Religious space in Chiloe: A synthesis of the heritage of time, territory and festivity

Authors

  • Antonio Sahady Villanueva Universidad de Chile, Santiago
  • José Bravo Sánchez Universidad de Chile, Santiago
  • Carolina Quilodrán Rubio Universidad de Chile, Santiago

Keywords:

cultural geography, patrimonial architecture, territorial heritage, religious celebration, Chiloe's model of religious space

Abstract

The powerful union between the architecture and its environment, between the church and its surroundings, proves to be as essential as the harmony of the churches facades, the quality of their interior space, the detail of their ornamentation or the treatment of exterior paving. The function of the church and its atrium, whether passive or active depending on the celebration of joy or suffering, has the strange power to affect the complex, provoking in the parishioner feelings of joy or sadness.

There is no better demonstration that architecture, without man, without its living content, the inevitable cause and subject of its existence, is condemned to extinction. Chiloe’s churches will continue to deserve universal recognition as long as they allow a portion of humanity to enjoy, with unshakable faith, the virtues of this heritage.Therefore, a model of spatial order is proposed with the church at its centre.

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Author Biographies

Antonio Sahady Villanueva, Universidad de Chile, Santiago

Académico del Instituto de Historia y Patrimonio, Facultad de
Arquitectura y Urbanismo

José Bravo Sánchez, Universidad de Chile, Santiago

Académico e investigador del Instituto de Historia y Patrimonio, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

Carolina Quilodrán Rubio, Universidad de Chile, Santiago

Académica e investigadora del Instituto de Historia y
Patrimonio, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo

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Published

2012-07-13

How to Cite

Sahady Villanueva, A., Bravo Sánchez, J., & Quilodrán Rubio, C. (2012). Religious space in Chiloe: A synthesis of the heritage of time, territory and festivity. ARQUITECTURAS DEL SUR, 30(41), 16–29. Retrieved from https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/AS/article/view/787

Issue

V.30, N.41 (Julio 2012): RITO Y ARQUITECTURA

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