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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.