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solar observatories or the contemporary optical observatories like La Silla and
Paranal of ESO in Chile, the AURA Observatory in Chile, the Observatories on the
Canary Islands in Spain, and the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA, on the
UNESCO list, because they do not have an outstanding architecture, but they are
more technical constructions.
6 Filling the Gaps: Success in UNESCO Applications
The IAU‘s Commission 41 Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage,
founded in 2009, with Clive Ruggles as chair (2009–2015), was subsequently
renamed IAU Commission C4 on World Heritage & Astronomy, with Clive Ruggles
as president (2015–2018), and has worked closely with UNESCO and ICOMOS to
Fig. 9 Einstein Tower in Potsdam (photo: G. Wolfschmidt)
Cultural Heritage of Observatories in Context with the IAU–UNESCO Initiative…
solar observatories or the contemporary optical observatories like La Silla and
Paranal of ESO in Chile, the AURA Observatory in Chile, the Observatories on the
Canary Islands in Spain, and the Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii, USA, on the
UNESCO list, because they do not have an outstanding architecture, but they are
more technical constructions.
6 Filling the Gaps: Success in UNESCO Applications
The IAU‘s Commission 41 Working Group on Astronomy and World Heritage,
founded in 2009, with Clive Ruggles as chair (2009–2015), was subsequently
renamed IAU Commission C4 on World Heritage & Astronomy, with Clive Ruggles
as president (2015–2018), and has worked closely with UNESCO and ICOMOS to
Fig. 9 Einstein Tower in Potsdam (photo: G. Wolfschmidt)
Cultural Heritage of Observatories in Context with the IAU–UNESCO Initiative…