The European Year of Cultural Heritage

Europe's cities and landscapes are marked by physical memories of the past. Castles, bridges and archaeological wonders are some of the most quintessential examples. Traditions, languages and art passed through the generations shape our everyday lives.Cultural heritage encompasses resources from the past in a variety of forms and aspects. These include monuments, sites, traditions, transmitted knowledge and expressions of human creativity, as well as collections conserved and managed by museums, libraries and archives.

The aim of this initiative is to raise awareness of European history and values and to strengthen a sense of European identity. At the same time, it draws attention to the opportunities offered by our cultural heritage, but also to the challenges it faces, such as the impact of the digital shift, environmental and physical pressure on heritage sites, and the illicit trafficking of cultural objects.

The European Year of Cultural Heritage aims to encourage people to explore Europe's rich and diverse cultural heritage celebrate, understand and protect its unique value reflect on the place that cultural heritage occupies in all our lives Creative Classroom Group will celebrate the European 2018 by participating in a photo competition in order to create our online Creative Cultural Heritage Calendar 2018!!!

Our participation

Websites for Cultural Heritage of Greece and EuropeECE and europe

We look through the Internet and ended up choosing some remarkable websites which show the cultural heritage of Greece and Europe.

 youth4greece

The project 'Youth4Greece' aims to promote Greece through the view of children and adolescents, allowing them to create purely original videos in relation to their landmarks - historical, cultural, natural beauty - local events and local recipes, in this way inviting other teenagers and all the visitors of the platform to get to know our country (http://www.youth4greece.gr/).

The House of European History

The House of European History is dedicated to the understanding of the shared past and diverse experiences of European people. It's a place where you can discover different points of view and common ground in European history. The House thus becomes a meeting point for people of all generations and walks of life. Here you can strengthen your knowledge of Europe's common history and shared memories, reflect on the present, and visualize the future.

The aim is to provide a permanent source for the interpretation of Europe's past – a reservoir of European memory. We also form a leading platform for connecting institutions dealing with European history and heritage (https://historia-europa.ep.eu/en/mission-vision). 

 Unesco-hellas.org

 UNESCO is the only United Nations organization that has a system of National Committees in 195 Member States and 9 Associate Members. National Committees of UNESCO are national bodies which are set up by member states to disseminate the Agency's programs and priorities, as well as the interconnection of governmental and non-governmental organizations with its work (https://unesco-hellas.org/politismos/ellinika-mnimeia/).
 Europeana

Europeana rolls multimedia library, museum and archive into one digital website combined with Web 2.0 features. It offers direct access to digitised books, audio and film material, photos, paintings, maps, manuscripts, newspapers and archival documents that are Europe’s cultural heritage. Visitors to www.europeana.eu can search and explore different collections in Europe’s cultural institutions in their own language in virtual form, without having to visit multiple sites or countries. Europeana was launched by the European Commission and the EU's culture ministers in Brussels on 20 November 2008 ( IP/08/1747 ).
 Religiousgreece 

     Following the historical and cultural evolution of Christianity from its birth to the present day learning about the unique wealth of Greece ready from the first centuries of Christianity they recognized the importance of art in faith and worship. The wall paintings unquestionably had a dominant place in the decoration of the churches. Simple in materials and of smaller requirements compared to the mosaic, it is not used just to cover the surface of the wall, but representing the holy figures and the sacred events it taught faith, educated the believers and encouraged them in difficult periods of Christianity (http://www.religiousgreece.gr/web/guest/start).

How we have worked…

The students constructed interactive maps mapping European countries in relation to the cultural and religious heritage monuments, the culture giving each monument the relevant information in English. The action took place in the IT workshop.

 

The process includes the following steps:

Collection of material relating to the countries of Europe (texts, images, maps, videos etc) regarding monuments

•Search through authoritative sources (europeana, goculture, Unesco)

•Identification and recording of features related to ethnic and demographic elements, religions etc.

•Linking the characteristics of the cultural identity of these peoples with their place and way of life.

•Recording of similarities and differences related to architecture, lifestyle, etc.