01602nas a2200193   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002300043653002500066653002100091653001000112100002000122700002300142245012600165856011800291490000600409520097300415022002001388                                       d10acultural geography10aRegional development10aspatial analysis10aurban1 aAltino Caldeira1 aJose Morals Castro00aUse of new technologies in the documentation of the origin and urban development of Sao Joao Del Rei Minas Gerais, Brasil  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85051141063&partnerID=40&md5=d0fc5696bb4b5115419e7aae0e1040df0 v83 aThe city of Sao Joao del Rei, situated in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, has a currently economic, social and tourism performance that stands out among the other cities of the state. This article seeks to clarify these reasons, taking into account the region and the occupied territory, their subsequent development and the changes occurring in the landscape from this occupation. It also aims to demonstrate how to use the resources of new technologies to document the cultural heritage left by past generations and how spread it to new generations. For this, we will make use of the physical and human geography, as well as its history, to analyze facts, activities and the reasons that led to its current appearence. It will be considered the natural environment, human interventions and cultural expressions of its people regarding aspects of intangible heritage to analyzes the spatial dimension of the local culture, using the concepts of cultural geography.  a18285961 (ISSN)