PUBLIC LECTURE

'Architectural heritage is not a constraint or a burden, but a wealth and a chance. In the service of the territories, it helps to promote our country. More than ever, heritage is at the heart of key issues for French local authorities and their future. Its protection, restoration and valorization are full vectors of development of our communities. To revive city centres and town centres, to promote the development of the local economy, to support the creation of jobs not delocalizable, to train and transmit know-how... Far from hindering progress, heritage generates it" Eric WIRTH, Vice-President of the National Council of the Order of Architects.