ICOMOS Charters and other instruments

CHARTERS ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ICOMOS

• International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites (The Venice Charter)
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• The Florence Charter (Historic gardens and landscapes)
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• Charter on the Conservation of Historic Towns and Urban Areas
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• Charter for the Protection and Management of the Archaeological Heritage
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• Charter for the Protection and Management of the Underwater Cultural Heritage
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• International Charter on Cultural Tourism
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• Principles for the Preservation of Historic Timber Structures
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• Charter on the Built Vernacular heritage
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RESOLUTIONS AND DECLARATIONS OF ICOMOS SYMPOSIA

• Resolutions of the symposium on the Introduction of Contemporary Architecture into Ancient Groups of Buildings
  
  
• Resolution on the Conservation of Smaller Historic Towns
  
  
• Tlaxcala Declaration on the Revitalization of Small Settlements
  
  
• Declaration of Dresden
  
  
• Declaration of Rome
  
  
• Guidelines for Education and Training in the Conservation of Monuments, Ensembles and Sites
  
  
• The Nara Document on Authenticity (Nara Conference on Authenticity in Relation to the World Heritage Convention, held at Nara, Japan, from 1-6 November 1994)
  
  
• Declaration of San Antonio at the InterAmerican Symposium on Authenticity in the Conservationa and Management of the Cultural Heritage
  
  
• Principles for the recording of monuments, groups of buildings and sites
  
  
• The Stockholm Declaration : Declaration of ICOMOS marking the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted by the ICOMOS Executive and Advisory Committees at their meetings in Stockolm, 11 September 1998)
  
  

CHARTERS ADOPTED BY ICOMOS NATIONAL COMMITTEES

• The Australia ICOMOS Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Significance (The Burra Charter) (Australia ICOMOS)
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• Charter for the Preservation of Quebec's Heritage (Deschambault Declaration) (ICOMOS Canada)
  
  
• Appleton Charter for the Protection and Enhancement of the Built Environment (ICOMOS Canada)
  
  
• First Brazilian Seminar About the Preservation and Revitalization of Historic Centers (ICOMOS Brazil)
  
  
• Charter for the Conservation of Places of Cultural Heritage Value (ICOMOS New Zealand)
  
  
• A Preservation Charter for the Historic Towns and Areas of the United States of America (US/ICOMOS)
  
  

OTHER INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

• Athens Charter for the Restoration of Historic Monuments (First International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments, Athens, 1931)
  
  
• Normas de Quito, 1967 (Informe final de la reunión sobre la conservación y utilisación de monumentos y lugares de interés histórico y artístico)
  
  
• Declaration of Amsterdam (Congress on the European Architectural Heritage, 21-25 October 1975)
  
  
• European Charter of the Architectural Heritage (Council of Europe, October 1975)
  
  
• UNESCO Conventions and Recommendations
  
  
• Other Cultural Protection Treaties