Saving castles
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Residence
The best way of using and therefore conserving a castle is to choose it as your home. Provided the project does not involve restructuring, with sub-division of internal spaces which would greatly disrupt...
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Buying
The best way to guarantee the recovery and conservation of a castle is to find an enthusiast to take charge of it, buying it or acquiring it in various ways from an owner who has neither the interest,...
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Maintenance
Restoration is a traumatic event for a monument which should always be avoided, except in the case of unforeseeable events that cause more or less serious damage to the monument. Restoration should be...
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Protection
Of all historical monuments, castles are the ones that are most subject to interference and the risk of inappropriate conversions. The sometimes precarious state of conservation, the fact that use for...
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Restoration
Castles are ancient structures, built a long time ago and enhanced by additions over the centuries as part of a gradual process of growth, characterized by a succession of architectural styles and decorations...
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Enhancement
Castles should be the object of suitable enhancement initiatives, for a number of reasons which can be summarized as follows: castles are important expressions of a culture and of a civilization and...