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Réf.

41451

Type

conference item

Titre

Threats to the Genius Loci of the Public Parks: Saving the Historic Urban Parks of the 19´th Century

Langues

English

Auteurs

Ruoff, Eeva

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

public gardens / historic gardens / conservation / spirit of place / town planning / maintenance / vegetation / 19th century / town and country planning / conservation of cultural heritage / intangible cultural heritage

Résumé en anglais

This paper is deals with the threats to the urban parks laid out inthe 19th century - and with the ways of saving them. Many of these parks
are still popular with the public, but the quality of their design and maintenancehas declined over the years. The efforts to save their original characteristics have come very late. Yet, these parks are an important part ofthe 19th century town planning, and saving their genius loci would be very
important to the fabric of the respective cities. It would also contribute tothe cause of the historic gardens and sites in general.

Document joint

77-N4bR-142.pdf

Licence

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