The proper maintenance of historical monuments and their use is one the pillars sustainable development. Over years, historic architectural buildings have undergone numerous changes resulting from reconstruction, expansion, or damage caused both by natural other disasters. Therefore, contemporary appearance result these changes. Thanks to documentation transformations, has opportunity get know ...

In April 2000 the South African Heritage Resource Agency (SAHRA) succeeded the previous National Monuments Council that was responsible for the management and maintenance of heritage sites in South Africa. SAHRA is legally based on the National Heritage Resource Act (NHRA) of 1999, which re-defines heritage in a revolutionary way. Until then “heritage” had always been defined as physical object...

The historical aspects of the Maykop city formation are highlighted from architectural and town-planning heritage point view. evolution spatial environment in part is considered. A retrospective analysis settlement planning organization during military fortification, taking into account strategic natural-climatic factors, carried out. Some monuments late 19th - early 20th centuries presented. f...

Abstract The main purpose of this essay is the analysis discourses expressed between Jaider Esbell’s Brazilian artistic sculptures and monuments urban space. Based on J. Lotman’s notion semiotic boundary space culture, focuses controversial discursive relationships, such as intelligibility unintelligibility; translation untranslatability, so on, observed from historical tensioning cultural lang...

Looking from an historical perspective, it can be seen that many civilizations have lived in the country and consequently produced many different cultures and architectural products. One of the oldest cities which contain such historical examples which have lived until present is Tabriz. Its traditional houses are the most important places to represent the life style of the past. Lack of recogn...

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...

In western tradition, culture is one of the major attributes cities (Benevolo L., 1983). Culture shapes with buildings that carry aesthetic and historical value, networks streets, avenues boulevards for transport general mobility, and, sometimes, fine vistas offer so many occasions outings intercourse. But in return shaped by city far as city’s monuments layout help to mold urban modes life, ri...