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Notice (permalien)
Réf.
41805
Type
conference item
Titre
The Royal Road (Camino Real) and its role in organising Cuban territory
Langues
English
Auteurs
Rojas, Ángela
Lieu de publication
Paris
Pays de publication
France
Maison d'édition
ICOMOS
Date
2005
Pages
7 p.
Titre de conférence
15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’
Lieu de conférence
Xi'an, China
Date de conférence
17 – 21 oct 2005
Mots-clés
cultural routes / evolution
Pays mentionnés
Cuba
Monuments et sites
Camino Real, Cuba
Résumé en anglais
Cuban identity has been conformed along time as a mixture among cultures. Different routes made possible the transformation of Cuban territory and became a net that sustained land structure along centuries.Aborigine settlements served to create Spanish villages, but economic and territorial development was pressured by the Intercontinental Royal Road. This is due to the importance of fleet system for the development of Havana, and shows the role of the city in Iberoamerican culture. From Cuban ports, and particularly Havana’s, parted new roads to the hinterland that guaranteed services and production. They were the first steps in colonisation and the basis, years after, to tobacco and sugar production.
This presentation shows the evolution of Cuban roads and their elements, focused in the net of roads as a Cultural Route. Relationship with other cultural developments will be underlined and also its current importance, values and protection as heritage.Because of its importance it will emphasise the routes between Havana and its surroundings and also the corridor conformed by a net of Royal Roads that created a system of settlements and became the path of the Central Highway.It will be shown the importance of a research concerning other routes of the most importance,such as those related to sugar, tobacco,coffee,syncretic religions and the role of slavery.
This presentation shows the evolution of Cuban roads and their elements, focused in the net of roads as a Cultural Route. Relationship with other cultural developments will be underlined and also its current importance, values and protection as heritage.Because of its importance it will emphasise the routes between Havana and its surroundings and also the corridor conformed by a net of Royal Roads that created a system of settlements and became the path of the Central Highway.It will be shown the importance of a research concerning other routes of the most importance,such as those related to sugar, tobacco,coffee,syncretic religions and the role of slavery.
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