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Protection of historical monuments in Poland

This book provides exhaustive information about the methods, achievements and the present state of protection of architectural monuments in Poland. The author, an outstanding historian of architecture and a noted specialist in the field of protection and conservation of historical monuments, discuss the development of Polish conservation ideas after the last war , the post war work on safeguarding damaged buildings , reconstructing entire historical sections in towns, the conservative of objects of are and artcraft, the work of Polish scholars on the conservation and protection on monuments in other countries, as well as the surprising discoveries made during conservative research in the last few years.
This book also deals with the legal side of protection of monuments, giving information about existing regulation in this respect.

Jan Zachwatowicz