Keywords
Urban Policies
Conservation of Historical Centers
Sustainable Historical Centers
World Heritage
Key Words Plus
Camagüey
Cuba
World Heritage Areas
Conservation and Restoration of History Sites
Urban Renewal.
How to Cite
Abstract
The Urban Historic Center of Camagüey owns heritage values that made him worthy to be included in the World Heritage Listof unesco, in 2008, synthesized: “One of the first seven villages founded by spaniards in Cuba. Camagüey played a prominentrole as the urban centre of an island territory dedicated to cattle breeding and the sugar industry. Once settled in its currentlocation en 1528, the town developed on the basis on an irregular urban pattern that contains a system of squares, minorsquares, serpentine streets, alleys and irregular urban blocks, highly exceptional for latin americans colonial towns locatedin plain territories. The religious buildings, associated with the main squares, constitute a system of landmarks in the urbanfabric, characterized by its homogeneity…”.The work exposes as since 1998 applies in the Historic Center of the city of Camagüey, Cuba, through the creation of the “Officeof the Historian of the City”, the Cuban Model for the conservation of the Historic Centers, with a focus of sustainability, testedin Old Havana since 1993. Their results demonstrate the feasibility of the Model that has allowed, next to the heritage valuesthat holds, the declaration of World Heritage in 2008.Apuntes is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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