Congresses and Conferences
Sites of Congresses, Conferences or Conventions. The meeting must have been historically significant. The buildings/location must be known and within the WHS. Legislative Parliaments are excluded (see separate Connection). Where a Congress/Conference led to the signing of a Treaty at the same location it is "connected" with the more "famous" title.
World Heritage Sites connected to 'Congresses and Conferences':
Independence Hall "2nd Continental Congress" (1775-83). To manage the war effort (War of Independence)Panamá Viejo Salon Bolivar - "Panama Congress" (1826) - organised by Bolivar in an attempt to promote pan-American unityParis, Banks of the Seine The Paris Peace Conference (1919) to end WWI (The various treaties - Versailles, Saint-Germain, Trianon etc were signed elsewhere as per their titles) was held in the Salon de l'Horloge at the French Foreign Ministry in the Quai d'Orsay.; linkPotsdam Schloss Cecilienhof -"Potsdam Conference" (1945) - Stalin, Churchill/Atlee and Truman to discuss the post WWII order. Led to the Potsdam Agreement and Potsdam Declaration.Schönbrunn The Congress of Vienna to decide the map of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars was held here.
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