Ficciones urbanas vernáculas diseñadas según principios artísticos. Permanencia y poder simbólico del ideal urbano tradicional

摘要

The theoretical contributions of John Ruskin, the analysis and proposals in Camillo Sitte?s City Planning According to Artistic Principles or the urban environment defense by Gustavo Giovannoni involved important restrictions on the destruction of this heritage and on the progressive Haussmanization of many European cities. But this interest on the endangered traditional city also caused the birth of a wide range of urban proposals which aimed at recreating or reproducing an ideal model of it. Erected under different circumstances and with multiple purposes, they did not only define new urban developments, but also succeeded in the context of the mentioned international fairs and exhibitions, appearing a whole family of them in diverse countries.