{"id":54675,"date":"2022-12-15T19:44:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T18:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/?p=54675"},"modified":"2022-12-16T10:57:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T09:57:56","slug":"panama-advances-to-include-transisthmian-route-on-world-heritage-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efecomunica.efe.com\/en\/panama-advances-to-include-transisthmian-route-on-world-heritage-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama advances to include Transisthmian Route on World Heritage List"},"content":{"rendered":"

Panama City, Dec 15 (EFE).- Panama is making strides in the “long and demanding” process to qualify for inclusion of its Colonial Transisthmian Route on the UNESCO World Heritage List, https:\/\/www.worldheritagesite.org\/tentative\/id\/6205 \u00a0<\/a>thanks to a plan of action involving a multidisciplinary team that includes, among others, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.<\/p>\n

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There is a deadline to be met as part of the process of evaluating a proposal for nomination, “which begins on February 1, when Panama has to present the full nomination”, which culminates in May 2024, when it will be known if the country made it\u00a0“on the representative list,” Panama\u2019s permanent ambassador to UNESCO, El\u00eda Guerra,<\/strong> told EFE.<\/p>\n

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The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panama is formed by a series of monuments, historic sites and cities including the Archaeological Site of Panama Viejo and the Historic District of Panama (World Heritage since 1997), the Fortifications on the Caribbean side of Panama: Portobelo and San Lorenzo (on the list of Heritage in Danger since 2012), and the colonial roads that unite them: the Camino de Cruces and the Camino Real.<\/p>\n

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The Panamanian State has given its full commitment to the process. Its strategy is to present a phased nomination, according to the country\u2019s Culture Ministry, which is leading the plan of action.<\/p>\n

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A POSTPONED REGISTRATION<\/b><\/p>\n

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In July 2019, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to postpone the registration of the Panamanian proposal, waiting for the Central American nation to submit a revised proposal that meets a number of recommendations.<\/p>\n

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Among other issues, the Committee asked Panama to submit a proposal that would justify the Outstanding Universal Value of the route and that would guarantee long-term financial sustainability for the conservation and management of this set of sites through the proper allocation of funds.<\/p>\n

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The evaluation of the nomination, made by the advisory body International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), “found that there was a lack of information,” Guerra said.<\/p>\n

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Based on the recommendations, Panama presented in September “a proposal for consideration by the Secretariat of UNESCO,” which “had a response on November 15 and now must, before midnight on February 1, respond to all the questions asked by UNESCO\u2019s evaluation bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“Today we are giving answers to those questions. We are not finished, we are in the middle of a process. There is a team of architects, sociologists, and historians, they are relying a lot on the Mexican experience, which already had an important route, in Colombia, and Peru. I think we are responding to each of the concerns,” Guerra said.<\/p>\n

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EXCEPTIONAL UNIVERSAL VALUE<\/b><\/p>\n

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The multidisciplinary team seeks to show through both historical and field research with excavations, collection, and analysis “the uniqueness and importance of crossing through our isthmus for the development of America.”<\/p>\n

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The Ministry of Culture indicates that the Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panam\u00e1 was used by the Spaniards from the 16th to the 19th century to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, becoming a vital node of the vast global transport network of the Spanish empire, hence its Outstanding Universal Value.<\/p>\n

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“The singularity of our geographical position was not born with the Panama Canal, it was born 500 years ago (…) America grew from this economic activity, migratory that occurs from Portobelo to Panama City,” the UNESCO ambassador stressed.<\/p>\n

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THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE<\/b><\/p>\n

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