Santiago (Sep 2017)

Look at the industrial heritage of Cuba: Protection, conservation and refunctionalization

  • Ilka Pell-Delgado,
  • Ruslán Muñoz-Hernández,
  • Víctor Marín-Crespo

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 144
pp. 476 – 491

Abstract

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The industrial heritage in Cuba is a source for knowledge of the country's socio-economic and cultural development. The emergence and perfection of various industrial productions, in the colonial, republic and revolutionary stages, generated the creation of a valuable material patrimony that, due to its importance, deserves to be preserved as a accumulated wealth of centuries, which culturally reaffirms patriotic values and The historical memory of the nation. The research addresses the development of Cuban industrial heritage, reflected through its different stages and economic branches, which are more than sugar, coffee and tobacco. The information is organized by epigraphs, in which it is explained that it is understood by industrial heritage, its evolution and the actions of protection, conservation and refunctionalization at the moment. The work constitutes a different approach to the theme for the necessary contribution to the preservation and dissemination of our cultural heritage in society.

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