Introduction
The 1982 ICOMOS Florence Charter on Historic Gardens (Florence Charter) was developed at a meeting of the members of the ICOMOS IFLA International Committee for Historic Gardens (now known as the ICOMOS IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes) in Florence on 21 May 1981. The Florence Charter, a document addressing a specific field of garden preservation within preservation of historic resources, was registered by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) as an addendum to the Venice Charter on 15 December 1982. The drafting and acceptance of this charter as an addition to guiding documents in the preservation of cultural heritage signaled an enlargement of the realm of preservation from consideration of significant architecture and monuments to include historic gardens and parks in a range of sizes, which may be associated with a building or a property important for a significant landscape. The Florence Charter ushered in the...
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Bandarin, F. & R. van Oers. 2012. The historic urban landscape: managing heritage in an urban century. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
O’Donnell, P. 2004. Learning from world heritage: lessons from international preservation & stewardship of cultural & ecological landscapes of global significance. George Wright Society FORUM 21(2): 41–61.
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O’Donnell, P.M. (2014). Florence Charter on Historic Gardens (1982). In: Smith, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1052
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