Intangibility in historic towns

Román, András (2003) Intangibility in historic towns. In: 14th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Place, memory, meaning: preserving intangible values in monuments and sites’, 27 – 31 oct 2003, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. [Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier]

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Of all monuments, towns posses the greatest intangible value. The reason for this is that in the case of all other monuments human presence is not a must, whereas towns cannot exist without people; what is more: without human societies. The traditions of men and society have an impact on towns. These are the traditional criteria that define the essence of a town, not less important than the natural environment, landscape, town structure or architecture. The difference is enormous between a university town and spa or industrial town, but it is equally distinctive whether it is an ecclesiastic or administrative centre. Furthermore, dominant elements can be professions, commercial traditions (markets) and even typical local food. There are other local customs different from all of the above, e. g. if church bells toll at an unusual time. Monument protection must concern itself with these phenomena and in the same way it must deal with material values. Society is to be initiated in this field especially since these elements are part of their own life. While briefly summarising these elements, this paper substantiates its argument with real-life examples drawn from several towns.

Type:	Document issu d'une conférence ou d'un atelier (Article)
Auteurs:	Auteurs E-mail Román, András NON SPECIFIÉ
Langues:	English
Mots-clés libres:	historic towns; intangible heritage
Sujets:	O. PATRIMOINE IMMATERIEL > 01. Généralités H. TYPES DE PATRIMOINE > 17. Patrimoine culturel immatériel H. TYPES DE PATRIMOINE > 12. Villes et villages historiques
Collections spéciales:	Scientific Symposium (ICOMOS General Assemblies)
Volume de la collection spéciale:	2003, 14th
Déposé par:	Jose Garcia
Date de dépôt:	10 décembre 2010 18:33
Dernière modification:	16 février 2024 14:36
URI:	https://openarchive.icomos.org/id/eprint/471

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