Pomniki historii - nie wykorzystana szansa
Historical Monuments - the Unexploited Opportunity

Summary/Abstract: In 1994 the President of the Republic of Poland signed fifteen by–laws recognising fifteen complexes and fragments of towns as historical monuments. In this manner, he realised a delegacy to issue an executive act acknowledging the existence of historical monuments, mentioned in 1990 in an amendment of the law of 15 February 1962 on the protection of cultural property and museums. Unfortunately, until this day an executive decree, which remains the obligation of the Minister of Culture and Art and defines the organisation of the protection of thus distinguished historical complexes, has not been made public. The author of the presented study discusses the intentions of the legislator: — to set up a list enumerating objects to be introduced into the World List of Cultural and Natural Heritage; — to create conditions for the protection of areas containing not only the objects mentioned in the register of monuments, but also contemporary buildings; — to ensure conditions for benefiting from special funds set up by the President or financial assistance offered by international projects; — to establish a precedent organisation dealing with protection in the form of special boards or institutions to be entrusted with this type of protection, modelled on measures applied in the protection of Nature. In the opinion of the author, the devise about historical monuments provides an opportunity for introducing an additional instrument, neglected up to now.

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