Senhor Jesus D’Além Chapel. The Religious Ruins as Elements for the Local Memories Construction

Authors

  • Catarina Nogueira Pereira Universidade do Porto
  • Diogo Guedes Vidal Universidade Fernando Pessoa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2018vol18i3a10

Keywords:

Ruins, Religious Structures, Chapel, Memories

Abstract

The text reflects on the importance of the religious structures ruins as powerful elements in the interpretation and construction of the local memories of the space where they are inserted. The chapel of Senhor Jesus D'Além, dating from the 19th century, located in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, in Portugal, is the case study chosen. In ruins and in a state of degradation, many are the historical elements that make possible the interpretation of city quotidians during its period of operation. Today, they keep pieces of memories in their spaces, being an example of the individual’s carelessness.

Author Biographies

Catarina Nogueira Pereira, Universidade do Porto

Licenciada em Gestão do Património, mestranda em História e Património na Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal. 

Diogo Guedes Vidal, Universidade Fernando Pessoa

Licenciado e Mestre em Sociologia, doutorando em Ecologia e Saúde Ambiental e Investigador na FP-ENAS, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal.

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Published

2018-12-25

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 3 (2018): Religião, memória e identidade na Europa

Section

Intercâmbio

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