objectives. It aims to raise awareness that astronomy represents a rich and significant aspect of cultural and natural heritage. It encourages the general public worldwide to engage with their local astronomy-related places and to present them alongside many others in this global collection which is UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The BiophereSmart Initiative in partnership with UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB) and supported by the Starlight Initiative has created a very useful interactive world map, listing Astronomical Heritage Sites in conjunction with Dark Sky Protected Areas.. View the interactive dark sky protected areas map with information sourced from various organisations, as detailed below. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL This Thematic Study presents an overall vision on astronomical heritage, attempts to identify what constitutes “outstanding universal significance to humankind” in relation to astronomy, and identifies broad issues that could arise in the assessment of cultural properties relating to astronomy. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The brick building with sandstone and limestone frames was erected in 1576–1580 in the style of the Flemish Renaissance by the architect of the royal Danish court Hans van Steenwinckel der Ältere (around 1545-1601) and the sculptor Johan Gregor van der Schardt (around 1530 - after 1581/91) in close cooperation with Tycho. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL The most significant instruments (yantras) among the collection are: Brihat Samrat, probably the largest gnomon-sundial ever built. With a gnomon arm 22.6m high and two lateral quadrants of radius 15.15m, it measures local time to an accuracy of 2 seconds. UNESCO ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE WEBPORTAL Computus. Computus was a practical astronomy, concerned with reconciling the periods of the Sun and Moon—in other words ’the science of the numbering and division of time‘ (Grosseteste 1926:213).
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The total solar eclipse of August 2008 above the Jiayuguan Fortress on the Great Wall of China. P.K. Chen, TWAN (twanight.org) FIND ASTRONOMICAL HERITAGE Locate astronomical heritage geographically and/or temporally Locate (or submit) Places connected to the SkyLATEST NEWS
THE 2020 WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE MEETING HAS BEEN HELD OVER UNTIL2021
UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre has announced that the 44th meeting of the World Heritage Committee, originally due to be held in Fuzhou, China, in July 2020, will now be held over until June or July 2021. World Heritage nominations due to be considered in 2020 will now be considered at that time. For further information see the UNESCOwebsite .
Welcome to the integrated web portal for UNESCO’s Astronomy and World Heritage Initiative , supported by the INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE and by the International Astronomical Union through its Commission C4 on World Heritage and Astronomy . The Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy exists to raise awareness of the importance of astronomical heritage worldwide and to facilitate efforts to identify, protect and preserve such heritage for the benefit of humankind, both now and in the future. WHAT IS ASTRONOMICAL HERITAGE? Cultural heritage related to the sky is a vital component of cultural heritage in general.Why preserve it?
What is the purpose of this web portal? ASTRONOMY AND WORLD HERITAGE This portal supports UNESCO’s Astronomy and World HeritageInitiative (AWHI)
through the provision of thematic essays, case studies and general information, for example on preparing a nomination dossier for the World Heritage List . We encourage professional users to register and login in order to view detailed information, propose a new case study or suggest changes to an existing one. ASTRONOMICAL HERITAGE CATEGORIES Click on the different parts of this diagram to find out more about a certain category of astronomical heritage. REGIONAL AND NATIONAL HERITAGE We are developing a list of astronomical heritage resources at the regional or national level that are available on other internet sites. If you have items that you would like added to this list, please contact our contentmanager.
DARK SKIES
See our Dark Skies Information page for further information about International Dark Sky Reserves, Starlight Reserves, and other Dark Sky Places.FULL CASE STUDIES
Full case studies , structured as sections of draft dossiers, aim to highlight issues that might arise if State Parties were to prepare nomination dossiers highlighting the astronomical values of the properties concerned. Examples:Chankillo
, Peru
Risco Caído and
the sacred mountains of Gran Canaria, Spain
SHORT CASE STUDIES
Short case studies follow the format used in the ICOMOS–IAU Thematic Study on Astronomical Heritage. Examples:
Hortobágy Puszta
, Hungary
Jantar Mantar at
Jaipur , India
Sydney Observatory
, Australia
MOVABLE OBJECTS
We have recently introduced movable object case studies in order to document items such as artefacts and portable instruments in a more suitable format. Examples:Nebra Sky Disc
, Germany
Ishango Bone
, Democratic
Republic of the Congo IAU “OUTSTANDING ASTRONOMICAL HERITAGE” SITES The IAU has begun to compile its own list of astronomical heritagesites that are
outstanding in the history of astronomy but are not necessarily suitable for inscription on the World Heritage List. The period from the European Renaissance to the middle of the 20th century was an extremely rich one for the history of astronomy and the initial list focuses on sites of thistype. Examples:
Uraniborg and
Stellaeburgum ,
Sweden
La Plata
Observatory ,
Argentina
PLACES CONNECTED TO THE SKY PC2S is our global community project, set up in 2019 as part of the IAU’s 100 Years Under one Sky celebrations. The examples on the Portal illustrate some novel ways in which terrestrial locations can be connected to the sky, including:Aiello
del Friuli, village of sundials,
Italy
Otford
Solar System
,
UK, USA, Falkland Is., Australia, New Zealand For more information follow this link! FINDING RELEVANT INFORMATIONYou can locate case
studies of interest both geographically and temporally using our astronomical heritage finder, or browse a
complete list
.
You could also start from one of our Thematic Essays. An Initiative by UNESCO World Heritage Centre Disclaimer | Credits | Privacy Policy | Technology Portal to the Heritage of Astronomy - Partners, Sponsors and collaborating projectsDetails
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