Historical Buildings and Monuments as Cultural Heritage In Situ—Perspectives from a Medium-Sized City
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background
2.1. Urban Emotions and Emotional Communities
2.2. Place Attachment Mapping and Emotional GIS
2.3. Musealization of Urban Quarters
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
4.1. Mapping Heritage and Emotional Attachment
4.2. Musealization of the Historical Urban Area
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Vîlcea, C.; Popescu, L.; Niță, A. Historical Buildings and Monuments as Cultural Heritage In Situ—Perspectives from a Medium-Sized City. Heritage 2023, 6, 4514-4526. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6060239
Vîlcea C, Popescu L, Niță A. Historical Buildings and Monuments as Cultural Heritage In Situ—Perspectives from a Medium-Sized City. Heritage. 2023; 6(6):4514-4526. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6060239
Chicago/Turabian StyleVîlcea, Cristiana, Liliana Popescu, and Amalia Niță. 2023. "Historical Buildings and Monuments as Cultural Heritage In Situ—Perspectives from a Medium-Sized City" Heritage 6, no. 6: 4514-4526. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage6060239