Registry of Cultural Property (Lithuania)

Registry of Cultural Property
Kultūros vertybių registras
Seal of a Heritage Object ("paveldo objektas") in Lithuania
TypeHeritage register of natural, historic places and moveable cultural objects
CountryLithuania
Years2005–present
Compiled byRepublic of Lithuania via the Department of Cultural Heritage
Approved byMinister of Culture

Registry of Cultural Property (Lithuanian: Kultūros vertybių registras) is a heritage register for Lithuanian cultural property deemed to be of outstanding heritage significance. The list includes natural, historic places and cultural objects. The registry itself has legal authority.

Valid since 2005, established in 2007 by the decree of the Government of Lithuania and managed by the Department of Cultural Heritage. In 2020, the Register of Cultural Property contained more than 25,000 individual and complex immovable cultural property items and parts thereof, and more than 7,000 movable cultural property items.

Decisions regarding the inclusion of cultural property in the Register list are taken by the Minister of Culture, on the advice of the Cultural Heritage Appraisal Board. [1]

  1. ^ Varnaitė, Diana. "Kultūros vertybių registras". vle.lt. LNB Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras. Retrieved 25 July 2024.