Multicultural Urban Fabric and Types in the South and Eastern Mediterranean

Multicultural Urban Fabric and Types in the South and Eastern Mediterranean

This volume is a compendium of the main topics discussed during the international semi­nar “Multicultural Urban Fabric and Types in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean” held in Trani, Italy. Analyzing the outcome of multicultural settings, trends and influences from various angles in cities such as Aleppo, Galata, Timbuktu, Mostar, Chios, East Vermion, Damascus and those of Morocco and Tunisia, and commercial quarters of cities in various regions, the contributions reflect the change of attitude during the last decades in the explo­ration of urban structure and architecture in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean towns. Increasing attention has been paid to the coexistence of heterogeneous and even conflicting urban and architectural models, and urban and typological concepts, within the same towns and within the same urban fabric. New light has been thrown on the strong cultural interde­pendence with Europe, an unavoidable reality of the eastern sector of the Mediterranean. On the other hand, the deeply rooted interaction among the sub-regions of the Levant and its very lively and often wholly native processes of modernization and change have assumed major importance as a subject of research. This volume continues and deepens the analyses of the complex multicultural urban fabric in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean.

Language: English
ISBN: 9783899135923
2007, Paperback, 269 pages,,  17.0 x 24.0 cm