The Topology of Marble: The Matter of Estremoz’s Built Heritage

This paper addresses built heritage from the perspective of marble as a cross-scale legacy between distant and close places. Through Estremoz marble we make visible that heritage is not only a static element to preserve but a matter continuously in motion across time and space. Topology of marble b...

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Main Authors: Cidalia Ferreira Silva, Luis Duarte Esteves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra 2015-12-01
Series:Joelho
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Online Access:https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/joelho/article/view/2522
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Summary:This paper addresses built heritage from the perspective of marble as a cross-scale legacy between distant and close places. Through Estremoz marble we make visible that heritage is not only a static element to preserve but a matter continuously in motion across time and space. Topology of marble brings to the fore this awareness of seeing the interconnection between its geological formation, the extraction and the constructive processes, in a multiplicity of cycles still in transformation.  The article is structured by the simultaneity of in-here and out-here interconnections: (a) Here and In-here, maps the motion of marble from the quarries with the built urban heritage of Estremoz; (b) Here and Out-here, renders visible the intimate connection with distant places, such as Europe, Africa, and South America. 
ISSN:1647-9548
1647-8681