UNESCO NOMINATION OF BAY OF KOTOR
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The Culturo-historical region of Kotor is considered to be of outstanding universal value by the quality of its architecture , the successful integration of its cities to the Gulf of Kotor and by its unique testimony of the exceptionally important role that it played in the radiance of the Mediterranean culture on the Balkan territory : the nomination meets the evaluation criteria i , ii , iii , and iv . i-Represent a unique artistic or aesthetic achievement , a masterpiece of the creative genius . If in fact , many of the monuments of the cities of the Gulf of Kotor ( churches , palaces , military architecture ) have a true architectural value , none of them can claim to be of outstanding universal value . It is their gathering on the gulf coast , their harmony with a privileged site , their insertion in a town-planning of great value that contributes to the real outstanding value of the nominated property . ii - Have exerted considerable influence , over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world , on subsequent developments in architecture , monumental sculpture , garden and landscape design , related
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arts , or human settlement . Main bridge-heads of Venice on the South coast of the Adriatic , aristocratic cities of captains and ship-owners , Kotor and its neighbours were the heart of the region ’ s creative movement for many centuries . Its art , goldsmith and architecture schools had a profound and durable influence on the arts of the Adriatic coast . iii-Be unique , extremely rare , or of great antiquity . By the successful harmonisation of these cities with the Gulf , by the quantity , the quality and the diversity of the monuments and the cultural properties , and especially by the exceptional authenticity of their conservation , the nominated property can effectively be considered as unique . iv- Be the most characteristic example of a type of structure , the type representing an important cultural , social , artistic , scientific , echnological or industrial development . Kotor and Perast are the examples of the most characteristic and authentically preserved small cities town-planned , well adapted to its destination and enhanced by an architecture of great quality .