CIIC INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL ROUTES
CIIC COMITÉ INTERNACIONAL DE ITINERARIOS CULTURALES
CIIC COMITÉ INTERNATIONAL DES ITINÉRAIRES CULTURELS
for
DESIGNATION: COUNTRY:
POLITICAL-ADMINISTRATIVE LOCATION
(State, Autonomous Community or Region, Province, County, Municipality, etc.)
MAP OF LOCATION
Topographic map number: __________________ (scale 1:50 000)
Aerial photography coordinates: _________________________________________
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION
Latitude: Longitude: Altitude:
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
(temperature, climate, humidity, sunshine, prevailing winds, etc.)
USE ADDITIONAL SHEETS IF NECESSARY TO EXTEND EACH SECTION
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Soil:
Vegetation: (Specify indigenous species and, if appropriate, endangered or vulnerable species, etc.)
Fauna: (Specify indigenous species and, if appropriate, endangered or vulnerable species, etc.)
Topography and geology:
Ecosystem(s):
Environmental degradation (High, medium, low, nonexistent)
LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENT
Natural (sea, river, lake, land, mixed, garden). Define its characteristics and values.
Urban (description of environment with approach roads, buildings, facilities and services)
Industrial (description of environment with approach roads, buildings, facilities and services)
Other
Degree of Protection of Landscape Environment:
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TYPE OF CULTURAL LANDSCAPE AND CHARACTERISTICS
Type of cultural landscape:
Designed landscape
Organically evolved fossil or continuing landscape
Associative landscape
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For designed landscapes such as historic, botanical or other gardens, describe characteristics of design, type of plants, decorative, sculptural, hydraulic elements, buildings.
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For evolved fossil landscapes , describe archeological components, buildings or other man-made elements, vestiges of ancient agricultural or other productions on the natural landscape, land uses, etc.
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For evolved continuing landscapes , describe forms of agriculture or other traditional productions and their effects on the landscape, land uses, persistence of traditional instruments of production, transport, storage, isolated buildings or domestic, industrial or other ensembles, hydraulic, energy systems.
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For associative landscapes , describe the natural components (mountains, rivers, caves or other) of the landscape that may be associated with beliefs, ancestral or traditional religious worship or rituals, as well as the elements built by man that are part of the system, such as commemorative monuments, landmarks, markers, buildings or ensembles such as sanctuaries or others.
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HISTORIC-CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
Major historic stages (First inhabitants, stage(s) of colonization –if appropriate– in recent centuries, recent years)
Current
NATURAL-HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE
Geological formation
PRESERVATION
EXISTING HERITAGE ELEMENTS
Cultural elements (list, description, specific declarations if any, other details of interest for their cataloging and identification).
Natural elements of heritage significance (list, description, specific declarations if any, other details of interest for their cataloging and identification).
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STATE OF PRESERVATION (Good, fair, poor. Specify)
OWNERSHIP AND CURRENT STATUS (Owned by... , abandoned, etc. Specify)
AUTHENTICITY
INTEGRITY (Partial losses, reconstrutions, etc.)
LEGAL PROTECTION AND RESPONSIBLE ADMINISTRATION (Local, regional, national, worldwide)
PROTECTION BY SOCIETY (High, medium, low)
PLANNING (Specify, if they exist, territorial and/or development plans that could have impact on the cultural landscape)
CURRENT USE
POPULATION OR ETHNIC GROUPS PRESENT
Name(s) of ethnic group(s):
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Number of inhabitants per group (by gender, age, and economically active population)
Description of ethnic group(s)
(anthropological characteristics, organization, culture and cosmovision)
Languages or dialects used
Description of main economic and social activities
Location with respect to site of cultural landscape
Accessibility of health services, education, electricity and other services.
DESCRIPTION OF TYPE OF ROUTE INTO WHICH THIS LANDSCAPE WAS INTEGRATED, IF
APPROPRIATE
Profit-making (mining, industry):
Religious (Like evangelization or other):
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Production (agriculture):
Commerce:
Other:
PHOTOGRAPHS
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bibliographical sources consulted to complete this inventory record
Other specialized bibliography on the property
BIBLIOGRAPHY USED TO PREPARE THE MODEL INVENTORY RECORD (References that can be consulted to obtain terminological or methodological clarifications regarding this inventory record)
 Añon Feliu Carmen. Garden and Landscape. Nara Conference on Authenticity. ICOMOS, Nara, Japan
1994
 Birnbaum Charles and Christine Capella Peters. The Secretary of the Interior´s Standards for the
Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes. US
Department of the Interior. National Park Service, Washington DC 1996.
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Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage. UNESCO, Paris 1972.
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Ferro Sergio. Fundamentos para elaborar el inventario de Paisajes Culturales y Jardines y Sitios
Históricos en la Región de Centroamérica y el Caribe. Facultad de Arquitectura. ISPJAE, La Habana
1999.
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Fowler Peter. Cultural Landscapes of Britain. International Journal of Heritage Studies. Vol. 6, No.3 pp
201-212, UK. 2000.
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Jardins et Sites Historiques. Journal Scientifique. ICOMOS-IFLA.. Madrid .1993
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Lapidus Luis. El Patrimonio Agroindustrial Cubano del Siglo XIX . Monuments and Sites Series.
ICOMOS. Sri Lanka 1996.
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Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention. UNESCO. Paris 1997.
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Mitchell N. J. Cultural Landscapes. Current Issues in the US. Nara Conference on Authenticity.
ICOMOS , Nara, Japan 1994.
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Mujica Elias. Authenticity and Heritage Diversity. Archaeological Sites and Cultural Landscapes in the
Andean Countries. Nara Conference on Authenticity. ICOMOS , Nara, Japan 1994.
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Rigol Isabel. Caribbean Plantations as Cultural Landscapes. Report to the Experts Meeting on Plantations
System in the Caribbean organized by UNESCO World Heritage Center and the Slaves´ Route Project.
Paramaribo, Surinam. 2001 (pending publication by UNESCO).
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Rigol Isabel. Cultural Landscapes in the Caribbean. pp 259-276. The Cultural Heritage of the Caribbean and the World Heritage Convention. Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques. UNESCO. Paris,
France 2001.
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