Recuperation of the Cemetery of San Pedro, in Medellin. Proposals for the creation of public policies for management and sustainability of the cultural patrimony

La Fundación Cementerio de San Pedro, tiene como funciónprioritaria la administración del Cementerio de San Pedrode Medellín. Reconociendo la incidencia que ha tenidodurante más de siglo y medio de existencia, en diversos procesosde transformación de la ciudad, en 1996 la Fundaciónpromovió la creación del proyecto de recuperación del CementerioSan Pedro, en busca de nuevas políticas y alternativasde protección, recuperación, refuncionalización y revitalizacióndel cementerio, para que permaneciera como testimonio de momentos históricos representativos, rescatados para lamemoria de todos los que se acerquen a él.Para la elaboración de las premisas que originaron dichapropuesta, se realizó una lectura donde se fusionaron los componentesmateriales e inmateriales, constitutivos del espaciode la muerte, y se estudió el nuevo modelo de planeación delos municipios colombianos, definido por la ley 388 de 1997(LeyOrgánica de Ordenamiento Territorial). Asimismo se estudiaronlas condiciones sociales, políticas y económicas de lasociedad antioqueña a lo largo de la historia, por ser ésta laque dio origen a este cementerio.Fundación Cementerio de San Pedro (San Pedro Cemetery Foundation). It has as priority function: the management of the Cemetery of San Pedro, facility located in the city of Medellín, in Antioquia County. Recognizing the influence that the Cemetery has had for more than one and a half century of existence in several transformation processes of the city; in 1996 the Foundation promoted its recuperation looking for new protection and recovery policies, the same as new functioning and revitalization alternatives for the Cemetery, in order that it would remain as a testimony of representative historical moments, rescued for the memory of all who wanted to enjoy the building. In order to prepare the basic elements which originated the proposal of the cemetery recuperation, a careful reading took place where the material and immaterial components comprising the space of death were merged and the new urban planning model for the Colombian municipalities was studied (defined by Act 388 of 1997) “The Organic Act for Territorial Ordering”, where the different aspects of the cemetery were well thought-out, not only the location but also the social, political and economical conditions of the Antioquia Society throughout history, which gave the conditions that originated this building