The New Cemetery in Belgrade and Central Institute for Conservation Organized an Open Air Lecture to Mark Two Anniversaries
The centenary of the death of the
first Serbian Field Marshal and Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian army
in the Balkan Wars and in the First World War Radomir Putnik was marked in 2017
with series of events to celebrate his life and work. The commemoration in June
that was coordinated by the New Cemetery in Belgrade and Central Institute for
Conservation that support interdisciplinary platforms for preservation and
promotion of cultural heritage has incorporated another important anniversary
and that is fifteen years since of successful restoration process of the chapel
of Radomir Putnik at the New Cemetery. Therefore, a lecture was organized named
"Conservation Project of the Chapel of the Field Marshal Radomir Putnik - Case
Study."
It was the perfect opportunity to organize an open air lecture for
students of the Department for Conservation of Cultural goods of "Techno-Art"
High School in Belgrade. The students were introduced with a brief overview of
the rich history of the New Cemetery and then directly with all technical
aspects, analyses of unforeseen situations and challenges of the conservation
process of Chapel of the Field Marshal Radomir Putnik that was carried out in
2002 by the fellow students and professors of the Academy of the Serbian
Orthodox Church for Arts and Conservation. These kinds of direct approaches to organization
and conduction of conservation process and history learning in open air classrooms
such as cemeteries should be given strong considerations in school syllabuses
since our students who attended given lectures were impressed recording that
they acquired memorable new information and valuable new experiences.
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