Publicomos

Réf.

42913

Type

chapter

Titre

Lithuania - the standard setter for urban heritage protection in the former USSR?

Langues

English

Auteurs

Janušauskaitė, Viltė

Éditeurs

Alatalu, Riin / Randla, Anneli

Lieu de publication

Tallinn

Pays de publication

Estonia

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS ICLAFI (International Committee on Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues) / ICOMOS Estonia / Estonian Academy of Arts

Date

17/01/2002

Pages

p. 30-33

Titre de la source

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF HERITAGE LEGISLATION. BALANCE BETWEEN LAWS AND VALUES. International conference October 12-13, 2016 Niguliste Museum Tallinn, Estonia Conference proceedings. ICLAFI, ICOMOS Estonia

ISBN

978-9949-88-197-0

Mots-clés

philosophy of conservation / theory of conservation / Soviet heritage / historic towns / history of conservation / conservation of historic towns / values / legislation / town planning / management / legal protection / methodology / urban heritage

Pays mentionnés

Lithuania

Monuments et sites

Vilnius Historic Centre

N° Patrimoine mondial

541

Résumé en anglais

The post-war period is seen as an ambiguous time concerning the aspect of heritage protection. The situation appeared to be even more complicated in the Baltic States that had been forced to join USSR. The old capitals were not only the symbols of their independent past, but also did not meet any of the criteria set according to the standards of modern socialist planning. It was not until 1956 when the first conservation project for Vilnius old town was launched after criticism on the demolitions in the Old Town had been expressed by many professionals. The first “Reconstruction project” came into force in 1959 and it’s been known in Lithuanian historiography as the first project of this type and thus the model for subsequent ones in the entire USSR. Only thirty years later, together with the emerging Lithuanian National Independence movement, did the criticism towards the Soviet period heritage protection system become audible and public interest in heritage conservation considerable. However the concept of urban heritage and the means of its protection, though discussed a lot, were not embedded. After 1990, it resulted in many different voices ranging from the strict preservation to liberal “laissez-faire” and leaving their reflections both in legislation, planning documents, and the old towns themselves.

URL

http://iclafi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Historical-perspective-of-Heritage-Legislation.pdf

Document joint

2018_04_24_1666_kogumik-7-VILTE-JANUSAUSKAITE.pdf

Licence

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