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19.07.2019 Article

European cooperation: “Vaso di Fiori” returned to the Uffizi Gallery

Stolen by the National Socialists during the Second World War, Jan van Huysum’s painting “Vaso di Fiori” is now being returned to Italy. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas is bringing it to the Uffizi Gallery in Florence today.

View of the Arno river
19.04.2019 Article

Construction workshops: European cooperation since the Middle Ages

The architectural heritage of the Middle Ages requires constant conservation work or restoration in the event of a disaster. For centuries, construction workshops (known as “Bauhütten”) have preserved the traditional craft techniques for this as well as knowledge handed down and customs and rituals. 

Naumburg Cathedral
08.10.2018 Article

In danger: humanity’s cultural heritage

A conference and exhibition at the Federal Foreign Office highlight the challenges facing and ways of protecting endangered cultural heritage.

Training programme for stonemasons, Jordan
16.07.2018 Article

A tiny work of art of huge importance

An ancient clay head goes home to Mexico.

Ambassador Granguillhome

Press releases

  1. 16.11.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas opens Cultural Heritage and Multilateralism conference taking place in Berlin from 16 to 18 November

  2. 16.10.2019 Press release

    Länder, federation and municipal umbrella organisations agree to set up a contact point for collections from colonial contexts

  3. 19.07.2019 Press release

    Statement by Foreign Minister Maas prior to his departure for Florence

  4. 16.05.2019 Press release

    Minister of State Müntefering on the return of the Stone Cross of Cape Cross to Namibia

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