Dossiê de conservação e restauro do coreto da Praça Manoel Joaquim de Araújo em Itabaiana-PB

Abstract

This work sets up a registration dossier and proposal for the conservation and restoration of the bandstand at Manoel Joaquim de Araújo Square, located in Itabaiana-PB. This bandstand, coming from England, arrived in 1913 and was inaugurated in 1914, being the second oldest monument following only the Parish Church. It was registered as a historical heritage in 1980 by the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage of the State of Paraíba (IPHAEP) and already has two changes documented, one in 1982 and the other one in 2002. However, there are no graphic records of the original project or reforms in the local records. Nowadays his sculpture and image are preserved, conserving many of the original elements, even though some others have been lost and/or been replaced without any proper technical care. This justifies the importance of this study as a memory and safeguard of this patrimonial asset. The methodological procedures taken to carry out this work were based on the IBA (Inventory of Architectural Goods) prepared by IPHAN (National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage). The historical survey starts from research that can justify the work for itself. It begins with the architecture of iron in Brazil and the arrival of bandstands, followed by the story of the economic rise of the city of Itabaiana. Next is the study of knowledge and diagnosis of the bandstand and, finally, the intervention proposal.