“Destroços de repente redivivos”: o patrimônio cultural de Belo Horizonte em Beira-mar de Pedro Nava

Abstract

This research aims to execute a survey of the historical and cultural heritage of Belo Horizonte described in the reports of Pedro Nava (1903-1984) in Beira-mar (1978) and identify the fate of some of buildings highlighted by the author and, from this, draw up an affective cartography concerning erased memory and memory that resists to the present day, according to modifications, demolitions, surroundings changes, utilization changes occurred in the field of built environment. Therefore, with the preparation of the points of the city cartography, it intends to create a performative route of affections, so as to contribute to the preservation of the built environment as a support for the collective memory of the city, besides to promote studies on the cultural heritage.