Government department

UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization)

Paris, France · founded 4 November 1946

Government department in Paris, founded 4 November 1946. 5 people in the register connected with it.

History

1968–1975
UNESCO, in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities, conserved and restored the Roman mosaic pavements at Kato Paphos (House of Dionysos), under the Yugoslav expert Milorad Medic; the first Chronique entry records six months of work in 1968, and in 1970 UNESCO restorers lifted the Hippolytos and Phaedra pavement.
Kato PaphosMilorad Medić Karageorghis 1969 Nicolaou 1976
1969–1974
UNESCO expert Dr Carlo Musso directed preservation work at the Latin Cathedral of St Sophia, Nicosia (now the Selimiye Mosque), annually from 1969 until spring 1974.
NicosiaCarlo Musso Nicolaou 1976
1974–1976
After the 1974 invasion UNESCO sent Jacques Dalibard to investigate conditions in the occupied zone and take protective measures; the Archaeological Reports state his mission ended abruptly without achieving its object. His report, Cyprus: Status of the conservation of cultural property, was published by UNESCO in 1976 and later criticised as too Turkish-friendly (as reported by the 2023 study).
occupied zoneJacques Dalibard Nicolaou 1976 Summerer 2023, p. 32
1980
UNESCO added Paphos to the World Heritage list.
PaphosHerscher 1995
December 1985
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee added nine painted churches of the Troodos Mountains to the World Heritage List.
TroodosSymons 1986-1987

5 people

Anastasios G. Leventisofficial (c. 1966–1978) · Ambassador of Cyprus to UNESCO ("for the last twelve years of his life")Karageorghis 1990, p. 121966
Milorad Medićspecialist (1968–1975) · expert (from Yugoslavia) in charge of mosaic preservation and restoration, Paphos · worked for itKarageorghis 1969 Karageorghis 19761968–1975
Carlo Mussospecialist (1969–1974) · expert on monument preservation · worked for itNicolaou 19761969–1974
Jacques Dalibardspecialist (1974–1976) · adviser for the cultural heritage of Cyprus (restoration architect) · worked for itNicolaou 19761974–1976

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2.K. Nicolaou (1976). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1969-76”. Archaeological Reports 22.
3.D. J. Symons (1986-1987). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1981-85”. Archaeological Reports 33, 62-77.
4.Ellen Herscher (1995). “Archaeology in Cyprus”. American Journal of Archaeology 99, 257-294.
5.Lâtife Summerer (2023). “In Fear of Blacklisting. How the Division Shaped Archaeology in Cyprus”. New Approaches toward Recording, Preserving and Studying Cultural Heritage in Divided Cyprus. Kyrenia, ARUCAD Press.
6.V. Karageorghis (1990). The A. G. Leventis Foundation and the Cultural Heritage of Cyprus.
7.“UNESCO”. Wikipedia (English). Wikimedia Foundation. Online
8.V. Karageorghis (1976). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1975”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 100.