The
cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations. Not all heritages of past generations are "heritage"; rather, heritage is a product of selection by soci ...
of
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
includes both material and immaterial assets (valuables), in accordance with the Law on Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Belarus (2006).
Material historical and cultural assets, movable and immovable, include (Article 13
):
*Documentary monuments;
*Nature reserves;
*Monuments of archaeology;
*Monuments of architecture;
*Monuments of history;
*Monuments of urban design;
*Monuments of arts
These assets are classified as follows (Article 16):
*Category 0, inscribed or proposed for inscription on the
World Heritage List
A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area with legal protection by an international convention administered by the UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). World Heritage Sites are designated by UNES ...
;
*Category 1, otherwise of international
significance;
*Category 2 of national importance;
*Category 3 of regional importance
Non-material assets, including traditions, rites, folklore, folk arts, and language, are classified as (Articles 14, 16):
*Category A, if fully authentic and invariable;
*Category Б, if recast into a different medium and/or where their documentary value may change over time
The State Register of Historical and Cultural Values of the Republic of Belarus (
Belarusian: Дзяржаўны спіс гісторыка-культурных каштоўнасцей Рэспублікі Беларусь) and Databank are maintained (Article 8).
In 2007, a total of 4,811 objects of heritage were listed, of which 4,694 were material, including 1,655 architectural monuments, 1,125 historical monuments, and 57 art monuments.
Current 07-07-2020 objects of heritage list.
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Code
Every asset has a unique 10-character alphanumeric code of the following template: nnnAnnnnnn
The first character refers to its location
: 1 — Brest Region
Brest Region or Brest Oblast or Brest Voblasts ( be, Брэ́сцкая во́бласць ''(Bresckaja vobłasć)''; russian: Бре́стская о́бласть (''Brestskaya Oblast)'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative cent ...
;
: 2 — Vitebsk Region
Vitebsk Region or Vitebsk Oblast or Viciebsk Voblasts ( be, Ві́цебская во́бласць, ''Viciebskaja voblasć'', ; rus, Ви́тебская о́бласть, Vitebskaya oblast, ˈvʲitʲɪpskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a region (oblast ...
;
: 3 — Gomel Region
Gomel Region or Gomel Oblast or Homiel Voblasts ( be, Го́мельская во́бласць, Homielskaja vobłasć, russian: Гомельская область, Gomelskaya oblast) is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center i ...
;
: 4 — Grodno Region
Grodno Region ( pl, Grodzieńszczyzna) or Grodno Oblast or Hrodna Voblasts ( be, Гродзенская вобласць, ''Hrodzienskaja vobłasć'', , ''Haradzienščyna''; russian: Гродненская область, ''Grodnenskaya oblast' ...
;
: 5 — Mogilev Region
Mogilev Region or Mogilev Oblast or Mahiliow Voblasts ( be, link=no, Магілёўская вобласць; ''Mahiloŭskaja voblasć''; russian: link=no, Могилёвская область; ''Mogilyovskaya Oblast''), is a region (''oblast'' ...
;
: 6 — Minck Region;
: 7 — Minsk
Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi ...
;
: 8 — abroad
The second character refers to its type
: 1 — tangible immovable assets
: 2 — tangible movable assets
: 3 — intangible assets
The third character refers to its category (0,1,2,3)
The third character refers to its more detailed classification
: А — documents
: Б — nature reserves
: В — archaeological
: Г — architectural monuments
: Д — historical monuments
: Е — urban design
: Ж — arts
: М — collection
: Н — set (камплект)
Six last characters is zero-padded number of the asset in the order of its inclusion into the Register
See also
* Culture of Belarus
The culture of Belarus is the product of a millennium of development under the impact of a number of diverse factors. These include the physical environment; the ethnographic background of Belarusians (the merger of Slavic newcomers with Baltic n ...
* History of Belarus
This article describes the history of Belarus. The Belarusians, Belarusian ethnos is traced at least as far in time as other East Slavs.
Belarus is a successor of some Rus' people, Ruthenian principalities (Principality of Polotsk, Polotsk, Prin ...
* World Heritage Sites in Belarus
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. Cultural her ...
References
External links
Heritage registers in Belarus
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...
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