Formation of the City of Belém (PA): Central Area and its Paper Historical and Geographical

Authors

  • Antônio Carlos Ribeiro Araújo Júnior Universidade Federal do Pará
  • Adriane Karina Amin de Azevedo Universidade Federal do Pará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36403/espacoaberto.2012.2094

Keywords:

Central area, Revitalization, New urban functions

Abstract

In the 17th Century the urban life of Belém spread out from a promontory
located at the meeting point of Guajará Bay and Guamá River. These "natural obstacles" (waterways, floodplains and flooded forest) presented momentary setbacks to urban expansion. Overcoming these obstacles the city of Belém developed a central area characerized by change and continuity. By identifying and analyzing historical and geographical changes in the central area of Belém a better understanding can be obtained of new functions and features of urban space in Belém today.

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Published

2012-12-05

How to Cite

ARAÚJO JÚNIOR, Antônio Carlos Ribeiro; AZEVEDO, Adriane Karina Amin de. Formation of the City of Belém (PA): Central Area and its Paper Historical and Geographical. Espaço Aberto, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, v. 2, n. 2, p. 151–168, 2012. DOI: 10.36403/espacoaberto.2012.2094. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/EspacoAberto/article/view/2094. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2012): Julho/Dezembro - Geografia Histórica "Edição Dedicada a Maurício de Almeida Abreu"

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