Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
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Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa (NID, National Heritage Board of Poland) is a Polish governmental institution responsible for the objects considered most important to the nation's cultural heritage
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lists according to the Ordinance No 32 of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, passed on December 23rd, 2010. The objects protected include A) immoveable sites, B) moveable objects, and C) archeological monuments. These three basic types are classed into three levels of National Heritage Site
s, which are firstly the list of World Heritage Sites in Poland, secondly the list of Pomnik historii, which are sites named by the Prime Minister, and thirdly, the list of zabytek
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The institute also keeps a list of national parks protected by the "law article paragraph 16 on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments dated 23 July 2003".
in Poland, as well as conducting research on heritage preservation.
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...
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Heritage lists
The institute administers the National Heritage SiteNational Heritage Site
A National Heritage Site is a location/site that regards a building, monument, archeological, geographical,natural or topological feature having a large value that has been registered by a governmental agency of a particular country...
lists according to the Ordinance No 32 of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, passed on December 23rd, 2010. The objects protected include A) immoveable sites, B) moveable objects, and C) archeological monuments. These three basic types are classed into three levels of National Heritage Site
National Heritage Site
A National Heritage Site is a location/site that regards a building, monument, archeological, geographical,natural or topological feature having a large value that has been registered by a governmental agency of a particular country...
s, which are firstly the list of World Heritage Sites in Poland, secondly the list of Pomnik historii, which are sites named by the Prime Minister, and thirdly, the list of zabytek
Zabytek
Zabytek is the Polish name for a National Heritage Site listed by the Polish institute in charge, the Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa...
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The institute also keeps a list of national parks protected by the "law article paragraph 16 on the protection of monuments and the guardianship of monuments dated 23 July 2003".
Other activities
The institute organizes the European Heritage DaysEuropean Heritage Days
European Heritage Days is a joint action of the Council of Europe and the European Commission involving all 50 signatory states of the European Cultural Convention under the motto, Europe: a common heritage. The annual programme offers opportunities to visit buildings, monuments and sites, many of...
in Poland, as well as conducting research on heritage preservation.