No permission for a sculpture in Echternach?

On Whit Tuesday, a bronze sculpture will be inaugurated in front of the Basilica as a tribute to the Dancing Procession. As the site is classified as a national monument, the Ministry of Culture must have authorised this sculpture. In this context, our MPs Carole Hartmann and André Bauler have submitted an urgent parliamentary question.

« Le collège échevinal de la Ville d’Echternach s’apprête à inaugurer le mardi de Pentecôte sur le terrain dit « Vulpert » (Porte Saint Willibrord), en face de la Basilique, classée monument national suivant arrêté du Conseil de Gouvernement du 10 novembre 1989,  une sculpture en bronze conçue en l’hommage de la Procession dansante d’Echternach, patrimoine culturel immatériel de l’Unesco. Le terrain à proprement parler est inscrit à l’inventaire supplémentaire des monuments classés, par arrêté du 9 août 2004.

En principe, le ministre ayant dans ses attributions la culture doit être mis au courant de toute intervention sur un espace classé monument national. Dans une brochure éditée récemment par la Ville d’Echternach sous le titre « Stadtbild Echternach » pour sensibiliser les habitants de la ville afin qu’ils respectent davantage le patrimoine culturel, il est par ailleurs précisé: « Für unter Denkmalschutz stehende Gebäude und Elemente gelten darüber hinaus noch weitere Regelungen. So darf an diesen Gebäuden kein Abriss, kein Umbau und keine Modifikation oder Vergrößerung durchgeführt werden, die der historischen, künstlerischen oder ästhetischen Wertschätzung schaden könnte oder ihren Umriss oder andere architektonische Aspekte verändert ».

Sous ces prémisses, nous aimerions poser les questions suivantes à Madame la Ministre de la Culture :

  1. La sculpture en bronze a-t-elle fait l’objet d’une autorisation de la part de Madame la Ministre ? Dans la négative, les services concernés du ministère avaient-ils pourtant été mis au courant au préalable ?
  2. L’abbaye d’Echternach constituant un patrimoine d’une valeur exceptionnelle remontant à l’origine de la ville abbatiale, voire du pays, l’installation d’une telle sculpture en face de la basilique est-elle conforme à la législation et aux dispositions actuellement en vigueur en matière de protection du patrimoine culturel ?»

Answer

On the same day as our urgent parliamentary question, the Ministry of Culture received a request for permission to install a statue. This only after some informed citizens got involved and the Service des sites et monuments nationaux sent complaints to the municipality. According to the Minister of Culture, the municipality of Echternach has been informed that the work must be stopped as long as the relevant ministerial authorisation has not been obtained.

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