Article 32. Historical Settlements

A historical settlement shall be understood as a locality where tangible cultural heritage sites created in the past, possessing historical, aesthetic, socio-cultural, archaeological, architectural, or urban planning value, and important for preserving the identity of the people and their contribution to world culture, are situated.

Within a historical settlement, all sites possessing historical value as a part of the city must be preserved, including: planning layout, buildings, compositions, natural landscapes, archaeological layers, the ratio of different areas (vacant land, constructed areas, green zones), perspectives of varying scales, fragments and ruins of urban development, courtyards, scale, structure, style, materials, colors, and decorative elements distinguishing buildings and structures by their form and external appearance.

The harmony between naturally formed and man-made landscapes, the characteristics that developed during the evolution of the settlement, as well as other valuable elements must also be preserved.