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The current work has as objective to present a proposal for a touristic route for Indianópolis/MG, so that the preservation of the city geocultural patrimony can be 76. GeoTextos, vol. 8, n. 2, dez. 2012. L. Bento, T. Martins, P. Oliveira, A. Pedrosa. 75-96 valued, publicized and promoted. From this objective bibliographic revisions were made about the theme, field work in the area of study to identify and characterize the patrimonial elements and, finally, the definition and the elaboration of
the geocultural route having the support of the Geographic Information Systems. This route of 64 km comprises representative attractions of the natural and cultural patrimony (material and inmaterial) of the city, such as waterfalls, centennial large houses, churches, among others which permit, through different senses, to perceive in the landscape vestiges of a past which is still present nowadays and a present which also presents traces of modernity.||O presente trabalho tem por objetivo apresentar uma proposta de rota turística para Indianópolis-MG, de forma a valorizar, divulgar e promover a conservação do patrimônio geocultural do município. A partir desse objetivo efetuou-se revisão bibliográfica pertinente ao tema, trabalhos de campo na área de estudo para identificar e caracterizar os elementos patrimoniais e, finalmente, a definição e elaboração da rota geocultural, tendo como suporte de apoio os SIG’s. Esta rota de aproximadamente 64 km engloba atrativos representativos do patrimônio natural e cultural (material e imaterial) do município, tais como quedas d’água, casarões centenários, igrejas, entre outros, que permitem, através dos diferentes sentidos, perceber na paisagem vestígios de um passado que ainda se faz presente nos dias de hoje e um presente que também apresenta indícios de modernidade.
Abstract
A PROPOSAL FOR A GEOCULTURAL ROUTE FOR THE CITY OF INDIANÓPOLIS/MG
The current work has as objective to present a proposal for a touristic route for Indianópolis/MG, so that the preservation of the city geocultural patrimony can be 76. GeoTextos, vol. 8, n. 2, dez. 2012. L. Bento, T. Martins, P. Oliveira, A. Pedrosa. 75-96 valued, publicized and promoted. From this objective bibliographic revisions were made about the theme, field work in the area of study to identify and characterize the patrimonial elements and, finally, the definition and the elaboration of the geocultural route having the support of the Geographic Information Systems. This route of 64 km comprises representative attractions of the natural and cultural patrimony (material and inmaterial) of the city, such as waterfalls, centennial large houses, churches, among others which permit, through different senses, to perceive in the landscape vestiges of a past which is still present nowadays and a present which also presents traces of modernity.
