As fazendas do sul de Minas e a formação do território: valorização e salvaguarda do patrimônio regional

Abstract

The group of farms in the southern state of Minas Gerais, is a large collection of reminiscences of the territory during the first attempts to arrival to the gold mines, building a rural landscape, which will be examined as a spatial representation of the process construction of the territory, and as a generator element of current cities in that region. These farms will be considered formers of a singular cultural landscape heritage, representing an identity of the region, beyond the architectural and monumental dimension. The appropriate interpretation of heritage as built environment, and therefore cultural, requires consideration of the concept of place as a reference for the implementation of possible conservation and management actions. So, the research wants to demonstrate possible advances in the understanding and characterization of the study area, as well as an extension of the discussion of the selection classification of cultural legacy.