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Re: March 2005 WWP topic: ecology
Luca Vascon 2005-Jan-08 13:58:00
I have been in Portugal for one year long...
I feel it like a home!
:(
The worst thing I could imagine is if some fool idiot was going to take down
the ancient houses in my Aveiro!!!!!
Some places in the beautyful inland like Marvao and others are already under
the Glass Bell of Unesco.
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From: "Mickael Therer" <#removed#>
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Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: March 2005 WWP topic: ecology
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> --- In #removed#, yuval levy <#removed#> wrote:
>> I don't know if this discussion is off-topic but I
>> like it, so I join with my opinion (and without
>> having seen Portugal, unfortunately).
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>> The buildings that are preserved from the past are
>> *not* how the past looked like. They have undergone a
>> selection: ugly buildings have been abandoned and torn
>> down while buildings deemed worth preserving have
>> survived time as they were (a) copied by other
>> architects/builders and (b) taken care of and improved
>> by subsequent owners. Call it architectural Darwinism
>> ;-)
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> Well having been in Portugal several times since
> the mid 90's I can certainly understand Santiago's
> concern for the landmarks of his country, having seen
> the evolution over just a few years, some terrible
> things are happening there. Belgium invented a word
> for that 'Brusselisation' ( read about it here:
> http://www.petitions-patrimoine.be/buldozers.html )
> only this time it seems to be happening nationwide
> in Portugal. To think that worthwhile buildings will
> be preserved is a dangerously optimistic point of view.
> Brussels once was the capitatl of the Art Nouveau
> architecture. 4/5 or more of these buildings were
> taken down for the sake of some sort of Darwinism.
> Among these buldings was the Maison du Peuple
> http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/artnouv/slide/peupl01e.htm
> taken down to pieces in the 60's.
> I hope the word 'Portugalisation' never finds its way
> to the dictionaries.
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> -m
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