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1-Definitions of Heritage

The term "Heritage", heritage may be described as the natural,

cultural and built environments of an area. It is all about the

cultural traditions, places and values that influential groups

throughout the world are proud to conserve. Heritage may be

classified into two main types: cultural heritage (a nation's

historic monuments, museum collections .etc.) and natural

heritage (a nation's fauna and flora, natural resources and

landscape).

In that respect, cultural heritage is represented in (a) Monuments

(i.e. architectural works, works of monumental sculpture and

painting, elements or structures of an archaeological nature,

inscriptions, cave dwellings and combinations of features, which

are of outstanding universal value from the point of view of

history, art or science). (b) Groups of buildings (i.e. groups of

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