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urbanspacecontinuedtoexpand,embracinginturnprotectionof
buildings,architecturalandurbancomplexes,thenculturallandscape
–historicurbanlandscapeandculturalspace.
TogetherwiththeexpansionoftheconceptofKhistoric
monument/relic”fromafeature–aworkofart,includingacity,to
aculturalspace,thepathsofconservationofrelicsandconservation
ofhistoriccitiesdiverged,leavingrelicsandmonumentsinthehands
oftheconservatorsandhistoriccitiesandtheirsafeguardinginthe
handsofarchitects-urbanplanners,Kconservators”.Thedevelopment
ofconservationofhistoricmonumentstraditionallyunderstood,
basedonthecanonsoftheVeniceCharterof1964andusingmodern
technology,continuedalongtheroadofprogressivespecialization
andisolationofthediscipline,availabletoKinsiders”.Whereas,
conservationofhistoriccities,afieldfromthebeginningdefiant
towardsconservationdoctrines,asevidencedbytherebuildingfrom
thedevastationofthewarand,withtime,increasinglydistinguished
asaspecializeddisciplinerequiringknowledgeofhistoryandin-depth
analysisofurbanprocesses,andintegratingvariousstudiesinthe
humanitiesrelatedtothecity,choseanotherdirection–searching
forconservationmethodscoupledwiththetoolsofurbanplanning.
Thisapproachcametogetherwiththeawarenessthatconservationof
historiccities,beingaplanningproblem,thoughreachingfarintothe
past,shouldbeviewedasalivingmatterofthepresent,firmlyrooted
incurrentrealityofplaceandsocialneeds.
Today,asweknow,inmanycitiesaroundtheworld,itissocial
needswhich,throughcivicmovements,decideabouthowurbanspace
isusedandthedestinyofheritage,aspeoplecreateforthemselves
analternativeurbanlife,lessalienated,morejoyfulandopentothe
needsofothers.Reactingtothecrisisofurbaninstitutions,theyalso
searchforinformationaboutKtheirplaceonearth”,tolearnaboutit
andactresponsibly.Inthiscontext,wecan,betterthaneverbefore,
comprehendthedilemasofthosewho,inthebeginningofthe
twentiethcentury,createdtheEuropeanphilosophyofconservation
ofhistoricmonuments.
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