Aleksandra Estela Bjelica on Sat, 3 Apr 1999 11:20:04 +0100 |
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- To: "Aleksandra Estela Bjelica" <estella@beotel.yu>
- Subject: Fw: apel
- From: "zoran eric" <ericz@EUnet.yu>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 11:52:49 +0200
-----Original Message----- From: Radmila Popovic <rpop@beotel.yu> To: ericz@EUnet.yu <ericz@EUnet.yu> Date: ïîÃåäåšà ê 29, ìà ðò 1999 21:59 Subject: apel >ASSOCIATION OF ART HISTORIANS â?? SERBIA >Office: 11, Bozidara Adzije, 11 000 Belgrade >Tel. 00381-11-44-786, ext. 123; Fax 00381-11-444-9846 > >APPEAL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY > >As scholars, experts in the field of monument preservation, >museologists, art history professors, journalists covering cultural >matters, and officials in cultural institutions â?? art historians in >Serbia â?? directly responsible, both professionally and morally, for the >preservation and fate of the rich cultural heritage of Serbia and >Yugoslavia which has become the target of Nato war planes together with >the lives of civilians in this country, we strongly protest against >senseless attacks aimed at the monuments of culture on the territory of >Kosovo and Metohija, Serbia and Montenegro. We are appealing to our >colleagues, cultural institutions and the general public in the entire >world to raise their voices against this irrational insanity and evil >and stand up for the protection of the heritage which is part of >European and world culture and is under the protection of the UNESCO >Charter. > >We strongly protest because the following monuments have become targets >of Nato missiles: the monastery of Gracanica, in the vicinity of >Pristina, a monument dating from the 14th century, a masterpiece of >medieval architeture and Byzantine fresco-painting; the archaeological >site of Ulpiana from the Roman and early Byzantine period. Precious >cultral monuments in Cetinje, Montenegro, have also been damaged by >shells. Rakovica Monastery located in a suburb of Belgrade has received >a brutal missile barrage. In the area under heavy, ceaseless bombardment >in Pristina is the Imperial mosque, a signicifant work of of Islamic >architecture from the second half of the 15th century, located in the >very centre of the city. > >We are deeply concerned about the fate of 1,300 monuments of art, sacral >and secular buildings, preserved for posterity, which belong to the >cultural heritage of all the nations and religious affiliations on the >territory of Kosovo, Serbia and Yugoslavia. Many of them, including the >monasteries of Mileseva, Studenica and Sopocani, have been proclaimed by >UNESCO as world cultural heritage. All movable cultural assets and >works of art treasured in around 140 museums in Serbia are also >endangered. > > > We are appealing once again to the international community to join us >in our efforts to protect the Serbian, Yugoslav and world cultural >heritage. > > >Belgrade, 29 March 1999 > >The Chairperson of the Assembly of the Association of Art Historians in >Serbia >Professor Marica Suput > >The Chairperson of the Executive Board of the Association of Art >Historians in Serbia >Marko Omcikus > > > >
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