Heritage, Railway and Tourism

Serra do Itaqueri (Brazil) and Serra Norte de Sevilha (Spain)

Abstract

This research seeks to analyze the effectiveness of planning actions and preservation policies at the regional level of railway industrial remnants in a group of cities in the interior of the State of São Paulo (Brazil) and the province of Seville (Spain). In São Paulo, the formation of cities was driven by the Companhia Paulista de Estrada de Ferro, founded in 1868 and today belongs to the “Serra do Itaqueri” tourist circuit. In Seville, the group of cities crossed by the line of the Compañía de Ferrocarriles de Madrid, Zaragoza y Alicante (MZA), founded in 1856, was studied, which in 1875 inaugurated a line between Seville and Mérida, passing through the Sierra Norte de Seville, one of the Seville's important tourist destinations. In Seville, the group of cities crossed by the line of the Compañía de Ferrocarriles de Madrid, Zaragoza y Alicante (MZA), founded in 1856, was studied, which in 1875 inaugurated a line between Seville and Mérida, passing through the Sierra Norte de Seville, one of the Seville's important tourist destinations. Through historical research, followed by the descriptive, analytical and comparative method, the article presents some indicators resulting from the reading and apprehension of the territories studied, in order to implement future tourist-cultural planning actions.