ABSTRACT
Cultural landscape always mediates between past and future, representing both negative and positive aspects of history, as well as contemporary powers and visions. Every cultural landscape is metaphoric in some sense, and conveys memories, histories, experiences, as well as the wishes, needs and structures of authorities. Cultural landscape is a political project. The idea and practice of landscape is embedded within a system of power relations and suggests that it is exercised as a form of cultural power. Power over landscapes is usually visualized in the most picturesque, stable, perceptible and spectacular ways. Heritage landscape is always socially constructed, whether by intent or default. Living in the heritage landscape is often not an easy task, and often quite risky, but can also be an exclusive privilege and a benefit. Cultural heritage can be seen as a process by which heirs, as decision-makers, selectively choose the preferred parts of the vast stock left by previous generations.
