Conservation, restoration, restauro. Brevi spigolature sulla terminologia architettonica

The essay provides a synthetic picture of a research project on architectural terminology. The idea has been to find concepts, principles and definitions in the form of short quotes, going back to the sources in the main European languages via the history of restoration, and thus to present some originai citations and other quotes of the various specialists in this field. Particular attention is given to the terms restoration, conservation, and authenticity. The languages used for this study are English, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Polish. The final considerations include a hope that the architectural culture of the 21st century will not have to look for a new authenticity nor, similarly, will it keep proposing an antiquity as fresh as if it had just been minted or attempting to return it to a pristine glory.