Cultural heritage

Cultural heritage is a collection of valuable resources inherited from the past which people identify, independently of ownership, as a reflection and expression of their constantly evolving values, beliefs, knowledge and traditions.
It includes all aspects of the environment resulting from the interaction between people and places through time.

Elements of cultural property: objects of archaeological heritage and military history heritage that may be subject to archaeological investigation; monuments as well as cultural goods. [1]

Cultural heritage is the set of objects with significance for the community or immaterial ideas expressed with objects. The appropriate institution will collect, take inventory of, examine, display and preserve these objects, restore them if needed, solve and understand their hidden codes and draw the conclusions. During this process, the original content will be enriched with something new, the interpretation of the new owner. Heritage will this way be connected to memories, both being part of the identity, which needs to be found, excavated from the deep, preserved or rediscovered. In this sense, heritage serves more than just to locate the goods we own; it also describes and defines the identity of the legator/heir, often without being fully aware of this.

 
References:

[1] Act LXIV of 2001 on the protection of cultural heritage

 
This article based on the following document: Community development methodological guide