Changing Landscape, Standing Memories

Abstract

The Chapel of São Gonçalo de Amarante, built in 1625, is crucial to community identity in the neighborhood of Camorim. Symbol of colonial rural architecture, this building was listed as heritage of the State of Rio de Janeiro in 1965. The Church and the landscape that surround the chapel have changed due to the effects of time and anthropic actions. The preoccupation of dwellers about the urban transformation of the region and their struggle for the restoration of the chapel in the 1990s offer an opportunity to explore relations between memory, change, materiality and landscape.

Keywords

• memoria, patrimônio, paisagem, restauração, mudança