The cultural heritageofBelarus includes both material and immaterial assets (valuables), in accordance with the Law on Protection of Historical and Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Belarus (2006).[1]
Material historical and cultural assets, movable and immovable, include (Article 13[1]):
Documentary monuments;
Nature reserves;
Monuments of archaeology;
Monuments of architecture;
Monuments of history;
Monuments of urban design;
Monuments of arts
These assets are classified as follows (Article 16):[1]
Category 0, inscribed or proposed for inscription on the World Heritage List;
Category 1, otherwise of international significance;
Category 2 of national importance;
Category 3 of regional importance
Non-material assets, including traditions, rites, folklore, folk arts, and language, are classified as (Articles 14, 16):[1]
Category A, if fully authentic and invariable;
Category Б, if recast into a different medium and/or where their documentary value may change over time
The State Register of Historical and Cultural Values of the Republic of Belarus (Belarusian: Дзяржаўны спіс гісторыка-культурных каштоўнасцей Рэспублікі Беларусь) and Databank are maintained (Article 8).[1]
In 2007, a total of 4,811 objects of heritage were listed, of which 4,694 were material, including 1,655 architectural monuments, 1,125 historical monuments, and 57 art monuments.[2]
^"Гісторыка-культурны патэнцыял Беларусі" [Historical and cultural capacity of Belarus] (in Belarusian). Official Internet Portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus. Archived from the original on 2013-02-08. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
