MANAMA, MAY 9 (BNA) THE ITALIAN EMBASSY IN COOPERATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION ORGANISED A SEMINAR ENTITLED THE PEARL ROAD IN HISTORY ATTENDED BY THOSE INTERESTED IN HISTORY AND HERITAGE IN BAHRAIN.
THE HOSTING OF THIS SEMINAR COMES AT A TIME WHEN THE MINISTRY IS WORKING TOWARDS LAUNCHING AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL AND HERITAGE PROJECT SO IT COULD BE REGISTERED ON THE WORLD HERITAGE LIST WHICH IS THE PEARL ROAD. THIS WILL BE PLACED ALONG WITH BAHRAIN FORT THE CAPITAL OF OLD DELMON AND THE PORT ASSOCIATED WITH IT. MOREOVER, THIS NEW CULTURAL PROJECT WILL HELP REVIVE THE STATUS OF PEARLS AS A HISTORIC AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BAHRAINI IDENTITY AND IN TURN LIFT ITS HONORARY TITLE FROM THE PEARL OF THE GULF TO THE PEARL OF THE WORLD. THE SEMINAR FOCUSED ON THE HISTORY OF PEARLS AND HOW IT REACHED FROM THE GULF REGION TO EUROPE, ESPECIALLY ITALY. HS/ 09-MAY-2009 20:42