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From Boundary to New Centrality: The Transformation of the Santa Cruz Monastery to Accommodate the New Facilities of the Liberal State During the Nineteenth Century
Von der Grenze zur neuen Zentralität: Die Umwandlung des Klosters Santa Cruz in einen Ort für die neuen Einrichtungen des liberalen Staates im 19. Jahrhundert
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Abstract During the 19th century, modern facilities and new infrastructures dictated profound urban reforms in European cities. Coimbra, the seat of the Portuguese University, desired the same modernisation but lacked the financial and technical capacity to implement it. Despite all limitations, the liberal ... view more
During the 19th century, modern facilities and new infrastructures dictated profound urban reforms in European cities. Coimbra, the seat of the Portuguese University, desired the same modernisation but lacked the financial and technical capacity to implement it. Despite all limitations, the liberal regime managed to break through the band of colleges that surrounded the city and carried out an audacious modernisation process. That transformed the old Monastery of Santa Cruz into the new centrality and its farm into the modern bourgeois neighbourhood, dictating the expansion of the urban fabric and giving rise to the current consolidated city. This article emphasises this reorganisation process and how it replicated the old correlation between economic and political centres.... view less
Keywords
urban development; nineteenth century; infrastructure; urban planning; modernization; transformation; Portugal
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Free Keywords
urban reform; centrality; modern facilities; markets; townhall; Santa Cruz; Monastery; Coimbra
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 233-254
Journal
Historical Social Research, 47 (2022) 2
Issue topic
Transforming Cities, Negotiating Centrality: Markets and Civic Buildings in Comparative Perspective (XVth c. - XXth c.) (Forum)
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed