Bases para o plano diretor de restauro da cerca do Convento dos Capuchos, Sintra

Abstract

The cultural landscape of Sintra is unparalleled in the whole world, and so it is because it has places with no equal. Most of them stands out by their greatness, but among the dense forest hides in extreme poverty, the mark of a very specific philosophy. The Capuchin Convent of Sintra, named by eighteenth century foreign, the Cork Convent, is all lined in this material, is a structure erected in perfect communion with nature, making walls from the rocks and floor of the floor mountain. There is no equal at another place. The objective of this work is to create a Restoration Plan for this fence that guard an important cultural and natural heritage, revealing the human component here left by the Order of Friars Minor. Exacerbating the importance of a correct restoration of the historic garden, it was taken a methodology based on international conventions for the conservation of sites with cultural significance. Assured the cultural significance of the property, it is necessary to place the monument in time and social space. Referring to the functions and ways of life that unfolded here, it is proposing activities that keep the religious symbolism of hoods and safeguard local biodiversity