00943nas a2200169   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001700043653001900060100001800079245004400097856011800141300001000259490000800269520047600277022002000753                                       d10aPublic works10aSymbolic value1 aF.S. Ridruejo00aThe intangible heritage of public works  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84921735873&partnerID=40&md5=d8dc40289fccaabcf938c46b57ce8b72  a27-340 v1613 aPublic works have an instrumental value, regardless of the fact that many of these have since become testimony to their times and monuments to themselves. This article refers to their symbolic value as reflected by emblems, heraldry, literature, folklore and art. These form part of an intangible heritage which also include the long and demanding education of the engineers that design and direct these works and that of the technicians that build and maintain the same.  a00348619 (ISSN)