The idea of ​ ​ publishing a collection of previously published articles arose in 2015. However, the final decision on the need to prepare such a collection was prompted by disputes with colleagues and my own thoughts on the problems and principles of preserving large objects of historical and cultural heritage, such as historical settlements and places of interest, in the context of the ongoing development of populated places, on the fiasco of the principles of preservation of heritage sites adopted at the legislative level in the form of united protection zones, about the lack of understanding among a significant number of colleagues of the importance of changing the paradigm of existing principles for the preservation of immovable objects of historical and cultural heritage.