Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — The Saudi Heritage Commission announced on Monday the nomination of 50,000 urban heritage assets across the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for registration. This process is being carried out in close coordination with various stakeholders, following the Antiquities and Urban Heritage regulations.
]The Commission has outlined its plan to register, classify, and codify these nominated assets in the Architectural Heritage Register utilizing modern technology.
The Architectural Heritage Register serves as the official record of heritage sites that have been registered based on specific criteria related to national, urban, or cultural significance as per the Antiquities and Architectural Heritage regulations.
The registration process involves the use of a geospatial information system to accurately manage, store, and preserve information about these sites and structures. This data is crucial for determining the necessary preventive and protective measures, ensuring the preservation and maintenance of these assets for future generations. These sites hold significant importance in the Kingdom’s urban heritage.
The registration of urban heritage assets in the Kingdom involves five stages within the registration chain. It begins with identifying the origin of the urban heritage, followed by the nomination of the asset, its formal registration in the urban heritage register, subsequent classification, and ultimately the coding of the origin of the urban heritage.
Saudi Arabia has 6 UNESCO world heritage sites.