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Documentation |
Documentation for Architecture Conservation:
La Villetta Cemetery in Parma, Italy
| Cemeteries as Heritage Monument | |
| by Michela Rossi | |
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Cemeteries are, first of
all, heritage monuments. In fact, death constitutes an important matter
for each individual’s social life; it is expressed by figuration and
symbols, and according to religious beliefs, each culture develops
forms and rituals closely related to each other. The anthropologists
identify cultures by the treatment given to corpses, in which many
funeral artefacts and funerary outfits are involved.
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| La Villetta, the Main Cemetery in Parma | |
| by Michela Rossi | |
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La Villetta Cemetery is
the main funerary ground in Parma and it represents one of the most
valuable monuments of the city. The cemetery is characterized by many
historically rich artefacts, owning a great amount of valuable local
documentation collected from the 19th century throughout the 20th
century.
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| A Cemetery Information System | |
| by Cecilia Tedeschi | |
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Cemeteries are complex
structures, with an ambiguous definition between urban and
architectural scale. This makes their architectural survey and
information plotting difficult.
GIS (Geographic Information
Systems) are the best available software to visually simplify the
complex relationship between these miniature cities and the
architecture.
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Case Study |
| The Church of Sucevica Monastery The Conservation of Mural Paintings |
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| by Anca Dina |
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In the north-east side of
Romania, on the Suceava plateau, the Church of Sucevica Monastery has
been for more than four centuries a testimony of Christian beliefs,
aesthetic sense and love for beauty. Founded by the powerful Movil
family, the Sucevica ensemble had been conceived as a place of prayer
and a royal court, gathering in the same location buildings with
different functions: the church, the royal house, watching towers,
cells and household annexes, the steeple, high and massive walls for
protection with crenels and abutments.
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Education |
| Conservation Education in Belgium | |
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This permanent section is
dedicated to Education and Training in Conservation and Restoration,
which we consider an essential and actual issue in our profession.
Thus, in each number of the magazine we randomly pick a country from
around the world, review and describe its training in conservation to
the best of our knowledge.
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News |
| The Lamo Centre at the Munshi House, Leh, Ladakh | |
| by Anca Nicolaescu | |
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In Ladakh (a barren
desert situated at a height of between 3000-5000 meters above sea level
and located in the Northern Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir) you
don’t expect to meet many conservation projects. In fact, due to the
valuable Tibetan Buddhist heritage still existing in this area, you can
encounter various ongoing projects dealing with vernacular
architecture, traditional building techniques, murals, wooden
decorative paintings and urban planning preservation.
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News |
Directions in Preventive Conservation, 26-29 September 2007
Sibiu, Romania
| by Teodora Poiata | |
Organiser:Training Center for Conservators and Restorers (CePCoR), ASTRA National Museum Complex |
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Sibiu, one of the oldest
cities in Transylvania, is presently the European Capital of Culture.
The International Conference “Directions in Preventive Conservation”
took place between 26 and 29 of September 2007 in Sibiu, being
organised by the Training Center for Conservators and Restorers
(CePCoR) within ASTRA National Museum Complex and coordinated by Marta
Guttmann.
The conference was held together with another |
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| important event, the Romanian National Conservation-Restoration Conference. | |