Historical centre revitalization programme in Latin-America

Abstract

This article states that the following action will be taken: That the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and the Quincentenary National Commission have been preparing a Historical Revitalization Programme in Latin America since 1982 and that these programmes are not simply to be viewed as "Cultural Heritage" but also as a real attempt to draw closer to problems such as buildings and urban heritage which appear to be of priority for the recovery of the "social collective heritage". The Programme has three main objectives: — To effectively contribute to the recovery of Latin American Historical Centres. — To train technicians with experience in the solving of problems connected with urban centres of historical characteristics. — For the Spanish and Latin Americans to look together for new paths to enhance mutual understanding using concrete projects. In order to attain these objectives, guide-lines have been made and these are comprehensively discussed in the text. The latter also contains a detailed description of some of the interventions carried out up till today.