A “Cadeia Velha” de Pombal - PB: discursos e diálogos na preservação do patrimônio histórico pombalense no século XXI.

Abstract

The "Old Jail" of Pombal-PB that has long served the society acting as object of reclusion and maintenance of public order, where they were detained persons who are present today in the minds of the Pombalense population, was the main reason for the debates about the preservation of the heritage of the city occurred in the early years of the XXI century. At the time, the jail, now transformed into Casa da Cultura, was abandoned by government and preservationists organs which should to protect and to preserve the historic heritage of the city. Hidden behind shacks serving as bathroom for people who frequented the place, the jail call the attention of the population, that through of manifest, can express causing a movement that culminated in significant changes in the historic city center. Since then, the historic heritage of the city came to be seen otherwise, because, opened up the possibility for new academic study are realized, generating new perspectives for the history and contributing to the preservation of the memory this place. The aim of this study is to discuss issues about historic heritage. First the building of Pombal’s Old Jail in XIXth century, we intend to understand the changing to House of Culture and its existence provides the historical center of the city. In this perspective, understand the development of the preservation of the historical heritage, and how people participate poignantly during this process.