Plano de interpretação dos Caminhos de Santiago no centro histórico de Barcelos

• Autor(a) principal: Gonçalves, Francisco Joaquim Barbosa
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11960/1337
• topic: Religious tourism; Visitors profile; Interpretation; Jacobean routes; Cultural tourism; Turismo religioso; Perfil dos visitantes; Interpretação; Rotas jacobeias; Turismo cultural

This dissertation aims to present an interpretation plan for the historical routes of the Camino de Santiago in the Historic Center of Barcelos. Interpretation is an educational activity, which aims to reveal meanings and relationships through the use of original objects, by firsthand experience and by illustrative media, rather than simply to communicate factual information. This plan aims to identify and interpret these historical Jacobean routes in Barcelos and their contribution to its birth, its heritage and traditions related to the Legend of the Cock. Barcelos was a cross of several roads, before the Jacobean pilgrimage started, in the 9th Century. However, in the Middle Ages, it became a key waypoint for all Jacobean pilgrims, specially, after the construction of the Gothic bridge, in the 14th Century. To this dissertation, it was carried out a detailed reading on the existing literature about heritage interpretation, Jacobean routes and the city of Barcelos. A survey was undertaken, focused on its visitors profile and their motivations to visit this town. It presents an overview of this research and describes its main goal and specific objectives. Results suggest that its visitors’ profile and motivations belong to the cultural tourism segment, justifying the opportunity of implementing this interpretation plan.