Fabio Maniscalco
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Fabio Maniscalco was an Italian archaeologist, specialist about the protection of cultural property and essayist.

Biography

Fabio Maniscalco was born in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

, Italy
Italy
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. He was an archaeologist who worked as a professor of "protection of cultural property" http://www.unior.it/DIDATTICA/facolta/s_islamici/inizio.htm and of "underwater archaeology" http://www.unina2.it/lettere/ at the University of Naples and at the "Istituto per lo Sviluppo, la Formazione e la Ricerca nel Mediterraneo". Moreover he was selected Professor (of 'clear fame'), of "Safeguard of cultural heritage", at "Institute of Archaeology of Academy of Sciences of Albania". http://www.mediterraneomarnero.it/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=99999999

Ex Officer of the Italian Army he has created and directed the Teams for the safeguard of cultural property in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

(1995–1996) and in Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

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Fabio Maniscalco has been the first Officer in the world to have put into effect the rules of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
The Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict is an international treaty that requires its signatories to protect cultural property in war. It was signed at The Hague, Netherlands, on May 14, 1954, and entered into force August 7, 1956...

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Since 1998 Fabio Maniscalco is Director of the Observatory for Protection of Cultural Heritage in Areas of Crisis
Observatory for Protection of Cultural Heritage in Areas of Crisis
The Observatory for Protection of Cultural Heritage in Areas of Crisis is an Italian-based organization concerned with protecting cultural heritage.-History:...

 http://web.tiscalinet.it/osservatoriobc..
He has directed projects and activities, about protection of cultural property, in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...

, Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

, Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...

, Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

, Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

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Professor Maniscalco was editor of the monographic collection Mediterraneum. Protection and Exploitation of Cultural and Environmental Heritage http://www.massaeditore.com/mediterraneum.htm; director of the scientific journal Web Journal on Cultural Patrimony http://www.webjournal.unior.it/ and co-director of the monographic collection “Studi di Storia e topografia sulla Campania romana".

Fabio Maniscalco was member of the scientific committee and essayist of the periodical journal "Archeologia Viva". Moreover he is member of the scientific committees of the academic journals “International Research Journal of Arts and Humanities” (University of Sindh, Pakistan) http://www.usindh.edu.pk/irjah.html and of "Restauro Archeologico (University of Florence).

In the year 2007, because of the exposure to the depleded uranium Fabio Maniscalco fell ill with an anomalous and rare shape of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
http://www.striscialanotizia.mediaset.it/video/2007/05/12/video_5518.shtml?adsl. <

Awards and Memberships

Fabio Maniscalco has received many awards for his literary activity. In particular, he has received a Prize from the Italian "Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri" for the book Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

. Itinerari artistici perduti and the ICCROM-UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 Prize "Media Save Art" for his articles about protection of Kosovo's cultural property.
Moreover, he has received the prizes "Friend of Art 2007" from Legambiente and "Safeguard of Cultural Heritage" from the "Borsa Mediterranea del Turismo Archeologico".
In 1997 Fabio Maniscalco was decorated by the President of Italy Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
Oscar Luigi Scalfaro , Italian politician and magistrate, was the ninth President of the Italian Republic from 1992 to 1999, and is currently a senator for life...

 for his activity in the field of safeguard of cultural property. He was decorated, with NATO and Italian medals because he was officer during the peace-keeping missions IFOR
IFOR
The Implementation Force was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina under a one-year mandate from 20 December 1995 to 20 December 1996 under the codename Operation Joint Endeavour. Its task was to implement the military Annexes of The General Framework Agreement for...

 and SFOR
SFOR
The Stabilisation Force was a NATO-led multinational peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina which was tasked with upholding the Dayton Agreement. It replaced the previous force IFOR...

, in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Alba
Alba
Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is cognate to Alba in Irish and Nalbin in Manx, the two other Goidelic Insular Celtic languages, as well as similar words in the Brythonic Insular Celtic languages of Cornish and Welsh also meaning Scotland.- Etymology :The term first appears in...

, in Albania.

Professor Maniscalco was Vice President of the Italian Committee of the Blue Shield,http://www.provincia.asti.it/hosting/moncalvo/cisb_01.htm and member of the scientific committees of the Observatory Euro-Mediterranean and the Black Sea http://www.mediterraneomarnero.it/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=346&Itemid=31 and of the "Museo della Nave Romana di Grado" (Italian Ministry for Cultural heritage".
Moreover, he was member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and honorary member of: Italian Union of the European Writers and Artists (UIL); Italian Association of Archaeologists and Forum per la Laguna di Venezia.

He died in Naples on 1 February 2008, for complications due to his rare shape of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas.

Books on protection of cultural property

  • Fabio Maniscalco, World Heritage and War, (2006) http://www.massaeditore.com/worldheritage.htm .
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Protection of Nigerian Cultural Property (2006)
  • Fabio Maniscalco (editor), Protection, Conservation and Exploitation of Palestinian Cultural Heritage, (2005).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Protection of Cultural property in Algeria, (2003).
  • Fabio Maniscalco (editor), Protection of Cultural Heritage in War Areas, (2002).
  • Fabio Maniscalco (editor), La tutela dei beni culturali in Italia,(2002).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Kosovo and Metohija 1998-2000, (2000).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Furti d'Autore. La tutela del patrimonio culturale mobile napoletano dal dopoguerra alla fine del XX secolo, (2000).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Jus Praedae, (1999).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Frammenti di storia venduta. I tesori di Albania, (1998).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Sarajevo: itinerari artistici perduti, (1997).

Books on underwater archaeology

  • Fabio Maniscalco (editor),Protection, Conservation and Valorization of underwater cultural Property, 2004.
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Piero Alfredo Gianfrotta (editors), Forma Maris. Forum internazionale di archeologia subacquea, (2001).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Fondamenti di archeologia subacquea, (1998).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Ninfei ed edifici marittimi severiani del Palatium imperiale di Baia, (1997).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Il nuoto nel mondo greco-romano, (1995).
  • Fabio Maniscalco, Archeologia Subacquea, (1992).

Other

Fabio Maniscalco has published more than 200 papers, in international journals and books, and numerous Appeals for the safeguard of Cultural Property in areas of crisis.

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