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PCP Forum no 38/2022 - Water and the Protection of Cultural Property

PCP Forum no 38/2022 - Water and the Protection of Cultural Property
Serie PCP Forum
Edition 38
Year 2022
Editor Federal Office for Civil Protection FOCP
Location 3003 Bern

Water is of essential, even universal significance: Without water, there would be no life on Earth. This element therefore has enormous importance for all cultures and civilizations. In its various forms, water can manifest itself as an existential, religious, destructive, or exhilarating force. Naturally, there are also connections between water and cultural property – which we will illustrate in the following with a few examples from the PCP Inventory. In the current issue of PCP Forum, we will consciously focus on the “positive” manifestations of objects in connection with water.

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