The Cultural Dimension in the Landscapes of the Immigration Fourth Colony in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

The paper presents the partial results of the thesis “Heritage and Planning – One approach from Agudo’s Landscape” in process at the Postgradutate Program in Urban and Regional Planning of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil. The investigation starts from a region known as Fourth Colony to discuss the relationship between landscape and heritage, so as to read the territory in a broad perspective, integrating cultural aspects not always considered, aiming alternatives for the inclusion of these factors in the territorial planning of Southern Brazil. Therefore, the research identifies and evaluates landscapes from three areas of analysis: (1) local experience and perception; (2) territorial institutional framework; and (3) historic and aesthetic structure of the landscapes