WORLD HERITAGE CITIES OF SPAIN ASSOCIATION
Main Office: Plaza de la Victoria, 1   05001 - Avila (Spain)
Contact:
Association Main Office:
Tel: +34-20-21 13 00
ciudades-patrimonio@cyberspain.com
THE WORLD HERITAGE CITIES OF THE SPAIN ARE PRESENT IN THE FIRST SUMMIT 
WITH THE WORLD HERITAGE CITIES MAYORS, RECTORS, AND OF CHRONISTS  FROM 
LATINAMERICA
Avila, Spain - February 20th, 1997 -  Looking forward to exchange 
experiences and future solutions, the authorities responsible of the 
World Heritage Cities of all Latinamerica and Spain meet this week. The 
summit, from the 19th to the 22nd of February, unites the World Heritage 
Cities Organization and the Latinamerican and Spanish Organitzation of 
Universitites thanks to the State governnment, City Hall, and the 
University of Guanajuato; and organizes the First Summit of World Heritage
Cities Mayors, Rectors, and Chronists taking place in the said City of 
Guanajuato, which is the State Capital of Guanajuato, Mexico
The Summit searches, amongts its objectives, to constitute an open line 
communication, through the exchange of experiences and knowledge through 
several meetings. Attending this summit are the mayors, rectors, and 
chronists, as well as other cultural authorities and members of de OCPM, 
OUI  and UNESCO, and also from the Paul Getty Conservation Institute, 
which has participated actively in the conservation of the World heritage 
Cities.
One of the main points of this summit is the growing impact of the Internet
worldwide. And as a result, World Heritage Cities are looking into 
maintaining an open communication through this media in common web stites.
The World Heritage Cities of Spain is an Association formed to work at the 
conservation of the cultural and artistic patrimonies of the World Heritage
Cities found in Spain and the pass on this knowledge to future generations
through common goals. The Association was formed by the authorities from 
the cities of Avila, Caceres, Cordoba, Salamanca, Santiago de Compostela, 
Segovia and Toledo.
For more information, you may want to contact through e-mail at: 
ciudades-patrimonio@cyberspain.com, or visit their web site at: 
http://www.cyberspain.com/ciudades_patrimonio/
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