CONTEMPORARY URBANISM AND URBAN MORPHOLOGY IN THE CITIES OF NORTHERN PORTUGAL (1852-1926)
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https://doi.org/10.36661/2448-1092.2008v5n8.12301Keywords:
Urban morphology, Urbanism, Historical Urban GeographyAbstract
This article analyzes and discusses the morphological changes underwent by six cities of Northern Portugal (Bragança, Chaves, Guimarães, Póvoa de Varzim, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real); in spite of their singularities, all of them are representative of the country’s contemporary urbanism and urban planning. Based on a detailed study of their urban evolution, the article questions some old and established truths about Portuguese urban planning. Although the first decree pertaining to urbanism on a national level is known to have been signed in 1864, it has become an established truth that the practice of urban planning in Portugal is a product of the Estado Novo and of the early thirties of the last century. In this paper we question this assertion.
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