Igatu is a small district of the municipal district of Andaraí - BA, with about 400 inhabitants, that as most of the cities of Chapada Diamantina, it was built with the exploration of the claim. The perception of the memory as reading of the space becomes important investigation instrument in search of rescuing the immaterial patrimony of the place. Seeking to understand the narrow liaisons between the memory and the place and the process of construction of the villa, the research used of the old inhabitants´ of the time of the claim narratives orals for a reading faithful of the local history, looking for to analyze the use of the cultural legacy as support instrument for the tourist activity