The point about conservationism being not a thing until 1950s seems a bit blunt/misleading to anyone who's heard about Viollet-le-Duc and co. Conserving ancient

The point about conservationism being not a thing until 1950s seems a bit blunt/misleading to anyone who's heard about Viollet-le-Duc and co. Conserving ancient building was definitely a huge thing in 19th century Europe. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Viollet-le-Duc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Viollet-le-Duc and Hugo's endless ramblings about medieval buildings in Notre-Dame https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris/Livre_troisi%C3%A8me https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_de_Paris/Livre_tro...