The Second International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historical Monuments, in Venice, May 25-31, 1964, adopted 13 resolutions, the first one being the International Restoration Charter, better known as the Venice Charter, and the second one, put forward by UNESCO, provided for the creation of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).

Piero Gazzola, in "Proceedings of the IInd International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historical Monuments, 1971":
[...]The results of this meeting in Venice are momentous. We need only recall the creation of the International Councial of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), the institution which constitutes the court of highest appeal in the area of the restoration of monuments, and of the conservation of ancient historical centres, of the landscape and in general of places of artistic and historical importance. [...] But above all, it is to be recognised that the most important positive result by far of this assembly has been the formulation of the international code for restoration: not simply a cultural episode but a text of historical importance. [...] In fact, from now on, the Charter of Venice will be in all the world the official code in the field of the conservation of cultural properties."


Proceedings of the 2nd International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historical Monuments - [Full Text] (Venezia, 25-31 Maggio 1964)

History of the Venice Charter


Proposte per una carta internazionale del restauro (1964), Piero Gazzola and Roberto Pane (Abstract in English)
Scientific Journal n° 4:
The Venice Charter / La Charte de Venise 1964 - 1994

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Premises to the Charter of Venice (1964) , Raymond Lemaire(in French)
In: "ICOMOS Scientific Journal: Raymond Lemaire: ICOMOS - un regard en arrière, un coup d'oeil en avant. p.33-41."

The Venice Charter under review, Ankara 1977 , Cevat Erder

The significance of the Venice International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites, with special reference to Eastern Countries, Basle 1983, Roland Silva

The actuality of the Venice Charter. Summary report of the 9th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium at Lausanne, October 6-11, 1990

- ICOMOS National Committees comments on the Venice Charter (1990)

Comments on the Venice Charter with illustrations, 1994, Jukka Jokilehto

A propos de la Charte de Venise, 1995, Raymond Lemaire

Should there be a review of the Venice Charter? (1995) , Raymond Lemaire(in French)
In: "ICOMOS Scientific Journal: Raymond Lemaire: ICOMOS - un regard en arrière, un coup d'oeil en avant. p. 191-194."

Principles of conservation: An introduction to the International Charters for Conservation and Restoration 40 years after the Venice Charter (2004), Michael Petzet
In: "Monuments and Sites, Vol. I: International Charters for Conservation and Restoration. p. 7-29."

Bibliography on the Venice Charter (Documentation Centre - August 2004)

Venice Charter translations:



2004 - 40th Anniversary of the Venice Charter:

ICOMOS Hungary: International Conference "The Venice Charter, 1964 - 2004 - 2044?" Budapest - Pecs, 22-27 May 2004

* The Pècs Declaration on the Venice Charter ( Pècs, Hungary, May 27, 2004)
* ICOMOS Appeal: ( Pècs, Hungary, May 27, 2004)
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