Drzewa a ochrona historycznego krajobrazu w mieście

• Authors: Kowalczyk Jerzy

Title variants

EN

Trees and the Protection of the Urban Historical Landscape

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Postulates calling for the protection of the historical landscape have become fashionable, but they are not accompanied by conservation undertakings. Conservators of Nature ignore the need for restoring the historical landscape in towns and oppose the removal of haphazardly planted trees although the latter often conceal the facades of churches and palaces, deforming the view. It is astonishing that the attitude of the conservators of Nature is frequently supported by conservators of historical monuments who apparently do not understand the essence of the urban historical landscape. This is the case in Warsaw where conservators of Nature and monuments jointly protest against the cutting of trees which shade i.a. the magnificent column facade of the Baroque Visitant church and the Baroque wing of the Royal Castle (facing the Vistula). The historical landscape of the Warsaw Escarpment, crowned with a row of places, can be admired only in iconographical sources since everything is hidden by a thick wall of trees. During a special conference on the Warsaw Escarpment (1993), opinions proposing to change this state of things were few. Professor Stefan Kurowski, a sociologist specialising in towns, formulated the thesis that: „Plant life in towns must be subjected to architecture and town planning solutions; consequently, it cannot be allowed to develop spontaneously”. Accidentally planted and self-seeding trees disfigure the landscape of many Polish cities. This is particularly true of the Renaissance „ideal” town of Zamość, where permission has not been given for the elimination of trees which conceal the restored facade of the monumental collegiate church. An exceptional instance of correct activity is the decision made by the voivodeship conservator to remove trees from the public square in Tykocin (middle of the eighteenth century), making it possible to restore its historical form.

Keywords

PL

ochrona historycznego krajobrazu; ochrona zabytkowego krajobrazu; przywracanie wartości historycznego krajobrazu; zieleń w mieście; zasłanianie drzewami fasad budowli zabytkowych

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1996
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 194-203

Dates

published

1996

Contributors

author

Kowalczyk Jerzy

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Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247