Resumen de Restoration of historic gardens in Hungary
In the last decades we have become increasingly aware of the environmental changes menacing our lives and our health. This could be lessened to a certain extent by establishing new green areas, such as gardens and parks; this principle seems to have gained ground in new settlements from the outset, but it is also applied to historic gardens. The search for national identity in each country has enhanced interest in and work on historical landmarks and monuments, including their surroundings, and this gave a new impetus to the research and reconstruction of historical gardens. Last but not least a body of the United Nations, the International Federation of Garden Architects, provides an important moral background for this problem, as does the research work done by the Garden Library at Dumbarton Oaks, with its specialized conferences and round-table discussions organized in the last decade. These were of great help to all scholars involved in the field. And as a result of this, research on historical gardens could make headway as part of architectural criticism, which means that besides the botanical and horticultural aspects, the problems of layout came to the fore, followed by the visual and aesthetic effects. Further, a new approach is emerging: research into the various psychological and sociological aspects of historical gardens - why a certain society or person under certain conditions chose a specific layout, and why others were rejected.
