La consideración de los paisajes culturales en Uruguay

Abstract

The previous issue of this magazine contents a study about cultural landscapes treatment’s evolution during the last thirty years in Spain. The article assesses the work of relevant agents and institutions and verifies how increasingly complex instruments have evolved, from early inventories, catalogs and documentation dossiers; to single intervention for the recovery and reuse of landmark buildings; to comprehensive heritage plans and programs; and finally to regional projects, where heritage becomes the engine of local development. As in many other places, the most interesting initiatives regarding intervention in cultural landscapes rely on three sources: university research, the activity of a particularly sensitive administrative body and the work of local actors, defendors of a specific territory. This background led to similar questions in the case of Uruguay. Our goal was trying to answer some questions: How has the perception of cultural landscapes evolved in Uruguay? What people, laws and relevant projects have become relevant in this process?