A changing townscape: Røros throughout a century of heritage management

Bye, Mette (2008) A changing townscape: Røros throughout a century of heritage management. In: 16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’, 29 sept – 4 oct 2008, Quebec, Canada. [Conference or Workshop Item]

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This paper is a presentation of one of five case studies for a PhD-thesis on the treatment of Norwegian wooden vernacular with a heritage status. In the case of Røros my objective is to discern a pattern of architectural preservation from the time of the first listings in 1923 and onwards. Røros has endured a century of preservationist involvement, something which had influenced the townscape by the time it achieved World Heritage status in 1980. Through the study of seven listed buildings I document the changes to a loved and seemingly well preserved street scene, reflect on how and why these changes happened, and discuss what they constitute today in terms of authenticity, values and spirit of place.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Authors:	Authors Email Bye, Mette UNSPECIFIED
Languages:	English
Keywords:	World Heritage List; Historic town; conservation; industrial town; restoration of historic monuments; authenticity; spirit of place
Subjects:	M.WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION > 03. World Heritage List E.CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION > 07. Management E.CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION > 03. Monuments H.HERITAGE TYPOLOGIES > 12. Historic towns and villages
Name of monument, town, site, museum:	Røros Mining Town and the Circumference, Norway
UNESCO WHC Number:	55
ICOMOS Special Collection:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
ICOMOS Special Collection Volume:	2008, 16th
Depositing User:	Jose Garcia
Date Deposited:	10 Oct 2010 15:21
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2011 19:13
URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/234

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