Issue (WIWE) status: Submitted, Unpublished

Weak Signal's progress: Basic

This Weak Signal came from: 
European Commission Framework Programme for RTD

The theme/scheme related to this Weak Signal: 
Theme 8 - Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities

The sub-theme that best relates to this Weak Signal: 
Diversities and commonalities in Europe

When did the Weak Signal manifest ? 
before 2000

Weak Signal's description: 

Several European sites of great historical and cultural interest become hotly contested in terms of their “ownership” and historical meaning – cultural tourists and pilgrims are increasingly seen as reviving past conflicts and extreme events occur (attacks defacement of monuments, destruction of symbols, etc.).