The Landscape of the Caatinga:a Gesture of Burle Marx in the Euclides da Cunha Square
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2359-5361.v0i29p11-24Keywords:
Roberto Burle Marx, Euclides da Cunha square, Landscape, Caatinga.Abstract
In 1935, the landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx created the Euclides da Cunha Square as a thematic garden of “caatinga” vegetation in Recife, a coast Brazilian city. With this proposal, Burle Marx not only gave artistic and ecological value to the native vegetation, but also had the intention to protect at least part of Brazilian decimated vegetation, and bring to the city dwellers the knowledge of natural resources. In this context, this article attempts to identify the symbolism of the “caatinga” vegetation in the Euclides da Cunha Square landscape to ensure conservation practices that can preserve its ecosystem and monumental significance. The Euclides da Cunha Square was restored in 2004 by Recife’s City Council in partnership with the Landscape Laboratory of the Federal University of Pernambuco, based on the Florence Charter (1981) and on detailed studies about square’s historiography and “caatinga” ecosystem. It is noteworthy also that Euclides da Cunha Square is being analyzing by the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage to be preserved as historical garden.Downloads
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2011-10-08
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Paula, E. S. de, Silva, J. M. da, Menezes, P. C. de, Carneiro, A. R. S., & Melo, V. L. M. O. (2011). The Landscape of the Caatinga:a Gesture of Burle Marx in the Euclides da Cunha Square. Paisagem E Ambiente, 29, 11-24. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2359-5361.v0i29p11-24