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W0RLDHERITAGELIST
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Etatpartie
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Date : 30 Dkenbre 1981
Qua le bien culture1 propose soit
inscritsurlaListe
dupatrimine
mdial.
C!) JUSTIFICATION
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'Nomiriation : The Historic
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: Italie
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IIA)IDENTIFICATION
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Bien propose :LeCentreHistorique
Florence
AND
D&e :
Centre of
: mily
Decexber 30, 1981
That the proposedculturalpropartybe
inscribed on the World Heritage List.
C) J-usTImcATIoN
,.
This unique culturalproperty
should,
Ce bien culture1 unique aurait dQ figuxer, enbonnelogique,
surles premi- withevery good ~amn,have figured anrmg
&es listes du Pat&mine ~mdial et tou- the first lists of the World Heritage List
beboth wte justification
seraitimpertinente
bu andany justificationbmid
rtinentandderisory.
d&i.soire
IC@%Xwouldun&rscore
the fact that the
L'ICOm souligne que le centxe histothe
historic
centre
of
Florence
res_oonds
rique de Florence &panda presque tous
to
nearly
all
the
criteria
defined
by the
les crit&es definis par la Cmvention.
Convention.
1) Crit&e 1 - L'ensertble urbain de
1)Criterion l- the urban com~lexof
Florence est en soi me r6alisation arFlorence
is in itself a unique artistic
tistique unique, un &efd'oeuvre
absorealization,
a chef-d'oeuvre absolute, the
lu, fruit d'une creation continue pendant six sikles.
oh y trouve, sah,s par- .fruit of a continuous creation over rare
ler des mu&es (mu&e arcl+ologiq~,
Of- than six centuries. Ieaving aside its
' fices, Bargello, Pitti,
Calerie de ltA- ;rmseuns ( the Archaeological Muse~sn,UffiZi
Galleria dell'Acadmia,
jBargel10, Pitti,
cad6mie etc), laplus forte concentrathe
greatest
concentration of univ1tion d'oeuvres d'art de IXXIO~~%uniter- i etc.),
lersally
renmned
works
of art in the world'
j selle qui soit au mode, avec la cathe-the
Cathedral
of SantaMaria
! isfond
here
/ drale Santa Maria de1 Fiore, le Baptisandthecmle
't&e et le Campanile de Ciotto, la Place j&e1 Fiore, theBaptistery
/of Giotto, Piazza de la Signoria dominated:
i de la Signoria domin6e par le Palazzo
'
jby the PalLizzo Vecchio and the PalaZZO
jVecchi0 et le Palais des Offices, San
+-&re~~zO, Santa Maria Novella, Santa Croce Uffizi,
San Lorenzo, Santa Maria Novella,
-2et la chapelle des Pazzi, le couvent de San
Santa Croce and the Pazzi chapel, the
Marcoqui abriteles
pemtures deFraAngeCmventof SanMaroowhichhouses~paintlfco, Santo Spirito, San Miniato etc...
ings of Fra Angelico, Santo Spirito, San
2) critke
2 - DapuisleQuattmcento,
Miniato, etc...
Florence aexerce uma inflLlence prkkminan2) Criterirm 2 -Since theQuattmoate en Italic,
puis en Europe, sur le d&e?"
nto, Florence has exerted a predminate
lomtde
l'architecture
etdes arts minfluence on the develmtof
architec
numntaw:
les principes artistlques
& la
ture and the rmnumkal arts- first in
Rma~ssance y ont et6 &fmis
d& ie debut
Italy, and then troughout Europe: the
du We sidle par Brunelleschi,
Donatello,
artistic
principles of the Renaissance
Masaccio. C'est dans le milieu florentin
were defined there from the beginning of
que se sont font& et affmnt% deux genies
the 15th century by.Brunelleschi,
Donate+
miwrsels
des arts : L&nard de Vim1 et
110 and Masaccio. It was in the FlorenMichel-Ange.
tin milieu that two universal geniuses
3) Crftke 3 - Le centrekistorlquede
-Leonardo daVinci andMiofthearts
Florence apporte unt&mgnageexcept~omel
chefangelo -were forrrred and asserted.
et par sa coh&ence unique, sur une puissan3) Criterion 3 - the historic centre
te cite mrchande du froyen Age et de la RaOF Florence attests in an exceptional
naissance, Florence a garde de son passe &as manner, andby its unique coherence, to
mas entikes,
des pal&s forteresses (Paits power as a merchant-city of the Midlazzo Spini, Palazzo de1 Podesta, Palazzo
dle Ages and of the Penaissance. Fmn its
della Signoria), des "loges" (loggia de1
past, Florence has preserved entire A,: - Bigallo, loggia cki Lanzi, loggia de l"H6streets, fortified
palaces (Palazzo Spipitaldes
Innocents,!&rcatoNuo~),
des
ni, Palazzo de1 Podesta, Palazzo della
fontines,
un mnreilleux
pont du XTVe si+
Signoria), loggie (Loggia de1 Bigallo,
cle bor& de boutiques : le Ponte Vecchio.
Loggia dei Lanzi, the Loggj, degli InnoLes r&tiers, organ&& en corporations proscenti and de1 Mcato Nuovo), fountains,
p&es ont laissg des rmnurnenks exceptionnels,
a mamellous bridge of the 14th century
tels qe Or San Michele oil les "arts" ont
lined with shops, the Ponte Vecchio. Varival&e de splendeur pour decorer un ancien
rious trades, organized into prosperous
marche couvert devenu eglme en 1380.
arkhave left several n-onunents such as
4) Critere 4 - Puissance economiq-eetpoTGOr San .tichele
liti.que de premier plan en Europe du XIve au
4) Criterion 4 - Florence, a first2MIe sikle, , Flomce sYest couverte, durate eoonanic andpoliticalpmar
in
rantcette
@que, d'ediflces
Europe
from
the
14th
to
the
17th
centude prestige
03 se traduit la mugnificence de ses banr
rywas coveredduring thatperiodwith
prestigious buildings which translated
quiers et de ses princes : Palais Ruccellai,
Palais Strozzi, Palais Gondi, Palais Riccap
'*'*the munifmzxe of the bankers and the
princes: Palazzo Rucellai, Palazzo
di-Medicis, Palais Pandolfmi, Pal&s mtti
Strozzi, Palazzo Gondi, Palazzo Riccardi
et jardins B&oli, sans oublier la Sac&tie
-&dici,
Palazzo Pandolfini, Palazzo Pide San Lorenzo, chapelle fun&aire des MMitti andtheE3obli
Gardens-asxell
as
cis, la BibliothLaurentienne etc,..
the
sacristy
of
San
Lorenzo,
the
funera5) Critke 6 - Florence est materiellery chapel of the Madicis, and the Biblimntassoci&
Ztdes W%mrmts deport&auo+xca
Laurenziana, etc.
niverselle.
C'est dam le milieu de l*Aca5)
Criterion
6 - Florence is mteriad&ie neo-platmicienneque
s'est forge le
lly
associated
with
events of a universal
concept de Renaissance. Florence est le ber
importance.
It
was
in
the milieu of the
ceau de l'humanisrre mderne avec Landis
Neo-platmic
Academiathatthe
amcept
Politien, Marsile Ficin, Pit de la Miran&of
the
Renaissance
was
forged.
Florence
le etc.,.
is the birthplace of nodern humanisn irspired by Landmo, Marsilio Ficino, Pica
de la blirandola, etc...
ICES,
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Paris, Mai 1982