Centralna ewidencja i rejestr zabytków architektury i budownictwa w Polsce w świetle zasobu Ośrodka Dokumentacji Zabytków

A central record and register of historical monuments in Poland is conducted by the Centre for the Documentation of Historical Monuments in Warsaw upon the basis of a decree issued by the Minister of Culture and Art on 30 December 1987. This article examines only monuments of architecture, construction and town planning (and does not consider archaeological objects and so-called mobile monuments). Record documentation is composed of two ensembles containing (according to the state on 31 December 1997): — 615 017 address register cards (“fiches”) — 118 821 record cards (two types: old “green” and new — from 1977 — “white”). — The Centre also stores 40 110 copies of decisions about the inclusion into the register of historical monuments, which provide protection for 55 655 individual objects.