MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS

This article addresses the topic of memorials in landscape. The authors define and characterise these spaces, based on a literature review and an analysis of common examples of places of remembrance and monuments. The research considers location, landscape context, spatial arrangement, form, meaning and social discourse. In memorial spaces, composition, landscaping, layout of communication and greenery, as well as decorative and functional elements are crucial. The aim of this article is to indicate the differences between the various forms of commemoration and to define the moment at which a memorial becomes a place of remembrance. A memorial space is an arranged piece of landscape in which the central role is played by a memorial with its accompanying decorative and functional elements. It is a space superimposed on the form of the memorial that allows people to dwell, contemplate and celebrate the rituals of remembrance, and the condition for these to take place is a suitably arranged space, adapted to the needs of the users.