Urban History I

Code:

FLUP0293

Acronym:

HURB1

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Institution Responsible:	Faculty of Arts

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
HA	53	Official Study Plan - LHA	2	2,5	5	-
			3

Objectives

Identify the plans and volumetry of urban structures from Eastern Antiquity to the Middle Ages, as a process in understanding societies.
Understand the practice of Hellenic urbanism as a starting point to reflect on the polis and its structures of social and political organization.
The praxis of urbanism in Rome and its influence and contributions to posterity. Types of medieval urban areas and their ideological and physical principles.

Program

The City: from Mesopotamia to Granada
l. Introduction: Origins and forms. Equipment. The city’s weaknesses: from earthquakes to war.
2. Mesopotamian cities (5.000 b. C. - 539 b. C.)
3. Egyptian Pharaonic cities (3.000 b. C. - 30 b. C.)
4. Eastern Mediterranean cities: urbanism in Crete and Mycenae
5. Greek cities: origin; development and characteristics
6. Athens: the urban structure from the Mycenaean to the Roman period
7. Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries
8. Plato and Aristotle’s concept of the city
9. Alexander's heritage: Hellenic urbanism
10. The Etruscan city
11. The Roman city: origin; development and characteristics
12. Rome: from the Republic to the end of the Empire
13. The city according to Vitruvio
14. The medieval city: origin; forms; development and characteristics
15. The cities of pilgrimage: the Santiago Route
16. Byzantium
17. Venice
18. The Islamic city

Main Bibliography

BENEVOLO , Leonardo – Diseño de la ciudad. México: Ediciones G. Gili,1978
CHARRE , Alain - Art et urbanisme. Paris: P.U.F. ,«Que sais-je?»,nº 2089,1983
HARQUEL, Jean-Louis – Histoire de l’ urbanisme. Paris: P.U.F. , «Que sais-je?», nº1892, 1981
MORINI , Mário – Atlante di storia dell’urbanistica. Milano: Editore Ulrico Hoepli, 1963

Complementary Bibliography

Specific bibliography on each topic will be indicated in the course of the semester.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures and interactive methods.

Software

No specific software required.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Eligibility for exams

Positive mark in the final exam.

Calculation formula of final grade

Mark obtained in the final exam.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

According to the Assessment Regulations in force.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.