A Source of Inexhaustible Cultural Richness and Aesthetic Enjoyment: the Private Historical Archives of Europe. Pp. 1-6, with a series of photos and documents by the authors. Deposited in the SIAE Copyright Office n. 2012003616-2012, for the International Conference held at the EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, Brussels, 26 September 2012. Title of the Conference: "European Private Archives of Historical Families and Individuals: The Shrine of European Historical Knowledge and Cultural Heritage"
Author(s)
Date Issued
2012
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conferenceObject
Start Page
1
End Page
6
Abstract
This contribution focuses on a topic that makes Europe unique in the world: the richness of European private Historical Archives of Families and Individuals, and their characteristic of ‘time depth’, their aptitude to depict human reality within an extensive chronological framework, vital for acquiring a profound knowledge of European history, traditions, and cultural heritage.
European Private Historical Archives -intricately bound up in the culture, society, history in which they were formed- give a vivid representation of European people, places, landscapes and natural environments, and profuse information on the activities and enterprises of individuals, families and groups, on their relations and interrelations, on their interplay in society and with power.
This contribution, therefore, aims at raising the awareness and attracting the attention of the European Institutions -as well as that of the European citizens themselves- about European exceptional cultural patrimony of Private Historical Archives, in order to strengthen specific conservation policies and promote activities to highlight their remarkable ‘cultural value’ and make them available to Europeans.
Additional information
Public Speech.
At European Parliament, Brussels, on 26 September 2012.
Conference organized at The European Parliament, in Brussels, by Hon. Vice-President Gianni Pittella in collaboration with Veltha Non For Profit Association and Professor Fabienne Charlotte Orazie Vallino.
(The Author signs her Speech as: Fabienne Charlotte O. Vallino)
Dep. at SIAE n. 2012003616.
At European Parliament, Brussels, on 26 September 2012.
Conference organized at The European Parliament, in Brussels, by Hon. Vice-President Gianni Pittella in collaboration with Veltha Non For Profit Association and Professor Fabienne Charlotte Orazie Vallino.
(The Author signs her Speech as: Fabienne Charlotte O. Vallino)
Dep. at SIAE n. 2012003616.
Conference(s)
"European Private Archives of Historical Families and Individuals: The Shrine of European Historical Knowledge and Cultural Heritage"