Reviving degraded monuments of fortifcation architecture – a potential for the development of small historical towns Nellya Leshchenko 1 , Valeriі Tovbych 2 1 Department of Information Technologies in Architecture; Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture; Kyiv 03037, Povitrofotskyi prospect 31, Ukraine; ardisconn@ukr.net 0000-0002-3198-4554 2 Department of Information Technologies in Architecture; Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture; Kyiv 03037, Povitrofotskyi prospect 31, Ukraine; 0000-0002-4794-4944 Abstract: This article proposes a strategy for the revival of degraded monuments of forti- fcation architecture as a source of the future small historical towns development in general and the improvement of their inhabitants life quality. The recommendations on how to adapt them to cultural and tourist clusters are discussed in detail in the project of Klevan Castle revival. Keywords: revival; degraded monuments of fortifcation architecture; castle; cultural and tourist cluster 1. Introduction Small historical towns have a tremendous historical value to the cultural heritage, they contain numerous architectural and urban planning monuments of national and local impor- tance. However, in most cases, they have been neglected over the years and are currently in a state of delapidation. This is caused by their misuse or non-use at all. Further ignorance of this problem may lead to their complete destruction; a loss of authentic buildings and urban planning dominants. Among the most neglected are the monuments of fortifcation architecture, which have a certain interesting feature. Despite their state of preservation, the «spirit of the place» feels very strongly about them and therefore they always inspired interest in themselves. They also form the historical, cultural, and architectural (as its material component) potential of almost every historical small town. Moreover, they can become an incentive and a source of the town’s future development as a cultural and tourist centre. Budownictwo i Architektura 19(1) 2020, 47-54 DOI: 10.35784/bud-arch.906 Received: 20 December 2019; Revised: 23 April 2020; Accepted: 03 May 2020; Avaliable online: 30 May 2020 Orginal Article © 2020 Budownictwo i Architektura This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY-SA 3.0