2024-03-22 17:52:47
He Ministry of Culture of Peru achievement recover 4,600 pieces of the cultural heritage of that South American countrywho were repatriated from Germany, United States, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerlandwhich makes it the largest recovery of cultural objects recorded to date in that country.
It should be noted that this important group of pieces was repatriated thanks to efforts carried out by the Directorate of Cultural Heritage of the Foreign Ministry, the Peruvian consulates and embassies accredited in those countries and local authorities, as well as the Recovery Directorate of the Ministry of Culture.
Among the valuable objects recovered, a collection of archaeological material made of 4,555 fragments and by A vessel that were superficially collected from various archaeological sites throughout Peru and that were returned by the daughter of the famous American researcher, John Rowe.
In addition, 4 were repatriated unkus or shirts of Nazca, Wari and Inca styles, two Paracas and Nazca style cloaks, and 13 textile cloths of large dimensions coming from the cultures Chimú, Chancay, Nazca, Wari and Inca.
“Since 2019, Peru has managed to recover more than 7,000 pieces of its cultural heritageasserting itself as a international reference in the fight against illicit trafficking of cultural property“, commented, through a press release, the Chancellor González-Olaechea.
“Also on this list are 33 cultural assets repatriated from Italy. Among them are 21 pieces that returned to Peru after a judicial process that lasted more than 15 years, after in 2008 the Carabinieri Command of the Protection of the Heritage of Italy seize the national pieces that were in the Pavignano art gallery“concluded the Peruvian official.
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