Unesco centre to open at Venaria Reale palace in Turin
It aims to establish new links and partnerships, train international professionals and offer a masters degree
By Alessio Re, Enrico Bertacchini and Ermanno Rivetti. Web only
Published online: 21 December 2011
Unesco has formally approved the creation of a centre for research on world cultural heritage to be based in the baroque Venaria Reale palace in Turin.
The centre, which was given the go-ahead at the 18th general assembly of Unesco member states in November, is expected to be open by Easter. It aims to establish new links and partnerships, train international professionals to safeguard and promote their own local heritage and offer an MA degree programme, “World Heritage at Work”.
It is the eighth Unesco category-two research centre in the world after those in Bahrain, Brazil, China, Mexico, Norway, Spain and South Africa.
It will be run in co-operation with the Turin University, the local international training centre for the International Labour Organisation, the Venaria Reale Foundation and the Silvia Santagata Research Centre.
