Varak és kastélyok (A 25. Egri Nyári Egyetem előadásai 1995 Eger, 1995)

Előadások: - Eeva-Liisa Rautalahti: Suomenlinna – világörökség

and dockyard building. Especially the dry dock with its galley basins, locks and pater noster equipment was very advanced in the 18th century. The Suomenlinna Fortress is owned by the Finnish state and protected under the Ancient Monument Act (1963) and a decision by the Council of State (Government) in 1975. The city of Helsinki has in the townplanning programme guaranteed a bufferzone around Suomenlinna. The Restoration Works on Suomenlinna The restoration of Suomenlinna has been going on in some form or other since the 1920s. The first projects were repairs of granite walls and earthen cannon emplacements carried out by unemployed people as relief work. Later some more money was available specified mostly for the restoration of the monument, in other word, repairs of fortifications and structures connected to them. Restorationin on a larger scale was possible first after 1976, under the direction of the civil administration. The General Plan of 1974 The General Plan of 1974 defined the goals of the future developement of Suomenlinna; it was to be treated as a national monument and a tourist attraction, but also as a living town unity with dwellings and working places as well as a recreational area for the citizens of Helsinki. The idea was not to turn Suomenlinna to a museum. The 1974 General Plan was a sum of ideas and possibilities, according to the prevailing principles of that time. Quite many new functions were introduced and new contractions proposed. At that time the Russian period was considered of minor significance compared to the "original" Swedish time, and consequently the later stratifications were propsed to be demolished for new buildings. The most urgent task in the first years was to repair the dwelling buildings. A service tunnel was biult under the sea through which the houses of Suomenlinna were connected to Helsinki's district heating, water supply and drainage systems. By now most of the dwellings have been connected to this infrastructure, and are equipped with modern kitchens and bathrooms. In 1974 the estimated time within which al restoration works would be finished was 20 years. Now after these 20 years the general plan is under revision. Only one third of the works from the 1974 plan have been realised, mostly because of a lack of money. As a part of the present up-dating process of the general plan for Suomenlinna a book is presently being published presenting all the conservation works during the past 20 years. The New General Plan of 1996 The history of restoration works in Suomenlinna is also the history of the evolution of restoration principles, although the timespan of 20 years is not very long in the history of Suomenlinna. The on-going réévaluation of the general plan of Suomenlinna means adapting the conservation principles generally accepted today to the planning, achitectural design and conservation practise. In twenty years these principles may be considered old fashioned again — or even wrong. Then they will have to be re-evaluated again. The main goals, to develop Suomenlinna as a national monument, tourist attraction, a living