The Monumenta Program and the main antecedent preservation programs

Abstract

Brazilian cultural preservation gains representation in the political field with the creation of National Historic and Artistic Heritage Service (SPHAN), in the 1930s. The organ was CREATED as a result of previous events, such as the landmarking of Ouro Preto, in 1933, which was recognized as a national monument. After this achievement, the concept of cultural heritage undergoes broadening, due to several meetings with experts in order to update the concept. Over time, specific preservation programs, such as the HistoricAL Cities Reconstruction Program (PCH), the National Cultural Reference Center (CNRC) and the Monumenta Program, emerge with certain purposes, but with the same intention, to promote the preservation of cultural assets. Material and/or imaterial. The Monumenta Program was created in the late 1990s and had its practical activities started in the 2000s, with a partnership between Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ministries of Culture (MinC), UNESCO and IPHAN. The program covered 26 Brazilian cities from different regions, exalting culture in an egalitarian way, seeking to safeguard heritage with equanimity. This article was carried out through a literature review and aims to show how the Monumenta Program implementation process worked and what are the differences in relation to the PCH and the CNRC.