Cultural property

[2] They include such items as cultural landscapes, historic buildings, works of art, archaeological sites, as well as collections of libraries, archives, and museums.

Cultural property is legally protected by a number of international agreements and national laws.

There is intensive cooperation between the United Nations, UNESCO and Blue Shield International on the protection of cultural goods.

In 1891, The Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission described various countries' relationships to their fishing-related cultural properties including Germany, England, France, Italy, and Holland.

[10] Article 16 of the Convention describes the internationally recognized mark for cultural property as follows: The theme of the 1998 and 1999 International Museum Day was "The Fight against Illicit Traffic of Cultural Property.

Plaque of the Federal Monuments Office on a building in Salzburg indicating "Cultural property" in four languages; German: Kulturdenkmal , English: Cultural property , French: Bien culturel , and Russian: Культурное достояние .
the Blue Shield is a “shield, pointed below, persaltire blue and white (a shield consisting of a royal-blue square, one of the angles of which forms the point of the shield, and of a royal-blue triangle above the square, the space on either side being taken up by a white triangle).
The Blue Shield is a symbol of protection that identifies cultural property to be protected in the event of armed conflict and those responsible for protecting it: its use is restricted under international law. The 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict describes the logo and lays down conditions for its use.