Monitoring the condition and endangerment of cultural heritage in Slovenia for efficient management and adaptive reuse

Lampič, Barbara (author), Rebernik, Lea (author), Čebron Lipovec, Neža (author), Novak Klemenčič, Renata (author)

The protection of cultural heritage in Slovenia is organised by the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Slovenia (IPCHS), and the Register of Protection Regimes is compiled by the Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage, which includes over 32,000 cultural heritage units. Entry in the register recognises the value of the listed building or site as cultural heritage and its classification as a cultural monument of local or national importance determines the way in which it is protected. A spatial analysis and review of the offi cial national heritage register shows that the inscription of heritage buildings and sites often depends on the commitment of regional conservators, while the declaration of a cultural monument of local or national importance depends on political will, awareness and public engagement. Many areas with immovable cultural heritage also pose a major challenge for spatial planning. The balancing of needs and interests in spatial planning at all levels, but especially at the local level, often leads to conflicts and quick, unprofessional decisions. A particular problem is the systematic identifi cation and monitoring of heritage at risk, which should ensure proactive role on more endangered but culturally valuable objects. As endangerment screening is not systematic at the national level and has only been carried out on a very limited scale, we developed a simple participatory mapping application in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture. As part of the study, we tested the application with geography students and students of ethnology and cultural anthropology at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, who visited and inventoried more than 1000 cultural heritage units. Through participatory mapping and cooperation between diff erent disciplines, it is possible to record a larger number of cultural heritage units and identify critical areas/objects in poor condition more quickly and in a timely manner. We estimate that 10% of ICH in Slovenia is seriously at risk, which demands quick response with targeted protection, conservation and renovation.

• Language: English
• Keywords: cultural heritage register, heritage at risk, spatial pressures, collaborative mapping, Slovenia
• Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.08.2024
• Year: 2024
• Number of pages: Str. 290-298
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-185950
• UDC: 338.483.13:711.4+528.9(497.4)
• DOI: 10.5937/KonGef24091L
• COBISS.SI-ID: 206163715

Copyright

Na spletni strani založnika je navedena licenca CC By 4.0.

• Publication date in RUL: 24.08.2026

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: Quo vadis geographia? : u susret novim geografskim horizontima
• Editors: Velimir Šećerov
• Place of publishing: Beograd
• Publisher: Univerzitet u Beogradu, Geografski fakultet, Srpsko geografsko društvo
• Year: 2024
• ISBN: 978-86-6283-155-2
• COBISS.SI-ID: 206076419

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: register kulturne dediščine, ogrožena dediščina, prostorski pritiski, skupinsko kartiranje, Slovenija

Projects

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: J7-4641
• Name: Dediščina za vključujočo trajnostno preobrazbo - HEI-TRANSFORM

• Funder: ARIS - Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency
• Project number: P6-0229
• Name: Trajnostni regionalni razvoj Slovenije