O SINO TOCA HISTÓRIAS

ESTUDO SOBRE A CAPELA DE SANTA RITA DA PARÓQUIA DE NOSSA SENHORA DA CONCEIÇÃO DA VILA DO PRÍNCIPE, COMARCA DO SERRO DO FRIO, MINAS GERAIS, 1745-1821

Abstract

The historical study of the chapel of Santa Rita intends to demonstrate how the colonial pedagogical gesture crossed the lives of devout faithful men and women in the 18th century, in which devotions were taught and forms of sociability were learned. The chapel was built around 1745 and has become one of the greatest symbols of the city today, recognized as a national heritage site in 1938 by Iphan. The methodology used for this study focuses on bibliographical, documentary research and the analysis of the chapel's bells in order to describe the daily life of the devotees and the mountain population around this religious temple. The result presented is a description of colonial daily life, its devotions and parties, as well as pointing to the colonial pedagogical gesture as a fundamental concept for understanding this period of national history.