In Uzbekistan, 8,210 real estate objects of material cultural heritage have been taken under state protection. This was announced to media representatives by the Cultural Heritage Agency of Uzbekistan, which summed up the work for 2022, the Nova24.uz portal reports.
In 2022, the Cultural Heritage Agency carried out the following works:
- began restoration work on 55 cultural heritage sites;
- developed design estimates for 64 cultural heritage sites;
- carried out monitoring work on 2,208 cultural heritage sites;
- restored 69 tangible cultural heritage sites;
- installed 829 road signs (in English, Russian and other languages) and organized 219 free Wi-Fi zones for the additional convenience of visitors;
- museums organized 3,322 events. They were visited by almost 4 million domestic and foreign tourists;
- prevented the illegal import and export of 6,420 items of cultural property, issued 327 expert opinions on them and gave instructions to transfer them to museums;
- 98% of tangible cultural heritage objects were included in the Unified System of State Cadastres;
- collected more than 9 thousand items, such as archaeological finds, various jewelry, manuscripts, documents, textiles, musical instruments, which are still stored in 40 countries around the world;
- out of 8 210 objects of cultural heritage owned by the state in the territory of the republic, 1002 objects have signed a lease agreement.
The agency also approved the boundaries of the protected areas of seven museum-reserves, including the state museum-reserves "Bukhara", "Samarkand", "Ichan-Kala", "Sarmishsoy", "Shakhrisabz", "Termez" and "Kokand".
CentralasianLIGHT.org
March 10, 2023