The Heritage of Religions

In the French adjectives “cultuel” (worship) and “cultural” the separation between religious and secular is marked by the letter “R”. The same “R” also links the “cultural” to the “cultuel” (religious) in the intention of preserving an exceptional heritage.

Places of worship are occupied by a feeling of spirituality, but also by the gestures of man the creator of works of art. Immediately accessible to the public, these works turn all the places where religion is practised into “the largest museum in the world”.

The landscape of every civilisation is dotted with edifices dedicated to religion. These landmarks not only help to identify religious practices, they also play a part in the inhabitants settling in an area and planting their cultural roots there.

Beyond the wish to maintain a religious identity, preserving this heritage—movable and immovable, material and immaterial—is preserving an artistic and cultural memory…

…a memory that the International Heritage Show invites you to discover.

 
 
 
 

▪ The heritage of religions: a heritage apart?
▪ To whom does the religious heritage belong?
▪ Protection and conservation of religious heritage, who are the players, what are they doing?
▪ What financing is available for religious heritage…Patronage, Town Councils, State?
▪ What are the threats weighing over the heritage of religions?
▪ How to fight against trafficking of religious property?
▪ The transformation of the “religious” into the “cultural”… a solution?
▪ How to interest the public in safeguarding religious heritage?
▪ The approaches of the different religions to religious heritage?
▪ Sacred art and the crafts? ...		  
 

All these questions and many more will be answered by recognized specialists during the debates and panel discussions held at the show.
The exhibitors will welcome you and introduce you to the diversity of religious heritage and help you understand the issues linked to it.

  
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