Un (nou) semnal de alarmă privind protejarea grădinilor istorice
A (New) Warning Concerning the Protection of Historical Gardens

Summary/Abstract: Romania has an extensive and valuable landscape heritage consisting of cultural and/or natural landscapes, as well as historic parks and gardens which may or may not be included in the List of Historic Monuments. Referring, for the moment, exclusively to the gardens of the old noble estates and to municipal public parks, despite the special cultural value that define them, their state of preservation is precarious, and the causes that have contributed to this are diverse: the nationalisation in the mid-20th century, the fragmentation of historic properties and their sale/restitution in smaller lots after the 1989 Revolution, few and low quality specialised publications, insufficient and poor research lacking both tools and methods, resources and time, the small number of professionals involved in the management and protection of gardens and parks, insufficient and poorly trained personnel taking care of parks and gardens, the legal framework that is not sufficiently adapted to the needs of this category of cultural heritage, as well as many other similar issues. The paper thus presents a series of aspects related to the delicate situation in which the landscape heritage in Romania currently finds itself, as well as a number of causes that have contributed to the deterioration of the state of conservation of historic parks and gardens, and warn people on the importance of protecting these immovable cultural assets.

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