1. II International Black Sea Economic
Forum
Yalta, 7 – 8 October 2011
From a local attraction to a world
class tourist destination
Prof. Dr. Bernd von Droste

2. Becoming one of the world‘s
most oustanding sites
The Pyramid of Giza, Egypt,1979 Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1983

3. Kiev: St.-Sophia Cathedral
and Related Monastic
Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk
Lavra (1990)
The cathedral symbolizes the
„new Constantinople“, capital
of the Christian principality of
Kiev, which was created in
the 11th century in a region
evangelized after the baptism
of St Vladimir in 988.

4. The three pillars of Outstanding Universal Value
OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE
PROTECTION AND
MEETS CRTIERIA
INTEGRITY AND
AUTHENTICITY
MANAGEMENT
Illustration of the three pillars of Outstanding Universal Value. All three must be in
place for a property to meet the requirements of the World Heritage LIst

6. Crimea, a region with an unique
cultural and natural heritage

7. Heritage sites
investigated in Crimea
• Sites on the UNESCO
WH tentative list.
• Other Heritage sites
visited.

9. Sites on the UNESCO tentative list located
in Crimea
• Ukraina has 15 sites on the Tentative List
• 4 of them are located in Crimea:
1. Bakchyserai (2003)
2. Khersoness (1989)
3. Genoese trading posts and fortifications including
Sudak
4. Astromomical Observatories of Ukraine: three of
them are located in Crimea

10. Complex of the Sudak Fortress Monuments of
the 6th - 16th c. as part of trading Posts and
Fortifications on Genoese Trade Routes from
the Mediterranean to the Black Sea

11. Ruins of Ancient Polis of Khersoness
and its Chora, 4th B.C. - 12th century

12. Aerial view of the Chersones polis

13. Chernesos criterium (v)
• The chora provides
exceptional evidence
of the land allotment
system of the ancient
world and of the
agricultural
techniques in use
there.
Site 10: Chora at Yukharina Gully (149 ha)

14. Chernesos Criterium (vi)
• Chernesos played a
pivotal role in the
diffusion of
Christianity in the
northern Black Sea
region and in the
Eastern Slavonik
world.

15. Chufut-Kale

16. • Cufut Cale bears
testimonnies to the
incipient state of the
Crimean Tartars as
the first capital of the
Crimean Khanate
independent of the
Golden Horde.
• An illustrative
testimony to this is
the Janike Hanim
Mausoleum.

17. Kenassa
•

18. Rare Testimonies to the cultures of the Crimean
Tartars and Karaites :
Bakcisaray Palace, Salacik and Cufut Kale

19. Bakchysarai Palace of the Crimean Khans

20. Fountain of Tears, Khan‘s Palace,1764

21. Astronomical Observatory of Crimea

22. Eski Kermen

23. Mangup - Kale