Műemlékállományunk bővülése, új műemlékfajták (Az Egri Nyári Egyetem előadásai 1987 Eger, 1987)

Nováki Gyula: Őskori és középkori földvárak Magyarországon

pectorate of Historical Monuments have been working on the creation of a list of railway buildings deserving preservation—investigating, designating, categorizing and where necessary reconstructing them. The first example of this work that received considerable public attention was the careful restoration of the Western Station; work which was both complicated and demanding due to the difficult constructional techniques necessary (1977— 1982). This was followed by the careful renovation of several excellent examples of railway architecture: the stations at Mátranovák, Forró—Encs, Törökszentmiklós, Kalocsa and Füzesabony are at present being restored. Another important new task concerns the full review of buildings owned by the Hungarian State Railways, the selection of the most important buildings, the decision on guidelines for their preservation, renovation, and if necessary recontruction. In 1987, the Hungarian State Railways chose a panel of experts to formulate the necessary regulations and asked the Regional Inspectors to consider possible schemes to ensure the preservation of important railway buildings within their region, and to safeguard from any further damage. This measure is only temporary in nature but is a necessary ad hoc arrangement until the national list is finally drawn up. The proposed regulations are intended to preserve both the main station buildings and the related ancillary buildings. This would seem practicable in the case of provincial and suburban stations where traffic levels are relatively low, and where the existing building can be sympathetically adapted to serve modern day needs and provide an acceptable level of passenger comfort. Modern railway equipment is in general less bulky and traffic levels are lower than they used to be. Apart from preserving the main station building, preservation measures could well cover the related warehouses, signal boxes, secondary buildings, and even the Station Master's chicken run and bread oven, the old signals themselves and the gas and oil lamps. While providing conditions worthy of a modern railway, station buildings should be seen to belong to a category of monument deserving preservation, ensuring the survival of a type of building that played an important role in our technological and cultural development. This seems to me to be excellent, efficient and rational way in which to deal with modern monuments.