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5/13/24, 2:23 PM Hamdan bin Mohammed approves second phase of Dubai’s heritage architecture preservation project – UAE Business and Travel…

Hamdan bin Mohammed approves

second phase of Dubai’s heritage

architecture preservation project

BY CONTENT ADMIN

DUBAI, 12th May, 2024 (WAM) — H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al
Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of The Executive Council of Dubai, has
approved the second phase of the project dedicated to preserving Dubai’s heritage architecture.
Part of a larger initiative aimed at protecting the emirate’s cultural and architectural heritage, and
maintaining its rich identity, the project aims to safeguard areas, sites and buildings, which hold
significant historical relevance and tell the story of Dubai’s past. The sites and buildings covered
by this project serve as symbols of the emirate’s journey through the years.
This second phase focuses on the preservation of 35 areas, sites, and buildings dating from the
1960s to the 1990s, following the successful completion of the first phase, which covered
buildings from Dubai’s earlier history.
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed said that the project reflects the vision of His Highness
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and
Ruler of Dubai, to raise the emirate’s profile as a global cultural destination, and preserve its
unique national character. The emirate’s heritage is an integral aspect of its identity that connects
the community to its history and its roots. By protecting its heritage architecture, Dubai seeks to
promote a deeper understanding among citizens, residents and visitors of what has shaped the
emirate into the thriving global metropolis it is today, His Highness said.
Sheikh Hamdan further said that the preservation of heritage areas in Dubai is an ongoing
endeavour aimed at preserving the cultural authenticity of areas across the emirate. The project
aims to foster cultural continuity, highlighting the enduring relationship between the people and
their environment. It also showcases Dubai’s historical interactions with the rest of the world as
well as the influences that have shaped the emirate and the impact it has exerted globally.
The second phase of the project features the restoration of 35 heritage sites and buildings,
including Dubai’s old neighborhoods and buildings, which His Highness described as an “open
museum of human heritage.” “We have a responsibility to celebrate our history and protect our
architectural treasures for future generations. The heritage areas covered by the project hold the
memory of decades of progress and symbolise the dawn of Dubai’s renaissance. Located in the
heart of modern Dubai, these sites bridge the past with the city’s future aspirations. Dubai invites
the world to witness its past, present, and the future, all together in one place,” His Highness

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