Heritage at Risk

Urgent appeal for the rescue of the cultural heritage in Kosovo

The Hague, 8 April 2004: EUROPA NOSTRA - the federation of non-governmental organisations working for the protection of the cultural heritage throughout Greater Europe - expresses its consternation and condemnation of the large-scale and deliberate destruction of invaluable cultural heritage in Kosovo as part of the recent wave of violence.

• Press release
• Statement by HRH the Prince Consort of Denmark, President of Europa Nostra

Devich Monastery, burned down	Church of the Holy Mother of Lyevish, burned down bell tower	Devich Monastery, tombs desecrated
Dormitories of the Monastery of the Sacred Archangel Michael, looted, destroyed and burned.	Saint George Church, Runovica, 16th c, inside