Can tourism be the catalyst for urban preservation while permitting the continuation of urban culture? Only if local distinctiveness, rather than preserved monuments, is what attracts tourists to an historic region, argues Orba̧sli. The author advocates preservation through a planning-management approach. This approach avoids façadism (i.e., preservation of the physical elements only), and inste...

Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the rich archaeological heritage of Syria and northern Iraq has faced severe threats, including looting, combat-related damage, and intentional demolition of monuments. However, the inaccessibility of the conflict zone to archaeologists or cultural heritage specialists has made it difficult to produce accurate damage assessments, impeding efforts...

45 Since 2007, the widespread use of mobile devices (e.g., phones, tablets) and emergence of a new generation of devices which are equipped with more precise sensors and cameras has placed augmented and virtual-reality technologies within reach. Such applications are very resource-demanding and critically interdependent on the quality of user-location information and environment tracking (e.g.,...

Urban monuments encompass a wide range of architectural works either intentionally or unintentionally. These works are often salient due to their inherently explicit or hidden components and qualities in the urban context. Therefore, they affect the mental-spatial representations of the environment and make the city legible. However, the ambiguity of effective components often complicates their...

Our identity as a human being is result of generations handed-down culture and traditions. The definition with which we identify today society, community, nation world all dates back to time immemorial. Be it the 2015 Earthquake that hit Nepal shattered most our preserved monuments or stolen artifacts are sold for millions foreign countries illegally, every passing day, Nepalese threatened. Wit...

Since the enactment of the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance in 1971 and the establishment of Antiquities and Monuments Office in 1976, the Hong Kong Government has set up several institutions with particular ordinances and schemes for Heritage Conservation. With the set-up of government initiatives, yet the protection of physical and cultural heritage is still limited due to the ambiguity of...

Ste?ci are medieval tombstones. Scattered across the landscapes of Western Balkans in their thousands, they amalgamate historical, cultural and religious components societies region, expressions identity, social systems, politics belief. Through these monuments, a diverse spectrum identities was enunciated, providing us with rare opportunity to investigate archaeo-historic development South-eas...

The article is devoted to the activities of Argun State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve Chechen Republic for preservation identification new monuments medieval architecture in mountainous regions Chechnya. has status an object historical cultural heritage federal significance. objects museum-reserve are important factor not only heritage, but also national originality ident...

The article is devoted to the review of ethnographic expeditions Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi State Historical Museum (since 1969 – and Cultural Reserve) Poltava region in 1960s–80s. Attention paid prehistory these expeditions. topics, composition participants results are analyzed. It noted that main task was identify monuments folk architecture for Folk Architecture Life Middle Dnieper, as well col...