HERITAGE AND PATRIMONIALIZATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

The authors of the article analyzes approaches to the process of patrimonization and its role in the process of safeguarding the elements of material and immaterial culture in the Republic of Moldova. The patrimony is one whole, it can not be divided and appreciated what is most important – the material culture or the intangible culture. Safeguard of heritage elements such as traditional housing creates the basis for preserving intangible elements of traditional culture. The authors are convinced that the experience of the European countries can offer different ways of efficient patrimonization of the cultural potential in the Republic of Moldova