To Protect and Disseminate the Heritage of San Miguel del Padrón: Benny Moré Cultural Route:

Abstract

San Miguel del Padrón is a municipality on the outskirts of Havana with a high deficit of socio-cultural facilities. However, its history is linked to figures of national and international relevance, and traditional events and festivals, which make up a rich intangible heritage, little visible, and limitedly protected. The research, which had the objective of finding ways to recover said heritage, was structured in stages, which include the theoretical, the urban-architectural and socio-cultural diagnosis, and the propositional, in which qualitative, quantitative and project methods are combined. As a result, a cultural route is proposed, as part of a network of socio-cultural facilities that stimulate and promote knowledge of heritage. The Benny Moré Cultural Route could be a decisive factor for local development, under the concept of sustainable tourism that takes advantage of the endogenous potential of the territory, and serves as a link between institutions and new social, economic and cultural actors and programs.