Work
Realms of Memory (Lieux de Mémoire)
Explore in the Atlas →The concept of 'sites of memory' — places, objects or events that become symbolic touchstones for collective remembrance.
Memory
Details
- Type
- Text
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- ObservationReason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- articulates Lieux de Mémoire (Sites of Memory)
Referenced by
- Pierre Nora authored
Sources
- Pierre Nora (ed.). Les Lieux de mémoire (Realms of Memory). Gallimard (English trans. Columbia University Press, 1996), 1984.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Realms of Memory (Lieux de Mémoire)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/realms-of-memory/. Accessed July 17, 2026.