The International conference “From sacred city to secular town: urban dynamics and new memories” will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 4 to 6 November 2015. Papers’ proposals and presentations should be sent before 15 June 2015.
The extinction and secularization of religious houses resulting from the liberal revolutions of the late 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe and Latin America caused deep changes in the use of monastic buildings and in the surrounding urban landscape. The impact of the secularization of the religious houses on the urban development of the liberal Lisbon has been studied in the research project LxConventos. Coinciding with the end of the project, an international conference will be held in Lisbon with the aim giving the topic a broad international perspective.
How did former convents contribute to the transformation processes of the territory, the landscape and the nascence of the modern city? The conference not only intends to compare the diversity of scenarios of urban metamorphosis and adaptive use of former religious houses, but proposes a platform for sharing information and methodological issues in a multidisciplinary perspective (architectural history, urban history, archaeology,heritage conservation, urban planning)
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