heritage inroduction

1. HERITAGE

2. INTRODUCTION
 „Heritage‟ is a broad concept which includes the cultural as
well as the natural environment. It encompasses built
environments, historic places, sites, landscapes as well as
biodiversity, knowledge collections, past and continuing
cultural practices including living experiences.
 Heritage places reflect our history and culture in a material
form. They are unique assets that reinforce the character and
identity of their communities.
 Heritage value is an intangible association that makes a
heritage place important to a community of people. Heritage
places can be valued for many different reasons by different
communities and heritage values associated with a place
may change over time.

3. IMPOTANCE
 Heritage place valued because it is an excellent example of
an architectural style.
 It valued because it is a good illustration of a certain activity
or phase in the history of a community, or because it plays an
important role in the current social life of a community.
 Manmade structures of historic and architectural significance
have become a part of the cultural heritage of any city and the
society. In this regard, the preservation of historical structures
has to have an objective of safeguarding national cultural
identity.
 Buildings and areas of historic or architectural value in all
cities are disappearing very fast due to neglect and decay or
deliberate demolitions results in changing the specific
characters of city centres, leading to monotonous and
incongruent new modern constructions

4. CULTURALHERITAGE
 Cultural heritage gives people a connection to certain social
values, beliefs, religions and customs. It allows them to
identify with others of similar mindsets and backgrounds.
 Cultural heritage can provide an automatic sense of unity and
belonging within a group and allows us to better understand
previous generations and the history of where we come from.
 Cultural Heritage is an expression of the ways of living
developed by a community and passed on from generation to
generation, including customs, practices, places, objects,
artistic expressions and values.

5. Cultural Heritage is often expressed as
 Intangible
or
 Tangible Cultural Heritage
 Intangible Heritage refers to those aspects of a country
that cannot be touched or seen.
For example traditional music, folklore, language etc.
 Tangible Heritage refers to those significant places that
advocate the country’s history and culture.
For example monuments, mosques, shrines, monasteries etc.

6. BUILTHERITAGE
 One of the most visible forms of heritage is built heritage
(Buildings, Townscapes, Archaeological remains).
 Built heritage should be deemed to mean those buildings,
artefacts, structures, areas and precincts that are of historic,
aesthetic, architectural or cultural significance.
 On a daily basis we are reminded of historic events and past
lives through the built legacy around us.
 e.g:- Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya, Bihar,
 Humayun’s Tomb,
 Delhi, Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi.

7. CONSERVATION
 Conservation” means all the processes of looking after a
place so as to retain its historical and/or architectural and/or
aesthetic and/or cultural significance and includes
maintenance, preservation, restoration, reconstruction and
adoption or a combination of more than one of these.
 “Preservation” means and includes maintaining the fabric of a
place in its existing state and retarding deterioration.
PRESERVATION

8. RESTORATION
 Restoration” means and includes returning the existing fabric
of a place to a known earlier state by removing accretions or
by reassembling existing components without introducing
new materials.
 “Reconstruction” means and includes returning a place as
nearly as possible to a known earlier state and distinguished
by the introduction of materials (new or old) into the fabric.
RECONSTRUCTION

9. Criteria for Listing Heritage
Building
The three key concepts need to be understood to
determine whether a property is worthy of listing:
•Historic significance
• Historic integrity
• Historic context
Historic significance is the importance of a property to the
history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture of
a community, region or nation.
In selecting a building, particular attention should be paid to
the following :

10.  Association with events, activities or patterns
 Association with important persons
 Distinctive physical characteristics of design, construction or
form, representing work of a master
 Potential to yield important information such as illustrating
social, economic history, such as railway stations, town halls,
clubs, markets, water works, etc.
 Technological innovations such as dams, bridges, etc.

11. Historic integrity is the authenticity of a property's historic
identity, evidenced by the survival of physical characteristics that
existed during the property's prehistoric or historic period.
Historic integrity is the composite of seven qualities:
•location
•design
•setting
•materials
•workmanship
•feeling
•Association
•Historic context is information about historic trends and
properties grouped by an important theme in the history of a
community, region or nation during a particular period of time. A
knowledge of historic context enables listers to understand a
historic property as a product of its time

12. We have to be get all the answers the following
questions
 What was the property called at the time it was associated
with the important events or persons, or took on the important
physical character that gave it importance?
 How many buildings, structures, and other resources make
up the property?
 Does the property contain any archaeological remains? To
what period, events, and activities do they relate? To what
extent has their significance been evaluated?
 When was the property constructed and when did it attain its
current form?
 What are the property's historic characteristics?
 What were the historical influences (such as design,
materials, style, or function) on the property's appearance?
 What changes have been made over time and when? How
have these affected its historic integrity?

13.  What is the current condition of the property, including the
exterior, interior, grounds, and setting?
 How have archeological sites, if any, been identified (e.g.
through intensive survey)? To what extent and by what
methods have subsurface deposits been located?
 How was the property used historically and how is it used
today?
 Who occupied or used the property historically? Did they
individually, or as a group, make any important contributions
to history? Who is the current owner?
 During what period of prehistory or history was the property
associated with important events, activities, or persons?
 Which of the National Register criteria apply to the property?
In what areas of prehistory or history is the property
significant?
 How does the property relate to the history of the community
where it is located?
 How does the property illustrate any themes or trends
important to the history of its community, State, or the nation?
 How large is the property, where is it located, and what are its
boundaries?