Venice Charter and the Development of Authenticity
Abstract
In the 19th century authenticity was already a concern but it was first mentioned oficially in the Venice charter1964. Since then the perception and understanding of has changed. This change is due to change in the definition of heritagewhich in turn influenced the values society attributed to heritage. Values were forced to become wider in scope. Though the Venice Charter mentioned authenticity, it did not specify the attributes heritage should maintain so as to be considered authentic. Once intangible and tangible heritage was to be considered as World Heritage Sites, and Japan joined the World Heritage Convention, authenticity was pushed to consider other attributes then simply materiality. Through discussions regarding World Herigae Sites like Abu Simbel, Historic Centre of Warsaw and Mostar bridge, which were enlisted as World Heritage Sites after major interventions or reconstruction works were carried out on them, the development of the understanding of authenticity is discussed. The conclusion of the article comes about with the discussion regarding how the characteristics of the material used, in particular in a case of reconstruction, could incluence the authentic or rather the truthful experience of a historic site.
Keywords:
authenticity, material, Outstanding Universal Value, World Heritage SitesReferences
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