Conocimiento y percepción del patrimonio histórico en la sociedad española

This article anticipates the conclusions of a research about the knowledge and appreciation of heritage that was conducted during the last year by the Historic Spanish Heritage Program of Caja Madrid Foundation. The goal of this research was to deepen into the meaning that society gives to cultural properties, since specialised studies do not usually take into consideration the real ideas and concerns that most of the citizens have about them. It’s therefore very important to note that this study fills a very important gap in the nowadays conception of heritage in our country. The research, based on an opinion study, had two phases: the first was mainly qualitative and focused on the society’s concept of heritage, while the second was quantitative and the result of an inquiry made in the whole country. This article exposes the conclusions of the first phase, being among them the wide concept of heritage that most citizens assume, the high valuation of it and other questions relating to its use and conservation.El artículo que se presenta anticipa los resultados de una investigación sobre el conocimiento y apreciación de los bienes culturales realizada por el Programa de Conservación del Patrimonio Histórico Español de la Fundación Caja Madrid durante el año 2006. La finalidad de la misma es profundizar en el verdadero significado que el patrimonio tiene para la sociedad, completando así una de las lagunas más importantes de los estudios especializados en esta materia, que, por lo general, no abordan de forma directa cuáles son las ideas y principales preocupaciones de la mayoría de los ciudadanos al respecto. La investigación, basada en un estudio de opinión, se ha dividido en dos fases: la primera de ellas, de carácter cualitativo, tiene por objetivo conocer qué entienden los ciudadanos por Patrimonio Histórico, y la segunda de ellas, de carácter cuantitativo, consiste en una encuesta realizada en todo el territorio nacional. El artículo expone las conclusiones y resultados de la primera fase, poniendo de manifiesto el concepto amplio de patrimonio que asumen los ciudadanos, la alta valoración que tienen del mismo y otras cuestiones relativas a su uso y conservación.  

Knowledge and perception of historic heritage in spanish society

El artículo que se presenta anticipa los resultados de una investigación sobre el conocimiento y apreciación de los bienes culturales realizada por el Programa de Conservación del Patrimonio Histórico Español de la Fundación Caja Madrid durante el año 2006. La finalidad de la misma es profundizar en el verdadero significado que el patrimonio tiene para la sociedad, completando así una de las lagunas más importantes de los estudios especializados en esta materia, que, por lo general, no abordan de forma directa cuáles son las ideas y principales preocupaciones de la mayoría de los ciudadanos al respecto. La investigación, basada en un estudio de opinión, se ha dividido en dos fases: la primera de ellas, de carácter cualitativo, tiene por objetivo conocer qué entienden los ciudadanos por Patrimonio Histórico, y la segunda de ellas, de carácter cuantitativo, consiste en una encuesta realizada en todo el territorio nacional. El artículo expone las conclusiones y resultados de la primera fase, poniendo de manifiesto el concepto amplio de patrimonio que asumen los ciudadanos, la alta valoración que tienen del mismo y otras cuestiones relativas a su uso y conservación.This article anticipates the conclusions of a research about the knowledge and appreciation of heritage that was conducted during the last year by the Historic Spanish Heritage Program of Caja Madrid Foundation. The goal of this research was to deepen into the meaning that society gives to cultural properties, since specialised studies do not usually take into consideration the real ideas and concerns that most of the citizenship have about them. It’s therefore very important to note that this study fill a very important gap in the nowadays conception of heritage in our country. The research, based on an opinion study, had two phases: the first was mainly qualitative and focused on the society’s concept of heritage, while the second was quantitative and the result of an inquiry made in all the country. This article exposes the conclusions of the first phase, being among them, the wide concept of heritage that most citizens assume, the high valuation of it and other questions relating to its use and conservation

The Concept of “Sala de Fabrica”: On-Site Museums to Raise Awareness of Cultural Heritage After a Restoration Project

A conservation process usually generates new knowledge and an enormous amount of documentation during the inception and implementation of the project: the information collected from archives and other institutions; the information provided by the preliminary studies carried out prior to the intervention; the data provided in the field during the works and at the end of the process; and the final set of documentation delivered to the institution responsible for the maintenance and management of the monument. The challenge for conservation professionals and cultural heritage managers throughout this process once the works are over is to achieve and transmit this information to the public and specialists in order to raise awareness for better conservation of our built heritage. During the last few years, one of the actions that the Caja Madrid Foundation has activated with its restoration projects has been the opening of permanent on site museums or “Salas de Fábrica”, a place on site to understand the restoration works, to exhibit the remains that have being retrieved during the project and to permit the public to better understand the historical and artistic values of architectural and archaeological heritage as well as the importance of preserving our cultural legacy for the future

The Concept of “Sala de Fabrica”: On-Site Museums to Raise Awareness of Cultural Heritage After a Restoration Project

A conservation process usually generates new knowledge and an enormous amount of documentation during the inception and implementation of the project: the information collected from archives and other institutions; the information provided by the preliminary studies carried out prior to the intervention; the data provided in the field during the works and at the end of the process; and the final set of documentation delivered to the institution responsible for the maintenance and management of the monument. The challenge for conservation professionals and cultural heritage managers throughout this process once the works are over is to achieve and transmit this information to the public and specialists in order to raise awareness for better conservation of our built heritage. During the last few years, one of the actions that the Caja Madrid Foundation has activated with its restoration projects has been the opening of permanent on site museums or “Salas de Fábrica”, a place on site to understand the restoration works, to exhibit the remains that have being retrieved during the project and to permit the public to better understand the historical and artistic values of architectural and archaeological heritage as well as the importance of preserving our cultural legacy for the future

The church of San Pablo (Valladolid, Spain). The selection of the recording techniques: appropriateness, suitability and effectiveness for the documentation of a cultural heritage project

After almost five years of studies and works carried out to restore the façade of San Pablo in Valladolid (Spain), this paper aims at promoting a critical evaluation of these works in order to analyze the selection of the recording techniques used before, during and immediately after the development of the preliminary studies and the conservation works. During the restoration process the survey was continuously implemented, collecting new data and using different techniques in order to provide the kind of information requested by a multidisciplinary team of professionals with completely different needs. At the same time this project has had the exceptional feature of exposing to the public the development of the conservation works in real time through a lift platform which entailed the obligation of informing everyday through effective and understandable means about how and where the works were being carried out at the façade. In these terms, this paper will try to bring the attention to the difficulties found in choosing the most suitable, effective and appropriate recording technique for different and specific conservation and communication purposes, searching for a good relation between accuracy, cost, time and efficiency within the whole cultural project

The Concept of “Sala de Fabrica”: On-Site Museums to Raise Awareness of Cultural Heritage After a Restoration Project

A conservation process usually generates new knowledge and an enormous amount of documentation during the inception and implementation of the project: the information collected from archives and other institutions; the information provided by the preliminary studies carried out prior to the intervention; the data provided in the field during the works and at the end of the process; and the final set of documentation delivered to the institution responsible for the maintenance and management of the monument. The challenge for conservation professionals and cultural heritage managers throughout this process once the works are over is to achieve and transmit this information to the public and specialists in order to raise awareness for better conservation of our built heritage. During the last few years, one of the actions that the Caja Madrid Foundation has activated with its restoration projects has been the opening of permanent on site museums or “Salas de Fábrica”, a place on site to understand the restoration works, to exhibit the remains that have being retrieved during the project and to permit the public to better understand the historical and artistic values of architectural and archaeological heritage as well as the importance of preserving our cultural legacy for the future