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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

C. Jäger-Klein:
"Christian Basilica, Serbian Orthodox Church or Ottoman Mosque? Some remarks on national monuments of sacral architecture";
Talk: International Conference on Business, Technology and Innovation, Durres, Albania; 11-06-2015 - 11-07-2015; in: "Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Business, Technology and Innovation", E. Hajrizi (ed.); UBT, Prishtina (2015), ISBN: 978-9951-550-13-0; 79 - 84.



English abstract:
The territories of Kosovo do hold quite a number of historic sacral monuments that several
national entities call "their" architectural heritage. Can we really sp eak of a single nationsī heritage
in territories where, through the course of history, the politically leading or majority nation was shifted
in place? To which nation does immoveable heritage belong, if the nation is no longer dwelling around
the monument? Who takes care of such national heritage? Is heritage "national"? How can a national
state administrate and manage architectural heritage that is not considered to be "his" national
heritage?
Questions like those are current status for Kosovo nowadays. Answers are getting more urgent as the
new state has to complete his new legislation within this or the next year(s). Kosovo hardly knows
about all of his built heritage, as many of the information collected in the past is scattered in different
national archives refusing exchange of information and documents. And finally , hasnīt the term
"national" heritage any how been rep laced by "world heritage" within the last decades? But again,
how can the care and protection of this heritage be managed in future, by national states and their
national heritage organizations or by the international community and its official organizations?
The paper is not trying to answer those questions but to show irrelevant the terminus of national
heritage nowadays became. Therefore it will dig into the history of several buildings, ensembles and
towns in Kosovo and trace back their architectural history, like for Novo Brdo and Gracanica, Prizren,
Decani and Peja. Additionally it will show that this is not a unique situation for a specific region, but
that similar cases have happened elsewhere in Europe, too.

Keywords:
Architectural Heritage, Care and Protection of Monuments, Christian Basilica, documentation and Inventory, National Monument, Ottoman Mosque, Sacral Architecture, Serbian Orthodox Church


Electronic version of the publication:
http://publik.tuwien.ac.at/files/publik_254362.pdf


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