WSPÓŁCZESNE PROBLEMY OCHRONY MIASTA HISTORYCZNEGO KAZIMIERZ DOLNY NAD WISŁĄ

• Authors: Bogusław Szmygin

Title variants

EN

CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS OF THE PROTECTION OF AN HISTORICAL TOWN KAZIMIERZ DOLNY

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The protection of historical towns has always constituted one of the most difficult conservation tasks. At the time of the People’s Republic of Poland the prevailing systemic conditions led to a growing neglect of the majority of historical towns. In some cases, however, the central administration and financing system, combined with limited ownership rights, permitted an effective realisation of conservation programmes. One of such towns was Kazimierz Dolny, which has enjoyed conservation protection since the 1920s. Thanks to a consistent realisation of the complex conservation programme during the 1970s and 1980s the historical merits of the town were preserved and even enhanced. In the wake of the systemic transformation in Poland it became impossible to continue former forms of conservation protection. The rank of the conservator changed, state subsidies ceased, and the right to decide about private property was restored to the owners of historical monuments. Only the owners are held responsible for the state of the objects, while activity conducted on a town scale is the domain of the self-government. As a result, new investments and intensive exploitation are transforming the historical nature of the locality, a process which remains uncontrolled. The example of Kazimierz Dolny demonstrates that a new model of an effective protection of historical towns has still not been devised in the new conditions.

Keywords

PL

Kazimierz Dolny nad Wisłą; miasto historyczne; ochrona miast historycznych; kreacja konserwatorska; odbudowa Kazimierza; koncepcja ochrony miasta; Jerzy Żurawski

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 2004
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 7-28

Dates

published

2004

Contributors

author

Bogusław Szmygin

• dr hab. inż., kieruje Zakładem Konserwacji Zabytków na Politechnice Lubelskiej. Specjalizuje się w problematyce ochrony i konserwacji zabytków architektury. Jest autorem ponad 50 publikacji (m.in. monografii „Kształtowanie koncepcji zabytku i doktryny konserwatorskiej w Polsce w XX wieku”), kilkunastu programów badawczych i edukacyjnych (m.in. ponad 40 scenariuszy filmów dydaktycznych). Pełni funkcję wiceprezesa Polskiego Komitetu Narodowego ICOMOS, reprezentuje PKN w Komitecie Wykonawczym ICOMOS.

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247