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Centre de Restauració de Béns Mobles de Catalunya
INNOVATION & RESEARCH
M. JOSÉ GRACIA TARRAGONA
Preventive conservation plan of the Roman Villa of Els Munts BEFORE DISCUSSING THE PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION PLAN, I BELIEVE IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RECALL THE DEFINITION OF THE BASIC TERMS ON WHICH OUR JOB IS BASED. THESE ARE TERMS WE USE EVERY DAY, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO BEAR THEM IN MIND. The UNE-EN 15898 standard, dated March 2012, defines conservation as “measures and actions that seek to safeguard the cultural heritage while respecting its heritage significance, including its accessibility to present and future generations. Conservation encompasses preventive conservation, remedial conservation and restoration.” Preventive conservation is defined in this standard as “measures and actions that seek to prevent or minimise any harm or damage,
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deterioration and loss in the future, and in consequence any invasive intervention”. Remedial conservation is described as “actions applied directly to an asset to stop deterioration and/or harm or damages”. Restoration: “actions conducted on a stable or stabilised asset that seek to improve its recognisability, understanding and/or use, while respecting its heritage significance and the materials and techniques used”. In 2011, with the approval of the National Preventive Conservation Plan, the meaning of the concept of preventive conservation was set and became a fundamental criterion based on which methodologies and actions are established. The
