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Heritage Camps: when volunteering becomes a practice of conservation
A European model that brings together conservator-restorers, architects, international volunteers, and local communities around a shared asset: the cultural heritage that defines us and unites us. What is a Heritage Camp? A Heritage Camp is a form of intervention in built cultural heritage that combines specialised technical work with international volunteer participation. Over a defined period — typically two weeks between June and October — conservator-restorers lead mixed
spiralab
Mar 302 min read


Portugal’s Cultural Heritage – The Heritage Camps Model
There are around 34,000 monuments in Portugal with no official protection (cf. Estudo Património em Portugal - Avaliação do Valor Económico e Social ). . This means that any person or entity may do whatever they wish with them; that no institution is responsible for these assets; and that they are not eligible for EU funding programmes that require heritage classification. How, then, can we attend to this heritage, assuming that such a “state of affairs” is clearly unaccepta
Spira Revitalização Patrimonial
Nov 24, 20252 min read
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