Research Summary regarding other legislations on properties as Culture Heritage

Research Summary regarding other Legislations on properties as Culture Heritage:


My research was to follow the Legislations that Maria Eichhorn used to be able to create the unowned property and to see if this can be replicated elsewhere.

The general statement of the presentation was that it is replicable in many other countries, as such laws are not unique to the Greek legislation. 

The main point in her work was to be able to declare the house as a monument protected under article 6 Law 3028\2002, which was granted by the ministerial decision number 43359\2008.
The house was declared as a contemporary cultural monument for its use in Documenta 14.

In the Netherlands case :
under the Monuments and Historical Buildings Act of 1988 and the Heritage Preservation act, a monument is defined as: “ objects that have been created at least fifty years ago and that are of public interests due to their beauty, scientific \academic relevance or cultural-historical value”.
Objects can be declared to be protected as cultural monuments by the ministry of education, culture, and science. The subsequent management and care responsibilities go to the lower public authorities.”
The request for declaring any object as a monument of cultural value can be made by any interested party, while the ministry is not obligated to meet the request.

Similar laws I found in the United States and Lebanon ( I added all  I found to the dropbox)

The conclusion is that the Maria Eichorn work was not possible because of the unique legislations in Greece, rather it was because of the willingness of the cultural minister to declare the house as of a contemporary cultural value, and the existence of Documenta which granted the house the status of an artwork.
B) This brings me to my question in the presentation and my problem with being stuck at this point. I am not sure that researching more legislations in different countries can help us anymore. There is also nothing much for me to research in Athens except if I can talk to the minister of culture about what value he thinks this house carries to be granted a protection as a monument.


I am trying to find a new angle for my research, and come up with new research questions at this point.


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