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Bizkaia to Host European Heritage Days, Focusing on Preservation

The Provincial Council has organized a series of conferences from April to June to reflect on the challenges and responsibilities of heritage.

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Bizkaia will once again host the European Heritage Days, an initiative aimed at sensitizing society to the importance of knowing, valuing, and protecting cultural heritage, thanks to the collaboration between the Provincial Council and the Council of Europe.

The 26th edition of this initiative, under the slogan “In Our Hands”, proposes a broad and shared perspective on the value of heritage and the collective responsibility for its safeguarding. This approach aligns with the theme set by the Council of Europe for 2026, which focuses on the risks threatening heritage and the need for collective action to protect it, ensuring that cultural heritage remains significant and accessible for future generations.
In the months leading up to the events, which will take place in October, the Bizkaia Provincial Council has organized a series of conferences between April and June at the Ondare Aretoa conference hall. These sessions will reflect on the challenges, meanings, and responsibilities involved in the conservation of cultural heritage, bringing together experts who will address the topic from various perspectives: documentation, identity, women's memory, and contemporary conservation criteria.
The lecture series will begin on April 21 with Raquel Cilla López, director of the Bilbao Diocesan Museum, discussing religious heritage at risk. On May 12, Jon Mentxakatorre Odriozola will explore the relationship between identity, values, and heritage. On June 2, historian Isabel Mellén will address female rituals of death, and the cycle will conclude on June 23 with Eusebio Corcuera Alonso, head of the Restoration Workshop of the Cultural Heritage Service of the Bizkaia Provincial Council, who will analyze heritage conservation and restoration from a scientific and ethical perspective.
These conferences will serve to open a debate on the role of cultural heritage in a context of profound social, technological, and environmental transformations. Heritage, both tangible and intangible, is a unique and irreplaceable resource; each loss represents a rupture with collective memory. Therefore, the events are presented as a space to reflect on the need to protect cultural and historical identity from a shared perspective, involving institutions, professionals, and society in general.

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