{"id":602,"date":"2019-09-16T10:12:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T10:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/?page_id=602"},"modified":"2022-10-06T15:33:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:33:54","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/?page_id=602&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"OVERVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"602\" class=\"elementor elementor-602\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33db201 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33db201\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e81210\" data-id=\"2e81210\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96e25d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96e25d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The SANTA CRUZ Research Project studied the former Monastery of Santa Cruz, one of the main Portuguese religious houses, and its situation in 1834, when religious orders were suppressed and their wealth was integrated into the state, sold or sent to museums. As a consequence, important parts of the former monastery were destroyed in the following decades. The Town Hall building, now side-by-side with the monastic church, was built between 1876 and 1879 over the former Renaissance entrance cloister. Other elements were lost, cases of the library and dormitory and the imposing bell tower, destroyed in 1935.<\/p><p>Most locals and foreigners are totally unaware of the monastery&#8217;s past magnificence, located in the heart of Coimbra&#8217;s downtown. The Santa Cruz Monastery was also central to the city&#8217;s urban evolution, presiding over <i>Rua de Santa Sofia<\/i>, the \u201cStreet of Holy Knowledge\u201d, a Renaissance street of colleges, 481 yards long and 6,6 yards wide. At the beginning of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century, it was along the Santa Cruz valley that the main artery of Coimbra, S\u00e1 da Bandeira Avenue, was opened, a new boulevard that connected the old downtown to the new expanding city.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20d73db elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20d73db\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a639a9\" data-id=\"7a639a9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d41acb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1d41acb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1019\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/039a-CMANGA.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-205\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-79fc119 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"79fc119\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8375f76\" data-id=\"8375f76\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2797249 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2797249\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The SANTACRUZ Project, based at the Center for Social Studies (CES-UC) and at the Department of Architecture of the University of Coimbra (DARQ-FCTUC), aimed to collect and systematize documentary and iconographic information about the monastery&#8217;s architectural history. At the same time, it was our intention to elaborate a 3D digital reconstruction of the monastery in 1834, including parts that have disappeared today, such as the fa\u00e7ade of the monastery, the Entrance and Manga cloisters, the dormitory, the library and the bell tower. We also have tried to reconstitute the original layout of the magnificent sculptural ensemble of Hodart&#8217;s &#8220;Last Supper&#8221;, which presided over the refectory and which is now exhibited at the Machado de Castro National Museum.<\/p><p>The 3D models can be visualized on the spot <span class=\"s1\">through smartphones and tablets, by activating QR codes along seven \u201chotspots\u201d, exploring the concepts of \u201cVR\/Virtual Reality and \u201cAR\/Augmented Reality\u201d.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In parallel, we developed a series of architectural proposals <\/span>for the rehabilitation and reformulation of the remaining monastic structure and the surrounding area, contemplating the installation of an interpretive museum center, in order to trigger public debate on the future of this area, absolutely central to Coimbra\u2019s future development.<\/p><p>The SANTA CRUZ Research Project (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030704) <span class=\"s1\">started <\/span><span class=\"s2\">on 1<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>st<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> July<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> 2018 and <\/span><span class=\"s4\">ended <\/span><span class=\"s2\">on 30<\/span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s2\"> June<\/span><span class=\"s4\"> 2022.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c05e5b\" data-id=\"2c05e5b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efea1ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"efea1ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_20181112_104839.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-209\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SANTA CRUZ Research Project studied the former Monastery of Santa Cruz, one of the main Portuguese religious houses, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template_fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/602"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1560,"href":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/602\/revisions\/1560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santacruz.ces.uc.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}