Identidad Religiosa, un recorrido por las iglesias del Huila

Abstract

Huila is a department that has more than 58 Catholic religious temples, of which only a small number have beneficial information on their physical characteristics. Various cultures have developed around these striking buildings. Its monumentality represents the importance that these occupied, both in society and in people's lives. However, nowadays, by not knowing their histories or their architectural characteristics, their loss of value has been generated and there has been a step so that, in some buildings, aspects are changed or modified that make them lose their essence. Inside each of the churches, there are different elements that make these constructions of great importance for the architectural history of the region. With the document that emerges from the information collected in this research, it is expected to benefit the entire population interested in culture and architectural buildings in the department. Therefore, the main objective of the research is to develop a narrative in which, through sensations and stories, relevant architectural aspects that are observed in each of the churches visited in the department of Huila are described. This research will be carried out based on the information found on the 20 Catholic churches located in different municipalities of the Huila department, which were chosen by a random selection methodology, and in addition to this a mixed methodology was implemented, which combines both qualitative aspects as quantitative that served to achieve the total development of the investigation.