Terme de Glossaire

The International Council on Monuments and Sites, ICOMOS, is a worldwide association of professionals who are concerned with the conservation and protection of monuments, groups of historic buildings and cultural heritage sites. It was created in 1965 in Warsaw and Cracow, Poland. The Venice Charter was adopted by the Second International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments in 1964; the Venice Charter is the founding text of that organization, and remains its primary statement of principle.

ICOMOS is a non-governmental international organization whose principal activity is the promotion of the theory, method and technique of conservation, protection and affirmation of the worth and value of monuments and historic sites.

ICOMOS is also mentioned in the World Heritage Convention of UNESCO as the consultative agency for the implementation of the Convention, and it acts as a scientific advisor for the Committee on World Heritage regarding the inclusion of monuments and cultural sites on the World Heritage List. ICOMOS has observer status in regard to the Council of Europe.