Sponsor: Hansbury Lecture in Historic Preservation

Professor Simona Salvo, PhD
Professore associato di Restauro Architettonico Sapienza Università di Roma Dipartimento di Storia Disegno e Restauro dell'Architettura

How did architectural conservation take shape in the western world? Scholars place the beginning of the history of preservation between the end of the Eighteenth and the beginning of the Nineteenth century. Yet, important premises rooted in the ancient European past led to those modern theories. This talk will attempt to resume the roots of conservation in the deep past of the western culture, explaining why they represent one of its highest expressions.