Kapliczki przydrożne jako element szeroko rozumianego środowiska naturalnego w świetle encykliki Laudato si': zagrożenie i potrzeba ochrony
The roadside shrins as element of broadly defined natural environment in the light of encyclical Laudato si': threat and need for protection

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The scientific purpose is identifying opportunity of referring ecological argumentation from Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato si' to protection the landscape, in particular to roadside shrines. RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The research problem is the role of roadside shrines for the local communities and its meaning as an element of landscape and natural environment. RESEARCH RESULTS: The article allows to put forward a thesis, that roadside shrines are perceived as an element of natural environment, that should be protected in the same way, as natural objects. CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The conclusion from the article is necessity of popularisation of the knowledge about roadside shrines as element not only cultural heritage, but also natural environment.

• Details
• Contents