Conservation and valuation of the missionary heritage. São Miguel Arcanjo case study

The remains of the Guarani Jesuit reductions in the XVII and XVIII centuries, form an important Cultural Patrimony common in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. They represent one of the largest influencial stages in the historical formation of existing societies. The Reduction of São Migue...

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Autor Principal: Stello, Vladimir Fernando
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Instituto Carlos Arbeláez Camacho para el patrimonio arquitectónico y urbano 2014
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Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revApuntesArq/article/view/9046
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Sumario: The remains of the Guarani Jesuit reductions in the XVII and XVIII centuries, form an important Cultural Patrimony common in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. They represent one of the largest influencial stages in the historical formation of existing societies. The Reduction of São Miguel Arcanjo was one of the thirty missioneiros towns of the Jesuit Province of Paraguay and was settled in the current site in 1687. Today their remains are part of the National Patrimony, through the federal land registration made in 1938, and declared as Patrimony of the Humanity of UNESCO in 1983. In Brazil, the recognition process of the missioneiro legacy importance dates back from many decades. Initially, preservation work on the old remains of São Miguel Arcanjo was carried out by the Government of the Rio Grande do Sul State from 1925 to1927. That work guaranteed the preservation of this monument. In 1938 the National Historical Artistic and Patrimony Service (sphan) began its great first restoration work. At the same time, they built the Missions Museum wich was designed by the architect Lucio Costa. The decades that followed, countless conservation activities were developed. The field of work was widened. The interventions are not just to maintain the church of São Miguel in good condition, but to preserve all the elements, materials and inmaterials, that reflect the missionary culture.