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Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania 1. World Heritage Property Data Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - 19/03/2010 Village of Saschiz-Keisd Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - 19/03/2010 1.1 - Name of World Heritage Property Village of Câlnic Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - 19/03/2010 Village of Valea Vilor 1.2 - World Heritage Property Details State(s) Party(ies) 1.5 - Governmental Institution Responsible for the Property Romania Comment Type of Property The name of government institutions responsible for the cultural property on the WHL were changed in recent years. The Identification Number Ministry of Culture (former Ministry of Culture, former Ministry 596bis of Culture and National Heritage),and the National Institute of Year of inscription on the World Heritage List Heritage – as a scientific consultant (former National Institute of Historical Monuments, former National Directorate of 1993, 1999 Monuments, Ensembles and Sites) - public institution of national importance, with legal personality, under the Ministry 1.3 - Geographic Information Table of Culture. Name Coordinates Property Buffer Total Inscription (latitude/longitude) (ha) zone (ha) year (ha) 1.6 - Property Manager / Coordinator, Local Institution / 0 / 0 ? ? ? Agency Inel Constantin Ioan 0 / 0 ? ? ? Unirii National Museum Village of 46.136 / 24.773 84.57 300.14 384.71 1993 Deputy Director, Coordinator, President of the Biertan, Biertan , Committee Biertan , Sibiu 1.7 - Web Address of the Property (if existing) Village of 45.723 / 25.776 201.24 2248.59 2449.83 1999 Prejmer- 1. Transylvania village sites with fortified churches Tartlau, (CIMEC) Prejmer , Prejmer , Comment Braşov 2. http://patrimoniu.gov.ro/ro/monumente-istorice/lista- Village of 46.055 / 25.09 48.4 216.75 265.15 1999 patrimoniului-mondial-unesco Viscri, Viscri , Bunesti , 1.8 - Other designations / Conventions under which the Braşov property is protected (if applicable) Village of 46.204 / 25.201 2.94 83.79 86.73 1999 Dârjiu, Comment Dârjiu , European Landscape Convention, Florence, 2000, ratified in Dârjiu , Romania by Low 451/2002 Harghita Village of 46.195 / 24.956 126.9 411.2 538.1 1999 Saschiz- 2. Statement of Outstanding Universal Value Keisd, Saschiz , Saschiz , 2.1 - Statement of Outstanding Universal Value / Mureş Statement of Significance Village of 45.885 / 23.658 33.79 252.95 286.74 1999 Câlnic, Câlnic , 2.2 - The criteria (2005 revised version) under which the Câlnic , Alba property was inscribed Village of 46.083 / 24.279 55.16 214.45 269.61 1999 (iv) Valea Viilor, Valea Viilor , Valea Viilor , Sibiu Total (ha) 553 3727.87 4280.87 1.4 - Map(s) Title Date Link to source Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - 19/03/2010 Village of Biertan Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - 19/03/2010 Village of Prejmer-Tartlau Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - 19/03/2010 Village of Viscri Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania - 19/03/2010 Village of Dârjiu Page 1 Monday, October 13, 2014 (8:50:17 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania 2.3 - Attributes expressing the Outstanding Universal Value per criterion 2.4 - If needed, please provide details of why the Statement of Outstanding Universal Value should be revised 2.5 - Comments, conclusions and / or recommendations related to Statement of Outstanding Universal Value 3. Factors Affecting the Property 3.14. Other factor(s) 3.14.1 - Other factor(s) Page 2 Monday, October 13, 2014 (8:50:17 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania 3.15. Factors Summary Table 3.15.1 - Factors summary table Name Impact Origin 3.1 Buildings and Development 3.1.5 Interpretative and visitation facilities 3.2 Transportation Infrastructure 3.2.1 Ground transport infrastructure 3.2.2 Air transport infrastructure 3.2.4 Effects arising from use of transportation infrastructure 3.3 Services Infrastructures 3.3.4 Localised utilities 3.5 Biological resource use/modification 3.5.1 Fishing/collecting aquatic resources 3.5.2 Aquaculture 3.5.3 Land conversion 3.5.4 Livestock farming / grazing of domesticated animals 3.5.5 Crop production 3.5.6 Commercial wild plant collection 3.5.7 Subsistence wild plant collection 3.5.10 Forestry /wood production 3.7 Local conditions affecting physical fabric 3.7.6 Water (rain/water table) 3.8 Social/cultural uses of heritage 3.8.1 Ritual / spiritual / religious and associative uses 3.8.2 Society's valuing of heritage 3.8.3 Indigenous hunting, gathering and collecting 3.8.4 Changes in traditional ways of life and knowledge system 3.8.6 Impacts of tourism / visitor / recreation 3.9 Other human activities 3.9.1 Illegal activities 3.11 Sudden ecological or geological events 3.11.6 Fire (widlfires) 3.13 Management and institutional factors 3.13.1 Low impact research / monitoring activities 3.13.3 Management activities Legend Current Potential Negative Positive Inside Outside 3.16. Assessment of current negative factors 3.16.1 - Assessment of current negative factors Spatial scale Temporal scale Impact Management Trend response 3.2 Transportation Infrastructure 3.2.1 Ground transport infrastructure restricted frequent minor medium capacity increasing 3.2.4 Effects arising from use of restricted one off or rare minor medium capacity increasing transportation infrastructure Page 3 Monday, October 13, 2014 (8:50:17 PM CEST) Periodic Report - Section II-Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania World Heritage Centre Periodic Report - Second Cycle Section II-Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania the property of their respective religious communities. Where 3.17. Comments, conclusions and / or the community no longer exists because of emigration to Germany, ownership is taken over by the Superior Council of recommendations related to factors affecting the the Lutheran Church in Sibiu. This is the case of the property fortifications of Câlnic, given by the Superior Council in custody to the Foundation Ars Transsilvaniae in Cluj-Napoca 3.17.1 - Comments to create a Transylvanian Documentation Centre for Historic Monuments. The public buildings in the villages, including administration, education, commercial facilities (schools, the 4. Protection, Management and Monitoring of the village council, inns, shops) are still in the propriety of the Property State (in the administration of the local authorities); most of the farmsteads are in private ownership. 4.1. Boundaries and Buffer Zones It is the responsibility of owners of designated buildings and areas to manage and repair them and open them to the public. Any alterations require the permission of the Ministry of 4.1.1 - Buffer zone status Culture and the National Commission for Historic Monuments. There is a buffer zone Periodic Reporting Cycle 1 (2001-2006) Section 2 Source: Periodic Reporting Cycle 1 (2001-2006) 4.1.2 - Are the boundaries of the World Heritage property Submitted on Wednesday, November 30, 2005 adequate to maintain the property's Outstanding Question 6.02 Universal Value? - Law no. 564 / 2001 that approves the Government Order The boundaries of the World Heritage property are adequate no. 47 / 2000 regarding the protection measures of the to maintain the property's Outstanding Universal Value historical monuments that are on the World Heritage List - Decision of the Romanian Government that approves the 4.1.3 - Are the buffer zone(s) of the World Heritage Methodology regarding the monitoring of the historical property adequate to maintain the property's Outstanding monuments inscribed on the World Heritage List and the Universal Value? Methodology regarding the elaboration and the frame The buffer zones of the World Heritage property are adequate content of the protection and marketing plans of the to maintain the property's Outstanding Universal Value historical monuments that are on the World Heritage List - General Urban Planning for each town/village elaborated between 1995-2000, now they have to be re-actualized with 4.1.4 - Are the boundaries of the World Heritage property requirements known? - All 7 monuments are mentioned in the Annex of the Law no The boundaries of the World Heritage property are known by 5/2000 concerning the arrangement of the territory at the both the management authority and local residents / chapter Protected zones communities / landowners. - The Law no 350/6 July 2001 for the organization of the state territory and urban planning 4.1.5 - Are the buffer zones of the World Heritage property - The Order of the minister of transports, buildings and known? tourism no 562/2003 for the approval of the “Methodology for The buffer zones of the World Heritage property are known the elaboration and the content of the documentation for by both the management authority and local residents / protected built zones (PUZ)”, published in Monitorul Oficial / communities / landowners. Official Gazette, Part I, no 125 bis/11 February 2004 (These documents are presented in the annex) 4.1.6 - Comments, conclusions and / or recommendations related to boundaries and buffer zones of the World Comment Heritage property 1. Law no. 564/2001 regarding measures for the protection of the properties on the UNESCO WHL 2. Law no. 422/2001 4.2. Protective Measures regarding the protection of the Historical Monuments 3. Gov. Decision no. 493/2004 regarding the methodology of 4.2.1 - Protective designation (legal, regulatory, monitoring and of management plans of the properties on contractual, planning, institutional and / or traditional) UNESCO WHL 4. Gov. Decision no. 738/2008 regarding the measures needed to fund, develop and update the urban The fortified churches are designated as historical monuments planning documentations for the properties on the UNESCO of national importance with the status of National Treasures WHL 5.