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Dylematy rewaloryzacji piotrkowskiego Starego Miasta

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Głowacki K.

Ochrona Zabytków

1990

issue 2

59-66

The undertakings connected with the restoration of the town centre of Piotrkow Trybunalski have been evoking much controversy for some time now. Thetown has played an exceptional role in Poland's history. From the 13th cent., the town hosted knights' conventions, and from the 15th cent, church synods of the Gniezno province. In the 15th—17th centuries it served as the Seym capital of the state. Various turns of events of the town in the period following the partitions caused its architectonic image to become obliterated and damaged. The expansion of cheap and serial forms in the 19th century endowed the old walls with eclectic elevations, making the town similar to other provincial towns of the Russian empire. In 1964 the Society of Friends of Piotrkow Trybunalski was established. It was then also that the intention of restoration of the Old Town came forth. Numerous difficulties (such as the lack of scientific studies) brought about a withdrawal from such an undertaking. In September 1986 the Social Committee for the Restoration of the Old Town in Piotrkow Trybunalski was created. Shortly after the Committee began its activity, two concepts of the town's restoration were formed. Supporters of the first concept felt that the town's future image should be the result of historical traditions. They postulated that following scientific investigaions of the historical structures, a selection and reconstruction be made of the most artistically and historically valuable structures transformed in the 19th cent. The supporters of the second concept aimed at the preservation of the 19th-century architectonic transformations (the preservation method). The author of the article has taken up a discussion with the advocates of the second concept, pointing to the threats to the historical values that are a part of the historical traditions. He stresses the need for interdisciplinary scientific studies, which can be the basis for preparing projects. Such studies cannot be substituted by occasional (fragmentary) consultations with even the best specialists. The already begun repairs of the Piotrkow houses are conducted with the aim of retaining the 19th-century eclectic architecture. The town centre area is expected to be tidied up in their course. However, is the image of the town, resored in the future, to be an example of only eclectic architecture? In the author's view, the image of the restored town should also include historical traditions, their role and rank as an important centre in Poland's history, instead of being solely an eclectic creation that would be an episode of not too much importance in the development of Piotrkow Trybunalski.

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