The memory of a site. Role and Importance of Material Component in the Becoming of Sites of Memory
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Issue No. 5 (2018)
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Place of memory in the resource of cultural heritage of technology
11-31
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Memory places or areas of Memory
33-46
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Sites of Memory - memory of the site, defining and rules of protection in Lodz planning documents
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The First World War Monuments in East Prussia as a place of memory or a memorial areas
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Protection of places of memory as a theoretical and practical issue
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Places of memory as a subject of theoretical reflection in heritage conservation
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Polish Memorial Places - changes in interpretation and problems of protection in the 21st century
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Places of Memory in the Spanish Law
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Artifacts in memorial places - the issue of restitution of museum ehxibits
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Ours or foreign? Cemeteries of the Great War in Lesser Poland. Threats and perspectives
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The memory of a site. Role and Importance of Material Component in the Becoming of Sites of Memory
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Memorial sites of the Ukrainian minority in the Podkarpacie Region vs. commemoration of the military conflict on the Poland-Ukraine borderland after World War II
155-166
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Sites of Memory - defining the concept with regard to heritage protection
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Post-truth of inscriptions - dilemma of wall painting conservation
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Memorial Plaque of Polish Senators
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The author discusses the concept of a site of memory as understood by Pierre Nora while focusing on architectural structures which constitute material components of sites of memory. Some of them are architectonic ensembles or iconic buildings which are the major component of a site of memory. Other group includes structures which are deeply rooted in social memory and which, due to their material component destruction as a result of dramatic events in history, reinforced its position as sites of memory and were restored. There are also certain anomalous cases – a new structure developed where a destroyed one was once built, constitutes a material component of a new site of memory. In all the cases discussed, rigorous adherence to the principles of historic preservation, as in case of historic buildings, does not seem to be of primary importance.