O tempo e a pedra
By: Paula Andréa Caluff Rodrigues.
Publisher: [s.n.] Grafica Santa Marta
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Belém, Pará
Language: por
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Cemitério de Soledade (Belém, Brazil); Sepulchral monuments -- Brazil -- Belém.; Christian art and symbolism -- Brazil -- Belém.; Belém (Brazil) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Description: In 1850 there was inaugurated in Belem of Para the “Cemiterio Nossa Senhora da Soledade”, beginning the systematic burial outside the churches, being deactivated with just 30 years of use. For its cultural value, artistic and historical for the city it was listed as National Heritage Landscape in 1964. Nowadays it have been used as a place of pilgrimage and popular devotion. It is a place that create a setting conducive to quiet reflection, contact with nature, prayer and contemplation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-79).
Table of contents: title: Memories of Life; title: 1. The time and the Stone; title: 1.1. The major influence of religion in monumental cemeteries; title: 1.2. A view of the burial sites throughout history; title: 1.3. Main symbologies funeral; title: 2. Historical and geographical data; title: 2.1. Local; title: 2.2. Information Sources; title: 2.3. Collecting and analyzing data on the Soledad; title: 3. Results found; title: 3.1. Charts; title: 3.2. Photos; title: 4. Final Thoughts; title: 5. Short Time; title: 6. References