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- catalog abstract ""The Plaza Mayor and the Shaping of Baroque Madrid examines the transformation of Madrid from a secondary market town to the capital of the worldwide Spanish Habsburg empire. Focusing on the planning and building of Madrid's principal public monument, the Plaza Mayor, it is based on an analysis of archival documents, architectural drawings, and the surviving built fabric of the city itself. Jesus Escobar demonstrates how the shaping of the city square and its environs reflects the bureaucratic nature of government in Madrid, chosen in 1561 to serve as a capital of Spain. He also examines the careful planning of the city, with particular regard to the necessities of housing and public works that accompanied its new status as capital. The process reveals the sophistication of town planning in late-sixteenth-century Spain and forces a reconsideration of Spanish urbanism within the contexts of contemporary European and Spanish colonial developments."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13058499.
- catalog coverage "Plaza Mayor (Madrid, Spain)".
- catalog coverage "Spain History Philip II, 1556-1598.".
- catalog created "2004, c2003.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004, c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004, c2003.".
- catalog description ""The Plaza Mayor and the Shaping of Baroque Madrid examines the transformation of Madrid from a secondary market town to the capital of the worldwide Spanish Habsburg empire. Focusing on the planning and building of Madrid's principal public monument, the Plaza Mayor, it is based on an analysis of archival documents, architectural drawings, and the surviving built fabric of the city itself. Jesus Escobar demonstrates how the shaping of the city square and its environs reflects the bureaucratic nature of government in Madrid, chosen in 1561 to serve as a capital of Spain. He also examines the careful planning of the city, with particular regard to the necessities of housing and public works that accompanied its new status as capital. The process reveals the sophistication of town planning in late-sixteenth-century Spain and forces a reconsideration of Spanish urbanism within the contexts of contemporary European and Spanish colonial developments."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-339) and index.".
- catalog description "Madrid, town and court -- Architecture and bureaucracy -- Sixteenth-century initiatives -- The Panadería and its impact -- Seventeenth-century reforms -- The Plaza Mayor of Madrid as political symbol.".
- catalog extent "xxvi, 347 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521111536".
- catalog identifier "052181507X".
- catalog identifier "9780521111539".
- catalog identifier "9780521815079".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004, c2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Plaza Mayor (Madrid, Spain)".
- catalog spatial "Spain History Philip II, 1556-1598.".
- catalog spatial "Spain Madrid".
- catalog spatial "Spain.".
- catalog subject "Architecture and state Spain.".
- catalog subject "City planning Spain Madrid History 16th century.".
- catalog subject "NA9072.M33 P563 2004".
- catalog subject "Plaza Mayor (Madrid, Spain)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Madrid, town and court -- Architecture and bureaucracy -- Sixteenth-century initiatives -- The Panadería and its impact -- Seventeenth-century reforms -- The Plaza Mayor of Madrid as political symbol.".
- catalog title "The Plaza Mayor and the shaping of Baroque Madrid / Jesús Escobar.".
- catalog type "text".