01423nas a2200169   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653003300043653002400076653001600100100001700116245010400133856015000237300001000387490000700397520084900404       2023                            d10aArchitectural reconstruction10aintangible heritage10aRestitution1 aF. Colonnese00aArchitectural intangible heritage and graphic reconstruction. Terminological and philological notes  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85167908930&doi=10.2423%2fi22394303v13n1p15&partnerID=40&md5=16e2c97c11e08b1962e395714c7b69a0  a15-300 v133 aUNESCO’s extension of the concept of heritage to intangible has been changing the status of architectural designs and the operative frame of the practice of architectural reconstruction. The variety of reconstruction cases requires specific procedures and terms. The terms are here investigated by an analysis of the historical and theoretical roots of such a practice, focusing on the role of Quatremère de Quincy; the procedures are discussed by means of a series of personal experiences concerning with literary architecture, architectural projects, and fictive architecture. They are retrospectively analysed from the point of view of the sources – to define both the content and the appearance – which can be ‘endogenous’ to the document/monument (and priority) or ‘exogenous’, with a focus on the transparency of procedure.