Culture, Heritage and Diversity
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Welcoming speeches were given by
Mr Andrey Busygin, Deputy Minister of Culture and
Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, Mr
Mikhail Oseyevsky, Vice-Governor of St Petersburg,
Ms Maud De Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General
of the Council of Europe, and Ms Odile Quintin,
Director General for Education and Culture of the
European Commission. Ms Vera Dementieva, Chair of
the Committee for the State Use and Preservation of
Monuments of History and Culture of St Petersburg,
spoke about St Petersburg and its European heritage.
Mr Jacques Legendre, Chair of the Committee on
Culture, Science and Education of the Parliamentary
Assembly of the Council of Europe, and Mr Dario
Ghisletta, Congress of Local and Regional
Authorities of the Council of Europe, also made
contributions to the ceremony as did Mr Denis de
Kergorlay, Vice-President of Europa Nostra, at the
present time the Liaison Office of the European
Heritage Days.
During the Ceremony, welcoming
words were directed towards the City of St
Petersburg, the quintessential European city and a
symphony of Baroque and Neo-Classical architecture
arranged along avenues and canals.
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The
ceremony for the 2006 Launch of the European Heritage Days
took place in the Theatre of the Hermitage Museum on
Thursday 21 September in the evening.