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The History of Water Management in the Iberian PeninsulaThe Water Supply and Sewage Networks in Sixteenth Century Lisbon: Drawing the Renaissance City

The History of Water Management in the Iberian Peninsula: The Water Supply and Sewage Networks in... [Towards the end of the fifteenth century, Portuguese monarchs began implementing a sewage network and the general cleaning of their capital city. The authorities also set out plans to enable access to clean water with the opening of wells and the building or renovation of public fountains, not only for the benefit of its inhabitants, but also to supply the needs of Lisbon’s dynamic waterfront, where maritime and commercial activities were concentrated. This emerged simultaneously to an urban regulatory process with the clear aim of bestowing monumentality on the city, especially along the riverside area, where the king and the elites had established their palaces. Thus, during the sixteenth century, water and its control were not only a matter of necessity, but also a sign of modernity. The past few years of rescue archaeology have provided a huge amount of information on Lisbon’s water systems prior to the 1755 earthquake, with most having been built in the sixteenth century. These data are here cross-referenced, both against sections of its architectonic remains and, especially, against archival documentary sources. This interdisciplinary approach has led to far more accurate knowledge about the importance of water in these early modern societies.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

The History of Water Management in the Iberian PeninsulaThe Water Supply and Sewage Networks in Sixteenth Century Lisbon: Drawing the Renaissance City

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Editors: Duarte Rodrigues, Ana; Toribio Marín, Carmen
Teixeira, André; da Silva, Rodrigo Banha
The History of Water Management in the Iberian Peninsula — Mar 19, 2020
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Springer International Publishing
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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020. This work was supported by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia under the research projects IF/00322/2014 and PTDC/HARHIS/28627/2017.
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978-3-030-34060-5
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3 –24
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-34061-2_1
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[Towards the end of the fifteenth century, Portuguese monarchs began implementing a sewage network and the general cleaning of their capital city. The authorities also set out plans to enable access to clean water with the opening of wells and the building or renovation of public fountains, not only for the benefit of its inhabitants, but also to supply the needs of Lisbon’s dynamic waterfront, where maritime and commercial activities were concentrated. This emerged simultaneously to an urban regulatory process with the clear aim of bestowing monumentality on the city, especially along the riverside area, where the king and the elites had established their palaces. Thus, during the sixteenth century, water and its control were not only a matter of necessity, but also a sign of modernity. The past few years of rescue archaeology have provided a huge amount of information on Lisbon’s water systems prior to the 1755 earthquake, with most having been built in the sixteenth century. These data are here cross-referenced, both against sections of its architectonic remains and, especially, against archival documentary sources. This interdisciplinary approach has led to far more accurate knowledge about the importance of water in these early modern societies.]

Published: Mar 19, 2020

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