Urban scene as apostolic strategy. A truncated contribution from the Company of Jesus to Montevideo.

The idea of this work is that the Society of Jesus implemented the project of a church and school to Montevideo in a special place with the aim of putting the cultural identity of residents in value. Site selection framework giving the main square and opposite the town hall constituted, from our poi...

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Autor principal: Levinton, Norberto
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Cultura y Sociedad 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ihs/article/view/17634
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Sumario:The idea of this work is that the Society of Jesus implemented the project of a church and school to Montevideo in a special place with the aim of putting the cultural identity of residents in value. Site selection framework giving the main square and opposite the town hall constituted, from our point of view, was an apostolic strategy. To support this conceptualization we ill analyze the proposed architectural project, the cultural profile of the neighbors and the structure of the city.This architectural design will be include comparatively in a series of projects and works by the same architect coadjutor of the Society of Jesus, We will introduce on the Canary . Mudejar architecture and will analyze the urban plan of Montevideo to use like reference a painting done some years later and others similar experiences.