Geography 2050A/B Lecture : 2013-03-26 A Europe of Cities.docx
19 Mar 2014
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A europe of cities: the urban condition of european union. Romans speeded the diffusion of urban life through europe founding cities in what is today. France, germany, britain, spain, and along the danube, and obviously in italy. There"s usually roman ruins and settlements because all these cities are areas that. The middle ages became the great age of city founding: many european cities originate in the years 800 and 900 ad. Palimpsest (layers of history, but actual material things of architectural material e. g. medieval, with renaissance built upon it) By 1400 paris and napoli had more than 100,000 inhabitants. After 1800 the majority of european population settled in urban centers. Paris had more than a million in 1846. By the turn of century, berlin had one million as well. Berlin, london, and paris in mid-19th century were already large and powerful cosmopolitan centres. Europe"s cities differ markedly from cities in north america.
