The spirit of the transilvanian fortified churches... The people have left, their buildings remain

Szaktilla, Sebastian (2008) The spirit of the transilvanian fortified churches... The people have left, their buildings remain. 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. [Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier]

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The fortified churches of the ´Transilvanian Saxons´ in Romania are unique due to their typological variety, their number and due to their historical importance. After centuries of a changeful history, almost all of the saxons left Romania to Germany after the fall of Ceaucescu´s regime to find a new home in the land were they came from 850 years ago. 16 years after this exodus the fortified churches, beeing not maintained are decaying more and more. The new inhabitants of the former saxon villages have their own churches and do not care for the churches of other confessions. But not only the churches are threatened, as also the facades of the peasants houses are beeing changed following the ideals of their new owners.

Type:	Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier (Article)
Auteurs:	Auteurs E-mail Szaktilla, Sebastian NON SPECIFIÉ
Langues:	English
Mots-clés libres:	fortified architecture; churches; spirit of place; heritage at risk; threats
Sujets:	E. CONSERVATION ET RESTAURATION > 03. Monuments G. DEGRADATION > 02. Facteur de dégradation H. TYPES DE PATRIMOINE > 09. Monuments historiques H. TYPES DE PATRIMOINE > 19A. Sites de religion et de rituel
Nom du monument, ville, site, musée:	Transylvania, Romania
Collections spéciales:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
Volume de la collection spéciale:	2008, 16th
Déposé par:	Jose Garcia
Date de dépôt:	05 septembre 2010 14:18
Dernière modification:	30 août 2023 13:32
Références:	Machat, C. (publ.) et.al., (1999). Denkmaltopographie Siebenbürgen. Köln: Rheinland. Fabini, H. (1999). Atlas der siebenbürgisch-sächsischen Kirchenburgen und Dorfkirchen. Sibiu/Heidelberg: Monumenta-Verlag/AKSL. Wikipedia. The free encyclopedia. (2008). Theme: Transilvanian Saxons; Available from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transylvanian_Saxons; accessed 14.7.2008
URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/38

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