Dark Tourism Roadmap Proposal Using New Technologies: The Portuguese Chapels of Bones Example

Abstract

Death is one of the few certainties in life. After birth, the days and years are consumed toward the inevitable end. Over the centuries, Art History has revealed many ways in which humans relate to or express themselves or exorcise themselves from death. Among them, we highlight the Chapels of Bones. In the contemporary era, this concern with the theme remains evident with the use of Dark Tourism and New Technologies. Indeed, the increase in leisure time led to the choice of tourism practices, namely the Dark. Individuals who want to know more about these places, or who want to get their exact location or who want to visit them virtually, increasingly rely on the use of technologies. There are many reasons to travel among Dark Tourism: genocide, battlefield, ghost cities, cemeteries or chapels of bones. This paper presents a proposal for a Dark Tourism Route from the 8 Portuguese Chapels of Bones using Google Maps.