Talayotic culture of Menorca
" Talayotic culture of Menorca " is the name of a site that Spain has nominated for being awarded the title of " UNESCO World Heritage Site ". The site includes a representative selection of archaeological sites from Menorcan prehistory . The Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport put her on the national tentative list on January 29, 2013 . On January 14, 2016, it was officially nominated for a decision at the 41st meeting of the World Heritage Committee in July 2017, which was postponed.
background
Menorca was founded around 2100 BC. Chr. Settled permanently by humans. Its prehistory ended with the conquest of the Balearic Islands by the Romans in 123 BC. The island shares the talayotic culture of the late Bronze and early Iron Ages with its neighboring island of Mallorca . In addition to similarities such as the double-walled houses ( naviformes ) from the Bronze Age and the tower-like talayots, there are also clear differences between the islands. Independent developments on Menorca are the navetas , megalithic tombs whose shape resembles an inverted ship's hull , and the taulas , monuments up to five meters high made of monoliths placed one on top of the other in a T-shape , which stood in the center of shrines .
Altogether there are over 1500 archaeological sites from prehistoric times on Menorca, of which about 1400 are legally protected as Bien de Interés Cultural .
canditature
The "Talayotic Culture of Menorca" has been one of the objects on the Spanish tentative list for the World Heritage Site since 2013. In particular, the World Heritage criteria (i), (iii) and (iv) are considered to be met:
- The goods represent a masterpiece of human creativity.
- The goods represent a unique or at least extraordinary testimony to a cultural tradition or an existing or lost culture.
- The goods represent an excellent example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape that symbolizes one or more significant periods of human history.
The documents for an official application had been prepared by 2016. At the same time, broad public relations work took place. In addition, several excavation campaigns are ongoing , e.g. B. in the talayotic settlement Sa Cudia Cremada and in the cave Biniedrís de Baix Vell . However, the World Heritage Committee postponed the 2017 application submitted on January 14, 2016 and suggested improvements to the application.
Sites selected for nomination
For entry on the Spanish national tentative list, 25 objects were selected that represent the culture of the entire prehistoric era of Menorca. Some of these objects consist of two sites close together, e.g. B. Object # 1 from the Ses Roques Llises dolmen and the Na Comerma de Sa Garita megalithic building . A second list of 32 objects is presented on the official Menorca talaiòtica website of the Consell Insular de Menorca. Both largely agree. However, there are individual objects that are only represented on one of the two lists.
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See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Talayotic Culture of Minorca , on the Spanish tentative list at UNESCO (English), accessed on May 10, 2017.
- ↑ World Heritage Committee (Ed.): List of nominations received by February 1, 2016 and for examination by the World Heritage Committee at its 41st session (2017) . (English, unesco.org [PDF; 427 kB ]).
- ↑ a b World Heritage Committee (Ed.): Decisions adopted during the 41st session of the World Heritage Committee (Krakow, 2017) . (English, unesco.org [PDF; 4.5 MB ]).
- ^ Antoni Nicolau Martí, Elena Sintes Olives, Ricard Pla Boada, Albert Àlvarez Marsal: Talayotic Minorca . The prehistory of the island. Triangle Books, Sant Lluís 2015, ISBN 978-84-8478-640-5 , pp. 11 (English).
- ↑ Current projects on the Menorca talaiòtica website of the Consell Insular de Menorca (English), accessed on May 10, 2017
- ↑ a b The monuments in the nomination on the website Menorca talaiòtica des Consell Insular de Menorca (English), accessed on May 10, 2017