Scientific Papers Series B Horticulture

According to the current laws, the interventionson any historical monument are represented byall the research endeavors, construction,extension, repair, consolidation, restoration,conservation, landscape setups, as well as anyother involvements that modify the aspect ofthe monument, including current repairs,maintenance work, exterior illumination, safetymeasures or decorative efforts.In the same set of interventions done on themonument are the temporary or permanentplacements of physical boundaries, protectionstructures, pieces of fixed furniture, advertisingsigns, signage or any kind of markings on themonument, movement of the entireconstruction, setting up means of access,pedestrian and non-pedestrian, other utilities,indicators, including the ones in the protectionareas of the monument.Figure 4. „An amusement parc” created on the spot in thehonor Court of the Brâncovenesc Palace in Mogooaia,image which alters the character of the monument(Dobrescu E.)All the interventions that affect the monument,other that the ones concerning changingdestination, maintenance or current repairs, nomatter what their source of finance and thenature of the property, are done under theinspection and control of the Culture and CultsMinistry, of the Directions for Culture, Cultsand National County Cultural Heritage and ofthe Municipality of Bucharest.Conservation and maintenance interventionsthat are permitted must respect a series ofethical principles without which the projectwould not be subject to a certain quality ofrestoration (AIC, 1976).323One of the core ethical principles is that therestorator must have the necessary qualificationfor conservation and restauration activities.The conservers and restaurateurs specialized incertain sectors of activity should limitthemselves only at the activities specific to theirfield of study and should not considerthemselves specialists in other domainsconnected to their own (for example paintingrestorators reconstituting statues)The quality of restorations is the definingelement of a specialist, not the quantity or thevalue of the restored object.A vast professional experience is necessary,gained through continuous formation, throughcollaboration with other specialists fromconnected domains, for a full knowledge of thequalities and abilities of a specialist inrestoration works.Maintaining a critical attitude regarding thetraditional materials and methods used inconservation and restoration of the degradedelements is a necessity, considering that all themanufacturers promote their own materials andwork methods.Any specialist activating in this field is obligedto demonstrate a profound respect for theaesthetic, historic and physical integrity of therestored object.Any investigation or treatment applied on ahistorical piece must be made within the limitsof the competency of the restorator.For each oeuvre that has a historical or artisticcharacteristic the specialist must use the highestand most exact standard of treatment. Certainopportune treatments will be preferred toothers, any other type of treatment that isconsidered unfit for the conservation orrestoration of the piece being damaging.The materials used for restoring the monumentswill have the quality of being reversible, so thattheir potential removal in the future won’taffect the physical integrity of the restoredobject. The changes brought though the worksof restoration must be made to the step that theoriginal object remains recognizable.This creates a limitation of aestheticallyreintegration.The quality of the restorer’s labour is given byhis capacity to keep up with the latestdevelopments of the technology involved inthis field. For this, the specialist is forced to