Urban Geotourism and the Old Centre of Sao Paulo City, Brazil

作者：Del Lama Eliane Aparecida^*; Bacci Denise de La Corte; Martins Lucelene; Motta Garcia Maria da Gloria; Dehira Lauro Kazumi

来源：Geoheritage, 2015, 7(2): 147-164.

DOI：10.1007/s12371-014-0119-7

• Urban geotourism
• Geotouristic trail
• Dimension stone
• Sao Paulo

The use of geotouristic trails will be an efficient means of publicising geosciences. The proposal here is a trail in the old centre of So Paulo City, Brazil, describing the main types of stones that have ornamented buildings since the nineteenth century when So Paulo ceased to be a city of taipa (rammed earth) buildings and became the masonry city of the republic. Itaquera Granite is one of the most important stones in the ornamentation of the floors and facades in this new phase of construction in the city of So Paulo. Later, other types of stones were used, such as the Maua, Ubatuba, Itupeva and Piracaia granites, as well as imported stones, such as travertine and lioz limestone. There is also a discussion of the influence of geomorphology in the establishment of the former urban core, with the location of the so-called Historic Triangle at higher topographic levels. This paper discusses the history and evolution of So Paulo City and its relation to the local geology.

• 出版日期2015-6