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Massimo Leserri et al., JET 2018 Volume: 7
The architectural survey of Church of Lorica in
Colombia
Massimo Leserri and Keilly Paola Mercado Pico
Pontifical Bolivarian University, Colombia
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his study is about the Santa Cruz de Lorica’s Cathedral, in the Colombian Caribbean, a region that underwent a series of social,
political, hierarchical and architectural changes since mid-nineteenth century which decentralized trade main sources and direct
connection, such as with Cartagena from the time when both municipalities were part of one single department. The city’s political
and strategic importance was vital for the department’s development and military strongholds which also reflected in the town’s
constructions and cartographies. Its commercial and industrial splendor from the first half of the 20th century allowed the creation
of its Port City conditions, nuanced by a diverse cultures atmosphere in a strategic and privileged place with main axes and genesis
such as the Sinu River, the Ciénaga Grande swamp and the Caribbean Sea. It is good to remember that the historic center was once
the whole city, developing itself from a rustic church, the cathedral today and the city´s growth was limited by a central axis, the
Sinu River. Lorica’s cathedral responds to a historical milestone and cultural identity for its inhabitants and history itself. Around this
monument, in Central Square, main cultural and political activities of the municipality have been developing over time. Nowadays,
it is in front of government palace, the Santa Cruz de Lorica’s Town Hall. This study is based on the architectural survey associated
with a history search that despite of its much oral tradition, it doesn’t have enough written information. This survey is as an open
system at various knowledge levels that has several activities of iconographic analysis, bibliography, direct information, etc. Though
the Cathedral is the main axis of the historic center and the city itself, it lacks study and historical data, and has neither writings nor
cartography; its author is unknown and has a large absence of data that allow clarifying its history and chronology. As an object,
a critical, morphological and geometric analysis is made to understand the author's thought to propose comparisons with other
cathedrals, styles confrontations and characteristics, to make conceptual hypotheses of the Cathedral.
massimo.leserri@upb.edu.co