The Market and the City
Subtitle: Square, Street and Architecture in Early Modern Europe (Historical Urban Studies)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: November 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780754608936
Subjects: Architecture; European history: c 1500 to c 1750; Social history; Urban & municipal planning; Urban communities; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; Politics - Current Events; Europe; Politics / Current Events; Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.; City planning; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Central business districts; History; Markets
First sentence: Barcelona 1511: 'la citta e per tutto'. In a few effective words Francesco Guicciardini identified a large well-populated centre whose flat coastal site was well suited to commerce.