2023-09-21 11:02:18
On Monday, the Maison Carrée in Nîmes obtained its recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. A consecration for this Roman temple, which has spanned two thousand years of history to bear witness to the architectural and political genius of the Romans, founders (with the Greeks) of our Western civilization.
La Maison Carrée, in Nîmes – S. Reboredo / VWPics/SIPA
“This building promulgated Rome’s control over the territory it had conquered, while symbolically announcing the allegiance of the population of the city of Nemausus to the descendants of the Augustus dynasty,” explains UNESCO. The architectural program and carefully crafted decoration symbolically communicated Augustus’ ideological program.” The first emperor turned ancient Rome from republic to empire, ushering in a new golden age known as the Pax Romana.
Cultural recognition, economic benefits
For the Gard prefecture, this global recognition is the completion of several years of work to put together a file that meets the challenge. Both symbolic, cultural and economic with strong benefits hoped for for the city.
In total, fifty-one French sites appear now a UNESCO world heritage site. Some very well known, others much less. Attention, the little quiz concocted by 20 Minutes on these sites valued by UNESCO, promises to be perhaps more difficult than it seems… You have been warned!
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