Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

41580

Type

conference item

Titre

Assessing the fragility of spirit of place at the Tsar’s hunting palace garden in Białowieża, Poland

Langues

English

Auteurs

Rycewicz-Borecki, Małgorzata

Date

2008

Pages

10 p.

Titre de conférence

16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’

Lieu de conférence

Québec, Canada

Date de conférence

29 sept – 4 oct 2008

Mots-clés

spirit of place / heritage at risk / tourism / dereliction / historic gardens / palaces / causes of deterioration / sustainable tourism / intangible cultural heritage

Pays mentionnés

Poland

Monuments et sites

Tsar’s Hunting Palace Garden, Bialowieza, Poland

N° Patrimoine mondial

Résumé en anglais

The people of Białowieża, Poland live in a small agricultural village directly adjacent to the Tsar’s hunting palace garden, which is a site of extreme negative history. The Tsar’s garden serves as the visitor center for thousands of annual tourists visiting the Białowieża National Park. This paper will assess the fragility of spirit of place at the Tsar’s hunting palace garden in Białowieża, Poland as a consequence of global design, war, abandonment, new (historically and culturally insensitive) technology, and touristification. These threats have resulted in a dynamic loss of tangible and intangible elements which would otherwise add meaning, value and emotion. The loss of historic buildings and paths, changes in site layout, and the introduction of inappropriately designed structures represent many of the tangible consequences of these threats. Intangible consequences include an unexploited potential to represent the local meaning; to act as an area for recreational opportunities within the community; and to recognize the historic and cultural value of preserving the garden for future generations.

Document joint

80-9kj7-133.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)