Federal Monuments Office

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The Federal Monuments Office is a department of the Federal Chancellery responsible for cultural heritage in Austria.

Bundesdenkmalamt plaque on a building in Salzburg indicating "Cultural property" in four languages: German: Kulturdenkmal, English: Cultural Property, French: Bien culturel, and Russian: 'Культурное Достояние.

Early medieval oven, uncovered during excavations in Gaweinstal by the Bundesdenkmalamt.

Poster for the Tag des Denkmals, the Austrian version of the European Heritage Days, sponsored by the Bundesdenkmalamt.

Cultural property

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Cultural property, also known as cultural patrimony, comprises the physical items that are part of the cultural heritage of a group or society, as opposed to less tangible cultural expressions. They include such items as cultural landscapes, historic buildings, works of art, archaeological sites, as well as collections of libraries, archives, and museums.

Plaque of the Federal Monuments Office on a building in Salzburg indicating "Cultural property" in four languages; German: Kulturdenkmal, English: Cultural property, French: Bien culturel, and Russian: Культурное достояние.