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One of the restoration important tasks is to preserve the original monumental art works on the historic building's facades. The stylistics of buildings in the Central Ukraine cities in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries were analyzed and it was proved that ceramic decor was used to a rather limited extent, mainly in the form of decorative inserts and cornice strips of one color. Polychrome majolica panels also did not become widespread. The exception is the direction of Ukrainian national romanticism, which can be called "ceramic Art Nouveau" and most vividly embodied in the Poltava Provincial Zemstvo building and the memorial chapel in Poltava. Original examples of Secession period monumental art have been preserved on the buildings' facades in Cracow and Lodz. A common technique is the combination of typical Art Nouveau forms with rich sculptural and ornamental decorations. In many cases there is Viennese Secession direct influence, especially when the facade decoration involved masters from Vienna. The research scientific novelty lies in determining the features of ceramic decor on the facades, in substantiating the uniqueness of Ukrainian national romanticism as a phenomenon, in covering the tried and tested technologies of restoration and conservation of ceramic decor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]