Titre de conférence
ICOMOS 13th General Assembly: Strategies for the World’s Cultural Heritage - Preservation in a Globalised World - Principles, Practices, Perspectives
Résumé en anglais
There are places in every town where people like to be: tocome together, to talk to each other, to relax, or just to enjoy
the atmosphere and the environment. Most of these placeshave long roots in the past and history. And of course it
appears and adds much to the physical appearance of theseplaces. These places may be streets, squares, surrounded
by buildings, or buildings themselves, but popular placesmay be parks, boulevards, riverbanks or even bridges.
It is wise to extend the life of these beloved places as peopledo not always like changes. It helps to strengthen local
identity, to maintain and reutilize the built heritage and it alsoaccords well with the ideology of sustainable development.
In this respect there are many joyful phenomenon in Hungary.The creative ways of remodelling, reutilizing or revitalising
different elements of the historic environment helps to regainthe former liveliness of places in the settlements and to bring
people again more closer to each other.