New roads, territory and landscape in the Coastal Region (Valencia). The look of the travellers

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Keywords:

Public works history, travellers, road, railway, cultural landscape

Abstract

For its physical conditions, the Costera valley has historically been a place of obligatory passage in the itinerary from the Valencian coastal plain to the south and peninsular center. At the end of the 18th century a modern road was built and the railway between Madrid and Valencia came into service in the middle of the 19th century. In this paper we analyse the relationship established between the roads and the landscape, and how this has been reflected in the writings of the travellers who, between the end of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century, travelled the Costera valley by road and rail. Their stories integrate these modern public works with the sequential vision of the landscape obtained along the journey, where certain cultural images are defined.

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Author Biography

  • Adrià Besó Ros, Universitat de València

    Profesor titular del Departamento de Historia del Arte de la Universitat de València. Sus líneas de investigación se centran en el estudio de algunas manifestaciones del patrimonio cultural relacionadas con los paisajes donde se integran, como la arquitectura popular, la arquitectura industrial y el patrimonio de la obra pública, sobre las que ha publicado diferentes aportaciones en revistas especializadas y en obras colectivas.

    Facultat de Geografía i Història

    Departament d’Història de l’Art

    Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 28

    46010 VALENCIA

Published

2019-12-24

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Section

Articles. I. Monographic section

How to Cite

New roads, territory and landscape in the Coastal Region (Valencia). The look of the travellers. (2019). Norba. Revista De Arte, 39, 11-41. https://revista-norbaarte.unex.es/index.php/NRA/article/view/31

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