Treinta hombres que hicieron Madrid (1750-1950)

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Los bienes culturales tienen carácter de permanencia y continuidad. Pero, para que haya continuidad histórica es importante ejercer una toma de conciencia de que se posee algo que es importante conservar, porque se le reconoce como tal, en el sentido de se comprende su valor y aquello que este representa para la colectividad. La restauración, en general, es una disciplina relativamente joven que encuentra sus orígenes en la moderna búsqueda histórica, cuyo fin es reconocer el valor del bien mismo, para entonces cuidarlo. La restauración arquitectónica representa una rama más...

A compilation of texts by Professor Julio Arroyo previously presented in different academic meetings make up the present edition centered in public spaces in contemporary cities and the architecture that is concomitant, taking as a study reference the city of Santa Fe. Public spaces are a crucial category of urban life. However, in contemporary cities inconsistencies and contradictions prevail against the ethical postulates that define them -social cohesion, democratic inclusion, free expression, symbolic representation of citizen values- and the phenomena of what is public, dissociated in...

Excerpt from Ensayos-Históricos Sobre Manresa: Precedido de un Análisis de Registros Notariales del Siglo XIV, y Adicionados Hasta el Presente Es constante, que los Historiadores antiguos y modernos con vienen y dan por averiguado el verdadero lugar que en el globo. Terráqueo ocupa nuestra region y se lo fijan astronómicamente, base en que cimentamos nuestra opinion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses...