Igreja Nossa Senhora da Apresentação da cidade de Porto Calvo/AL: subsídios para uma gestão da conservação mais efetiva

Abstract

This research proposes to analyze the challenges of preserving the listed property represented by the Church of Our Lady of the Presentation, located in the city of Porto Calvo, Alagoas, based on a theoretical and critical foundation of national regulations aimed at the protection and preservation of Cultural Heritage. The study aims to deepen the historical and documentary knowledge about the Church of Our Lady of the Presentation, the motivations that led to its listing as a heritage site, as well as to understand how the local community relates to this secular Catholic Christian building in contemporary times, in order to offer contributions to its conservation management. In this context, the importance of understanding the dialectical relationship between permanence and change in the preservation trajectory of the aforementioned Church is highlighted. To this end, a careful look is taken at the diffusion of historical, architectural, artistic, and landscape values associated with the property. The research is based on different approaches, using documentary, pictorial, and cartographic sources, which not only describe but also condition the perception of the place. These records highlight the natural conditions of the site where the old village was established, its topography, and the architectural characteristics of some buildings, including the location of the aforementioned Church, related to the process of occupation and consolidation of the territory by the Portuguese. The proposed approach covers the period from 1955 – the year the Church of Nossa Senhora da Apresentação was listed as a heritage site – to the presente day.