Figure 5 Process of transformation
2.2 Modern Concern about Preserving Built Heritage
The notion of heritage as artefacts and structures from the past, as well as regulations connected to their preservation, have grown in parallel with modernity, making this a vital requirement and obligation of modern society. The purpose of this protection has been identified as humanity's cultural legacy since the seventeenth century, and this has increasingly expanded to cover not just old landmarks and historical works of art, but also complete ideas for a range of new values developed in recent decades.
For instance, in its medium term programme of 1989, UNESCO defined the full scope of such heritage (25 C/4, 1989:57) in the following: “The cultural heritage may be defined as entire corpus of material signs - either artistic or symbolic - handed on by the past to each culture and therefore to the whole of humankind. As a constituent past of the affirmation and enrichment of cultural identities as a legacy belonging to all humankind, the cultural heritage gives each particular place its recognizable features and is the storehouse of human experience. The presentation and the preservation of the cultural heritage are therefore a cornerstone of any cultural policy.” Weather, the ageing process, and consumption through usage are all factors that contribute to the destruction of constructed heritage. Buildings can also be altered as a
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