Cultural Heritage Flashcards

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Historical/architectural/cultural heritage contributes to greater cultural cohesion of communities. Cultural heritage plays a major role in providing a legacy for future generations.

Promotes a sense of national and regional identity.

It contributes to the attractiveness of our environment.

It contributes to the transmission of culture.

Ancient monuments reflect the history, customs, and social values of our past generations.

Monumental buildings have a key role in attractinf tourists.

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In the square in front of the hotel stands a monument to all the people killed in the war.

Parts of the Berlin wall are being allowed to stand as historic monuments.

While in Washington, D.C., we visited a number of historical monuments.

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Monument: 1-A structure designed or built to honor sb2- an object, esp. large and made of stone, built to remember and show respect for a person or group of people, or a special place made for this purpose
3- an old building or place that is an important part of a country’s history:

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A person related to you and lived a long time ago

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Ancestor

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Her will included small bequests to her family, while most of her fortune went to charity.

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Bequest: legacy, inheritence,

the money or property belonging to someone that they say that, after their death, they wish to be given to other people

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Preservation

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Conservation

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The study of human history and cultures of the past

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Archaeology

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Attempting to return an artefact to its original form

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Restoration

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Objects considered as having cultural significance.

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Cultural property

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The museum’s collection includes artefacts dating back to prehistoric times.

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Artefact: an objcet made a long time ago, of historical interest

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The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the Embassy works in coordination with Peruvian institutions to protect and promote Peru’s cultural patrimony.

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Patremony: the valuable objects, buildings, ideas, etc. that a society gets from the people who have lived in the past.

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Old rate valuable

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Antique

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12
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The tume before written records

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Prehistory

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13
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Physical objects people use to define their culture

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Material culture

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Non-Physical aspects of a culture

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Intangible culture

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