Swiss Information Centre for Cultural Heritage Conservation
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The Swiss Information Centre for Cultural Heritage Conservation (Nationale Informationsstelle für Kulturgüter-Erhaltung, abbreviated "NIKE"), is the cultural heritage
conservation association of Switzerland.
The information center's office is located in Bern. There are 31 trade associations and public organizations represented, in the fields of archeology, folklore and historic preservation. NIKE organizes the "Denkmaltag", the Swiss version of the yearly European Heritage Days
, which allows visitors to see National Heritage Site
s on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
that are not normally open to the public. The center also publish a periodical called the "NIKE Bulletin", which appears five to six times a year with a circulation of 2,400 copies.
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...
conservation association of Switzerland.
The information center's office is located in Bern. There are 31 trade associations and public organizations represented, in the fields of archeology, folklore and historic preservation. NIKE organizes the "Denkmaltag", the Swiss version of the yearly European Heritage Days
European Heritage Days
European Heritage Days is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, Europe: a common heritage. The annual programme offers opportunities to visit buildings, monuments and sites, many of...
, which allows visitors to see National Heritage Site
National Heritage Site
A National Heritage Site is a location/site that regards a building, monument, archeological, geographical,natural or topological feature having a large value that has been registered by a governmental agency of a particular country...
s on the Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance
The Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance is a register of some 8,300 items of cultural property in Switzerland...
that are not normally open to the public. The center also publish a periodical called the "NIKE Bulletin", which appears five to six times a year with a circulation of 2,400 copies.