A formação das identidades urbanas em São Luís do Paraitinga e Bananal: patrimônio arquitetônico e religioso

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The first occupation in Vale do Paraíba is connected to the search of Indian labor and gold, which later consolidates itself by the Portuguese conquest. Using Indian paths, colonizers went into the vale interior and, creating and new paths net consolidated settlements. In the XVIII century, migration and urbanization were intensified in this area because of the gold cycle, at the same time when there was a concern from the Portuguese Crown regarding the territorys protection. The ecclesiastic orders, and especially the Jesuits, were conclusive in this conquest and domination process, as from the relation between Crown and Church we have had Brazils land distribution structure, during the Colonial era. These institutions actions shaped the morphology of the first settlements but also elaborated the physiognomy of São Luis do Paraitinga and Bananal, analyzed and compared in this study, which approaches aspects of the development of their identities pointing political, economical, religious and habits issues.

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identidade urbana patrimônio urbano festas religiosas vale do paraíba religious parties urban morphology morfologia urbana urban identity arquitetura e urbanismo vale do paraíba - brazil urban patrimony

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