Urban areas as landscapes of contemporary historical cities in Peru

Since the emergence of the first urban settlements began, intuitively, the formation and use of urbanspaces. At first there was no rationalization or reflection of them and its social importance, but were merely remnants between one building and another. In some cases, there was even a concept of st...

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Autor: De Orellana Rojas, Juan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.unife.edu.pe:article/965
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/consensus/article/view/965
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Urban spaces, plazas, open spaces in town, urban spaces, urban landscape, symbolism of urban space.
Plazas urbanas; plazas mayores; plazas de armas; espacios urbanos, paisaje urbano; simbolismo del espacio urbano
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Sumario:Since the emergence of the first urban settlements began, intuitively, the formation and use of urbanspaces. At first there was no rationalization or reflection of them and its social importance, but were merely remnants between one building and another. In some cases, there was even a concept of street. The accommodation was spontaneous and additive. When these settlements developed and, in parallel, society slowly changed into a surplus economy, there was need for social meeting places and exchange dealer. The separation of groups of buildings led to the “width” of streets, which then were becoming more regular spaces, which resulted in the squares. The plaza are very old in the cities of the West, but the plazas as we know them today are of the modern age and its design has a clear and strong influence of large pre-Columbian American cultures. It will end with a case study