Picture by Matthias Ripp
Olivier de Rohan Chabot, President of La Sauvegarde and Chairman of Future for Religious Heritage welcomed experts, FRH members and leading sector stakeholders from across Europe.
The European Commissioner for Culture and European Parliamentarians took the floor at the conference, which discussed important themes and questions concerning the future of Europe’s heritage.
The conference examined the different dimensions of Religious Heritage and reflect on what are its contributions to Europe from an economic, social, cultural, environmental and tourism perspective.
Delegates debated the themes of ownership and to whom does religious heritage in Europe belong, especially considering the value of architectural buildings, mobile heritage, sacred art, etc.
As European society becomes more secular the conference looked at the alternative and extended uses that can be discovered for our ancient European heritage. What is Europe’s shared experience?
Participants analysed whether public and religious bodies are playing their roles effectively to safeguard the religious heritage sector across Europe. They presented successful national and European examples of religious and cultural heritage.
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