An architectural reserve as a heritage preservation structure: The example of Stara Planina villages
- 1 January 2022
- journal article
- Published by Centre for Evaluation in Education and Science (CEON/CEES) in Arhitektura i urbanizam
- No. 54,p. 44-59
- https://doi.org/10.5937/a-u0-34659
Abstract
This paper analyses the conditions and possibilities with regard to preserving vernacular architecture in the area of Stara Planina Mountain, Serbia. The field research, conducted from 2003 to 2015, recorded and documented architectural heritage in the villages on the western slopes of Stara Planina Mountain. The areas of Gornji Visok and Zabrdje on the slopes of Vidlič were primarily explored. Considering that the valuable architectural heritage in this area is in a state of alarming threat, and disappearing at high speed, the article discusses the possibilities with regard to its preservation through the formation of an architectural reserve, as a spatially defined and functionally unique place based on a synthesis of created and natural heritage. The reserve's structure would consist of architectural cores that are entire villages, or isolated localities with authentic houses of vernacular architecture. The architectural cores would be interconnected by road infrastructure, forming a specific architectural route. The constituent elements of the reserve would also include natural heritage, and geomorphological, geological, hydrological and hydrogeological features. The formation of the architectural reserve also aims to utilise built and natural structures, educate inhabitants and visitors, and develop tourism. In that way, the potential for financing the preservation of the unique architectural heritage of Stara Planina could be initiated.Keywords
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- Heritage policy meets community praxis: Widening conservation approaches in the traditional villages of central GreeceJournal of Rural Studies, 2020
- An approach to building heritage and its preservation in Serbia and surrounding areasFacta universitatis - series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2020
- Can winter tourism be truly sustainable in natural protected areas?Journal of the Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijic", SASA, 2019
- Researching and planning the rural space: The work of Branislav KojicJournal of the Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijic", SASA, 2017
- The Geography of Tourism of Central and Eastern European CountriesPublished by Springer Science and Business Media LLC ,2017
- The social aspects of rural, mountainous built environment. Key elements of a regional policy planningJournal of Cultural Heritage, 2016
- Protection, revitalization and use of heritage through cultural route formation system: Evaluation of the Roman Emperor's Path master planKultura, 2014
- The potential of sustainable tourism development at the Stara mountainGlasnik Srpskog Geografskog Drustva, 2011
- Ecotourism: An alternative to mass tourism in nature park “Stara planina”Journal of the Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijic", SASA, 2011
- From authenticity to significance: Tourism on the frontier of culture and placeFutures, 2009