Blaubeurer Tor: Zwischen Ergänzung und Authentizität

Die Diskussion um die Zukunft des Blaubeurer Tors in Ulm berührt eine der zentralen Fragen der Denkmalpflege: Wie gehen wir mit historischen Verlusten um? Sollen sie sichtbar bleiben oder durch bauliche Ergänzungen überwunden werden? Und bedeutet die Wiedergewinnung einer verlorenen Gestalt tatsächlich auch einen Gewinn an Authentizität?Die aktuelle Debatte ist bemerkenswert, weil sie sich nicht …

Rethinking the Phoenicians in Sardinia: Between Local Agency and Mediterranean Networks

A Question ReopenedDid the Phoenicians really colonize Sardinia? For generations the answer seemed obvious: ancient sources spoke of colonies, modern textbooks repeated the story, and archaeology was read through the lens of conquest. Yet the ground tells a subtler tale. Recent scholarship invites us to rethink not only what the Phoenicians did, but also what …

Authenticity and Integrity in Built Heritage Preservation: How the Notre-Dame de Paris Restoration Contradicts Viollet-le-Duc’s Vision

The decision to rebuild the Notre-Dame spire and roof in a way that incorporated modern methods and materials while maintaining the overall historical design certainly sparked a lot of debate about the approach to heritage restoration, but finally it undermined the original philosophy of Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-79), who built the roof and spire that …

Published by Carmen Belmonte: A Difficult Heritage: Fascist-era Art and Architecture Out of Its Time

Architecture as Ethical Terrain Carmen Belmonte’s edited volume A Difficult Heritage. The Afterlives of Fascist-Era Art and Architecture is less a catalogue of monuments than a meditation on what happens when ideology hardens into stone. For those of us trained to read architecture not only as form but also as cultural instrument, the book offers …