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LARGOS, CORETOS E PRAÇAS DE BELÉM - Monumenta

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Na seqüência da criação<br />

histórica dos largos e das<br />

praças de Belém, podemos<br />

considerar que a abertura das<br />

extensas áreas que se<br />

chamaram largos seguiu, de<br />

certa forma, uma ordem<br />

adequada à relação de poder<br />

existente desde a época<br />

colonial até a fase republicana.<br />

O largo representava,<br />

segundo o conceito urbanístico<br />

português, o espaço amplo e<br />

descampado que o tempo se<br />

encarregava de envolver com<br />

prédios, em sua maioria de<br />

grande representatividade para<br />

a cidade.<br />

A mudança na<br />

nomenclatura dos espaços<br />

públicos de Belém acelerou-se<br />

no exacerbado entusiasmo<br />

político que se seguiu à<br />

proclamação da República,<br />

amparada pelos princípios da<br />

Revolução Francesa e<br />

derrubada da monarquia.<br />

Conforme os anos<br />

republicanos se passavam, a<br />

conjunção da mudança de<br />

juízo da arte de edificar e a<br />

OS <strong>LARGOS</strong><br />

The Largos<br />

The historical sequence in<br />

the creation of Belém’s largos<br />

and squares lead us to think<br />

that the clearing of the<br />

spacious areas that came to be<br />

known as largos somehow<br />

followed the order dictated by<br />

the evolution of power<br />

relationships, from colonial<br />

times until the republican era.<br />

In the Portuguese urban<br />

planning conception, the<br />

largos were simply extensive<br />

open spaces, which, in time,<br />

would be spontaneously<br />

surrounded by buildings, most<br />

of them highly significant for<br />

the town.<br />

The change in the names<br />

of Belém’s public spaces was<br />

accelerated by the unbridled<br />

political enthusiasm that<br />

followed the proclamation of<br />

the Republic, inspired by the<br />

principles of the French<br />

Revolution and by the<br />

overthrowing of the<br />

monarchy.<br />

As the years went by, the<br />

association of republican<br />

politics with a change of heart<br />

Largos, Coretos e Praças de Belém<br />

71<br />

The Largos, Bandstands and Town Squares of Belém

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