Valoración y significación del bien de interés cultural "Torre del reloj" Cúcuta, Colombia.

Objective: to appraise the declaration of the Torre del Reloj as an asset of cultural interest in 2003, established by Title II, Article 6 (Decree 763), and the Guidelines on Inventories of Immovable Cultural Assets developed by the Ministry of Culture, Colombia (2005) by designing a criteria evaluation matrix. Methodology: a mixed, applied, descriptive and documentary methodology was used and structured from the analytical and synthetic methods. Literature and document review as theoretical support were used as data collection techniques as well as interviews to key actors and field work. Results: as a relevant finding, this Asset of Cultural Interest (BIC) exhibited a high compliance with respect to the weighting of the criteria and values under study. The form and appropriation criteria and the aesthetic value scored the highest average values due to the city's influence of Republican style and followed by the socio-cultural context and the symbolic value criteria. Conclusions: the importance of the valuation and significance of assets of cultural interest is reassured and it contributes to the city's asset's recognition, conservation and preservation through its meaning transcendence and strengthening of citizen's memory, roots and sociocultural imaginations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]