The Balearic Islands Government Council has approved, at the request of the Conselleria of the Presidency, Culture and Equality, a direct subsidy for the Consell Insular de Menorca (CIM) to cover publicity expenses, explorations on the archaeological sites that are part of the candidacy and consultancies for the Talayotic Menorca project.
This amount is already foreseen in the autonomous community’s budget for 2020 and implies continuing to financially support the candidacy, as has already been done during the last two years.
The declaration of the Talayotic culture of Menorca as World Heritage by UNESCO will mean giving added value to the historical heritage of the island and the Balearic Islands as a whole. Therefore, it will also help to ensure their protection in a more effective way.
The CIM began the procedures to declare the island's Talayotic culture as a World Heritage Site in 2010. In 2013 signed an agreement with the Balearic Islands Government to collaborate in this project. Four years later, the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) recommended amending the file, which led the CIM to carry out a research program and commission a series of specific works to complete the official file of the candidacy.
