Le attività del Progetto di cooperazione "Salvaguardia e valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale della regione del Kurdistan in Iraq" / The Activities of the Cooperation Project "Safeguard and Enhancement of the Cultural Heritage of the Region of Kurdistan in Iran"

The cooperation project “Safeguard and Enhancement of the Cultural Heritage of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq”, led by the Department of Antiquity – Sapienza University of Rome, is rooted in an enduring experience which, since 2006, involved Italian and Kurdish teams in the field of Cultural-Heritage preservation focusing on both archaeological areas (the site of Paikuli; the Citadel of Erbil) and the provincial Museums of Erbil, Duhok and Sulaimaniyah. Over the years, the training of local staff represented a primal goal aimed to meet the needs of the Kurdish institutions regarding capacity building. Therefore, all the projects were based on a wide range of integrated scientific activities, which saw the commitment of several Italian professionals (archaeologists, numismatists, epigraphists, surveyors, architects, and restorers) and the use of innovative technologies and methodologies applied to the regional cultural heritage.