Central Europe - A New Dimension of Heritage
01.06.2001 - 02.06.2001
Our complex approach to various problems connected with cultural heritage is linked in our work with the need for continous identification of challanges which result from dynamic relationship between the civilisation of the end of the 20th century and historical heritage. This is a case of a specific feedbanc: contemporary civilisation continually modifies our view on heritage, and heritage unceasingly verifies our attitude towards civilisation. These issues were the fundamental points of the conference. The title indicates the two significant areas on which the ICC interests focus, namely the multidimensional aspects of the notion of Central Europe and the experience of the region in the formulation of a new attitude to heritage and its preservation at the turn of the 20th and 21st century.
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prof. Andrzej Tomaszewski (1934-2010)
Architect, urban planner, historian of architecture, medievalist, specialist in restoration of monuments. From 1988 head of the Institute of Conservation of Monuments at the Warsaw University of Technology. In 1988–1992 Director of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ICCROM. In 1995–1999 Conservator-General of Historic Monuments of Poland. From 2003 to 2009 President of the Polish National Committee (PKN) of ICOMOS. From 2009 Vice-President of PKN ICOMOS and President of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). Delegate of Poland to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee. His efforts resulted in inscribing the Churches of Peace in Świdnica and Jawor and of Park Mużakowski (Muskauer Park) on the UNESCO World Heritage List. A reliable friend of the International Cultural Centre.