The term restoration refers to a manner of care or treatment in which the goal is to bring an object back to its original appearance or function.

Restoration is the methodological moment in which the work of art is appreciated in its material form and in its historical and aesthetic duality, with a view to transmitting it to the future.

Cesare Brandi in Theory of Restoration

Building restoration describes a particular treatment approach and philosophy within the field of architectural conservation.

Restoration is said as the act or process of accurately depicting the form, features, and character of a property as it appeared at a particular period of time by means of the removal of features from other periods in its history and reconstruction of missing features from the restoration period.

U.S. Secretary of Interior’s standards

The Fortifications of Carcassonne, France in the early 19th century, before restoration in 1853

The Fortifications of Carcassonne after the restoration of the original medieval layout

Conservation – Restoration – Integration