a city between visions: perspectives on the city of lagos - FAU
a city between visions: perspectives on the city of lagos - FAU
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C i t i e s , n a t i o n s a n d r e g i o n s i n p l a n n i n g h i s t o r y<br />
resistance not <strong>on</strong>ly to <strong>the</strong> French invasi<strong>on</strong>s (1808) 22 but also during <strong>the</strong><br />
Portuguese civil war (1832/1834), <strong>of</strong> promoting and defending <strong>the</strong> liberal cause.<br />
The <str<strong>on</strong>g>city</str<strong>on</strong>g> was in 1833 under siege <strong>of</strong> an absolutist guerrilla, commanded by José<br />
Joaquim de Sousa Reis, named O Remexido 23 . Very active in <strong>the</strong> Algarve<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>between</str<strong>on</strong>g> 1836 and 1840 and was str<strong>on</strong>gly repressed by <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>city</str<strong>on</strong>g> authorities 24 .<br />
Only from <strong>the</strong> late 18th century, but especially in <strong>the</strong> 19th century, Lagos<br />
would come to know a whiff <strong>of</strong> ec<strong>on</strong>omic recovery with <strong>the</strong> canned fish<br />
industries and factories. These activities were, in large part due to <strong>the</strong> arrival<br />
<strong>of</strong> foreign industrials from Greece, Italy and France and came to enhance <strong>the</strong><br />
number <strong>of</strong> registered fishing boats and shipyards in <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>city</str<strong>on</strong>g>. Today is fully<br />
extinguished. This activities and industries were determinant for <strong>the</strong> slow<br />
rec<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>city</str<strong>on</strong>g> and also to <strong>the</strong> urban design. They brought a new<br />
insight not <strong>on</strong>ly for Lagos but also for <strong>the</strong> Algarve Regi<strong>on</strong>.<br />
Figure 9- An<strong>on</strong>imous (Portuguese, Photographer). B&W photo <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Pinhão Fortress, s.d., B&W<br />
photo, dimensi<strong>on</strong>s (480 x 480 pixels) [http://drjoseformosinho.blogspot.com/2011/01/2-<strong>lagos</strong>-antigae-o-dr-jose-formosinho.html]<br />
22 The French troops invaded <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>city</str<strong>on</strong>g> under <strong>the</strong> command <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cor<strong>on</strong>el Maransis. The<br />
<str<strong>on</strong>g>city</str<strong>on</strong>g> inhabitants enjoying <strong>the</strong> rebellious uprising <strong>of</strong> Olhão,ano<strong>the</strong>r Algarve municipality,<br />
expelled <strong>the</strong> invaders who sacked <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>city</str<strong>on</strong>g>.<br />
23 Born in Estombar, Algarve(1797). Commander <strong>of</strong> an absolutist guerrilla supported in<br />
<strong>the</strong> Algarve Mountains even after <strong>the</strong> civil war. Remexido, never surrender to <strong>the</strong> liberal<br />
cause, and was executed in Faro in 1838. About his active role in M<strong>on</strong>chique, a place in<br />
Algarve major mountain, please see<br />
[http://joserosasampaio.com.sapo.pt/livros/livro%20remexido.pdf]<br />
24 See Rocha (1991, pp.348-349) and documents describing <strong>the</strong>se events, namely <strong>on</strong><br />
November 1833. Several executi<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> absolutist supporters by <strong>the</strong> orders <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> military<br />
commander <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>city</str<strong>on</strong>g>: Francisco Corrêa de Mend<strong>on</strong>ça.
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