The fifth edition of the course “Management of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Visegrad Countries” took place from 14 to 17 June and was combined with the proceedings of the 2nd Central European Heritage Forum and a meeting of the ministers of culture of the Visegrad Group countries. The Second Heritage Forum, which preceded the main part of the course, served as a theoretical introduction to its programme. The Forum was attended by many of the school\u2019s lecturers and participants in the Working Group\u2019s meetings, including: Dr Tam\u00e1s Fej\u00e9rdy from ICOMOS Hungary, Dr Gabor So\u00f3s from the Gyula Forster National Centre for Heritage Management and Access in Budapest, \u013dubica Pin\u010dikov\u00e1 from the Council for the Protection of Monuments of the Slovak Republic in Bratislava, and Ji\u0159i Vaj\u010dner from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once again, the theme of the summer school was a site inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List \u2013 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, a Mannerist architectural and landscape complex and a 17th-century pilgrimage park. This time, the summer school programme introduced a more active form of participation, which involved taking part in workshops and preparing presentations on selected topics relating to the conservation and promotion of the site. In Kalwaria, the participants took part in a series of meetings and presentations organised by the town authorities, monks associated with the monastery and experts involved in Kalwaria\u2019s inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n