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Charters and doctrinal texts

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Venice Charter

    • International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (Venice Charter) - 1964

Charters adopted by the General Assembly of ICOMOS

  • Interpretation and presentation

    • ICOMOS Charter on the Interpretation and Presentation of Cultural Heritage Sites - 2008

  • Education and training

    • Guidelines for Education and Training in the Conservation of Monuments, Ensembles and Sites - 1993

  • Heritage documentation

    • Principles for the recording of monuments, groups of buildings and sites - 1996

  • Archaeological heritage

    • Charter for the Protection and Management of the Archaeological Heritage - 1990

    • Salalah Guidelines for the management of Public Archaeological Sites - 2017

  • Architectural heritage

    • ICOMOS Charter – Principles for the Analysis, Conservation and Structural Restoration of Architectural Heritage - 2003

  • Cultural landscapes

    • ICOMOS-IFLA Principles concerning Rural Landscapes as Heritage - 2017

  • Cultural routes

    • ICOMOS Charter on Cultural Routes - 2008

  • Cultural tourism

    • Charter of Cultural Tourism - 1976

    • International Cultural Tourism Charter - Managing Tourism at Places of Heritage Significance - 1999

    • ICOMOS International Cultural Heritage Tourism Charter - 2022

  • Historic cities, towns, villages and gardens

    • Historic Gardens (Florence Charter) - 1981

    • Charter for the Conservation of Historic Towns and Urban Areas (Washington Charter) - 1987

    • Valletta Principles for the Safeguarding and Management of Historic Cities, Towns and Urban Areas - 2011

    • Document on Historic Urban Public Parks - 2017

  • Industrial heritage

    • Joint ICOMOS – TICCIH Principles for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage Sites, Structures, Areas and Landscapes (Dublin Principles) - 2011

  • Intangible cultural heritage

    • International Charter and Guidance on Sites with Intangible Cultural Heritage - 2024

  • Military heritage

    • ICOMOS Guidelines on Fortifications and Military Heritage - 2021

  • Mural paintings

    • ICOMOS Principles for the Preservation and Conservation-Restoration of Wall Paintings - 2003

  • Polar heritage

    • ICOMOS Antarctic Archaeological Guidelines - 2022

  • Underwater cultural heritage

    • Charter on the Protection and Management of the Underwater Cultural Heritage - 1996

  • Vernacular architecture

    • Charter on the Built Vernacular Heritage - 1999

  • Wood

    • Principles for the Preservation of Historic Timber Structures - 1999

    • Principles for the Conservation of Wooden Built Heritage - 2017