Your home is heritage!
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Historic building in Yerevan
Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia
Many private houses and buildings in the historic cities in Armenia are designated in the official national lists of monuments but many of the people living in it are not aware of this heritage and the obligations surrounding this designation. The lack of awareness often led to random constructions in many houses and we the Ministry had a hard time dealing with it.
To respond to this issue and raise the awareness, politicians and officials visited people in their historic houses to inform them about the heritage designation of their houses and the reasons behind it.
These efforts were accompanied with PR actions, including news articles and TV programs.
The aim of the campaign is to engage homeowners and local communities in heritage preservation by providing them information and resources on better understanding the reasons behind the listing of their homes and buildings. With the efforts of ICOMOS Armenia, groups of volunteers also participated in this action.
Last update: 28 Oct 2022
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Impacts
- Providing information local people offered the opportunity to review the state of conservation of historic houses and the historical environment and to provide them with sustainable ideas on how they can monetise dormient properties. Also, as a result, there are now increased number of applications of restoring the houses following rules, proposals of projects of adaptive re-use to create, town-cafes, bed and breakfasts, etc.
- Raising awareness on the heritage designations and the obligation connected to it led to a decrease in unsupervised changes and renovation of historic houses and buildings.
- There number of cases for which legal actions have been required has significantly decreased.
- People are more informed about their properties, and they have been able to find new ways to access economic benefits and income.
