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Patrimomio arquitectonico del centro de bucaramanga

2011

Abstract

The recognition of the architectural heritage of cities must be accompanied by evaluation criteria, not only by the architectural style is important but also by the symbolic and historical criteria. Given this pattern, advanced a process of recognition of heritage of Bucaramanga supported by the historical study of some buildings in the downtown. This research was based on the identification of the uses of the sites were assigned by the community and actions by the people lived in each one of them. For identification of buildings as well with equity taken into account a theoretical framework that included the concepts of space, place, place of memory and heritage. To identify the buildings as heritage sites, we took into account a theoretical framework that included the concepts of: space, place, place of memory and heritage. To identify uses, some categories were determined according to them, such as: places of institutional uses, places of residential uses, places uses for socializing, and places for commercial uses. With the above parameters, contribute to the identification of historical and symbolic value of nineteen buildings, which over time were setting up in places of memory of the city and can be classified as places of Cultural Interest (BIC) in area's architectural heritage.