„ZAMKI, GRODY, RUINY – WALORYZACJA I OCHRONA” Międzynarodowa konferencja, Ciechanowiec, 22-24 października 2009 r.

An international conference on ”Castles, Strongholds, Ruins – Valorisation and Protection” took place in 22 -23 October at the Rev. Krzysztof Kluk Museum of Agriculture in Ciechanowiec. The organisers of the meeting, which summed up work on the principles of the valorisation and conservation of the titular historical monuments, were the Marshal’ s Office of the Voivodeship of Podlasie and the ICOMOS Polish Committee together with the National Heritage Board of Poland and the Rev. Krzysztof Kluk Museum of Agriculture in Ciechanowiec. The conference was attended by participants from Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania, including representatives of ICOMOS, the National Heritage Board of Poland, and assorted Regional Centres for the Protection of Historical Monuments, services dealing with the protection of historical monuments, scientific milieus, cultural institutions and self-government authorities. The presented event was a continuation of a cycle of meetings on the protection of historical ruins and castles, initiated in 2005. The main discussed theme was the protection of movable monuments at a time of commercialisation and modernisation. Many such monuments face the threat of irreversible deformation and damage associated with economic pressure and investments. Attention was also drawn to the necessity of a precise examination and verification of the resource of historical defensive monuments.