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A certain conservation code, known as the English school of the conservation of ruins, has been arranged for a group of objects which survived only in the form of ruins. This type of work, conducted in accordance with the doctrine of the Charter of Venice, has been accepted in Poland and is universally applied in relation to objects which are preserved up to our times as ruins. For two hundred years, the castle in Janowiec existed as a ruin. During the first stage of conservation, carried out for over twenty years, the castle was protected in accordance with the principle of retaining permanent ruins. In altered political, social and economic conditions, the supervising group of conservators recognised that leaving Janowiec Castle in the form of a mere ruin is insufficient. Didactic, pragmatic, functional and financial reasons justified the acceptance of a plan for a partial reconstruction and rebuilding select parts of the castle. The rebuilt fragments will be adapted to various utilitarian functions. The intention of this article is to present the conception of utilising ruins, realised in Janowiec, and to indicate the fundamental conditions and restrictions for this type of a venture.