O Conjunto do Carmo de Cachoeira: um estudo da relação entre monumento e cidade

Abstract

This work addresses the relationship between the Conjunto do Carmo, as a monument with the city ​​of Cachoeira, having as a parameter the field research, through interviews with people from the waterfall community for the characterization of this reality. The study is supported and based on the concept of heritage,monument and memory. It makes up the historic itinerary of the city and the Conjunto do Carmo and presents this relationship of the city from the population to the monument,working with orality, the fundamental basis of cultural tradition and its built and celebrated heritage, the founding essence of its elevation to the category of monument. Finally, the research promotes the meeting of orality with theory of the New Museology with the concepts of the interpretation of historical monuments, founding the writing and methodology adopted with the thoughts of great theorists of the museological area and the concepts contained therein.