Through out the world there are many monuments that a part of our cultural heritage, like the pyramids, the Great Wall of China, Stone-hinge and many more. When comes to this monuments what is the best course of action to take when taking care of them. I think there are two things that can be done when making sure our cultural heritage survives throughout the ages. First we can try to preserve how they are or make restore them to what they looked like in their glory days.
Persevering a monument just how it is will help keep the monuments original parts. Even though some parts may be missing or destroyed, we try to persevere it. It mostly has its original parts and components, but is not complete. An example of this would be Stone-hinge. Much of Stone-hinge is taken apart but is persevered how it is. It is kept like this and people can view the impressive sight.
Other monuments have been fixed up to keep their image. Some monuments are not just persevered but restored to what they look like in the past. An example is the Great Wall of China. Some parts of the wall were destroyed, but were restored to create what the wall would look like in its glory days.
Asking the question if it is better to persevere or restore monuments will help us understand what we as a society value more. If persevering is a better option, then it shows that as a society we value the original works. If restoring is the better option then it shows as a society that we would rather have it around for the future.
Personal I believe it is better to restore these monuments. I think this because I want the to see what these monuments were meant to look like. It doesn't matter if all of it is original or not, but only if the idea of and structure is still around for the future to appreciate.
