To own - to preserve - to restore
To own - to preserve - to restore

Summary/Abstract: The issue of the values that heritage, in its wider sense, from built heritage to archaeological object, carries with itself over time is determining for the behavior of heritage owners. Heritage values are at the same time the subject of an instability and of contradictions that are decisive to the often incredible destiny of works of art that follow a sinuous and hazardous road, passing through oblivion, abandonment, lack of recognition, in the aseptic and luminous space of the great values of humanity. Starting from Alois Riegl’s theory of values of built heritage the author presents three examples that illustrate the way in which the trinity to own – to preserve – to restore heritage is understood.

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