Turismo de Portugal chairs an advisory committee of the Côa Park Special Program — DNOTICIAS.PT
The Consultative Committee of the Special Program for the Archaeological Park (PEPA) of Vale do Côa will be chaired by Lídia Monteiro, representing Turismo de Portugal, said today the president of the Côa Parque Foundation, Aida Carvalho.
“The objective of the PEPA is to establish a regime to safeguard the archaeological heritage of the Côa Valley and to define a model of sustainable development of the territory with the valorization of natural resources, the rural economy and the use of the tourist, cultural and leisure potential, giving an international contribution to the archaeological, cultural, natural and scenic heritage”, he explained to Lusaídia Monteiro, after the work session that took place today at the Côa Museum.
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“This challenge is a challenge that will also seek conditions to mitigate the risks that are part of it, arising from climate change and human action”, stressed the risks responsible.
For Lídia Monteiro, the elaboration of the PEPA will be fundamental for “the conservation, valorization and management of the Vale do Côa Archaeological Park”.
To this end, a technical and financial cooperation protocol was established with the Environmental Fund, in the amount of 129,600 euros.
The elaboration of the program relies on the technical-scientific collaboration of a multidisciplinary team from the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), led by Professor Ricardo Bento.
“This territorial management instrument is fundamental for the Côa Valley and comes with a delay of 25 years”, stressed Aida Carvalho.
Valea Archaeological Park (PAVC) offers a thousand rocks with rupestrian manifestations, identified in more than different sites, integrated in the 24 classified, being predominant as 8 assets, Paleolithic, about 30.0 years “increasingly exposes the climatic adversities, geological and anthropomorphic”.
The PAVC was created in 1997 and in the same year, the art of the Côa, was classified as a National Monument in 1997. The following year, it obtained the status of World Heritage Site by UNESCO.