Care for monuments in Central Europe regarding the revitalisation of the countryside

• Published in: Agricultural economics (Praha) Vol. 49; no. 7; pp. 317 - 322
• Main Author: Hajek, T. (Ministerstvo Zivotniho Prostredi, Prague (Czech Republic))
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prague Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) 01.07.2003; Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
• Subjects: aesthetics; Agricultural economics; AMBIENTE RURAL; autumn; Central European region; CONSERVACIÓN DEL PAISAJE; CONSERVATION DU PAYSAGE; countryside; Cultural heritage; cultural landscape; Cultural resources; CULTURAL VALUES; CZECH REPUBLIC; democratisation; DESARROLLO RURAL INTEGRADO; DÉVELOPPEMENT RURAL INTÉGRÉ; Economic conditions; Environmental protection; ENVIRONNEMENT RURAL; ETHICS; EUROPEAN UNION; Globalization; INTEGRATED RURAL DEVELOPMENT; LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION; Memorials & monuments; Monuments; Motivation; PROPIEDAD PÚBLICA; PROPRIÉTÉ PUBLIQUE; PUBLIC OWNERSHIP; reanimation; Regeneration; REPÚBLICA CHECA; Rural areas; RURAL ENVIRONMENT; RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE; state ownership; UNESCO; UNION EUROPÉENNE; UNIÓN EUROPEA; VALEUR CULTURELLE; VALORES CULTURALES; ÉTHIQUE; ÉTICA; Central Europe; Central European region; Czech Republic
• ISSN: 0139-570X; 1805-9295
• DOI: 10.17221/5404-AGRICECON

The cultural landscape and rural areas are considered to be a key component of the European cultural heritage. The European Landscape Convention, which the Czech Republic signed in the autumn of 2002, was also formulated in this sense. Care for monuments, especially in Central Europe, tends to continue to emphasise simple conservation of monuments and is minimally concerned with reanimation of the monument fund. This is why the care for the cultural heritage must again formulate its purpose, especially in relation to the decrease in the importance of national states, globalisation and, simultaneously, regionalisation of the world.