Tourism and religion: sacred spaces as transmitters of heritage values
Religious heritage can act as a transmitter of the age-old values linked to the identity of a territory, while reflecting on the relationship between the religious value and the monumental value of a place. This reflection is based on the initial premise that at present there are elements related to...
| Published in: | Church, Communication and Culture |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2018]
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| In: |
Church, Communication and Culture
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
tangible and intangible heritage
B sacred spaces B religious values B Religious Tourism B Religious Heritage |
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| Summary: | Religious heritage can act as a transmitter of the age-old values linked to the identity of a territory, while reflecting on the relationship between the religious value and the monumental value of a place. This reflection is based on the initial premise that at present there are elements related to the architectural heritage of the church that have wholly or in part lost their use value as places of worship. After introducing the relationship between tangible and intangible heritage at religious sites and the role of tourism helping in the preservation (or not) of these values, the current situation is analyzed through a case study. The case study is focused on the Catalonia Sacra project and analyses 325 religious heritage sites from the region of Catalonia, in the north-east of Spain. Several sets of data were collected referring to the monumental and architectural values of these places and also the religious use of them, among others, with the aim to compare the relationship between the monumental values and the religious use of these sites. |
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| ISSN: | 2375-3242 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church, Communication and Culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/23753234.2018.1542280 |