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Missing urbanism of Vic

Date
1905 - 1922
Archive
County Archives of Osona
Document type
Imatge fixa
Reference code
CAT-ACOS80-59-N-598, 765, 309, 459 - CAT-ACos-80-25-N-1
Link to the online document
Description

The images of the Mercat del Ram in the Plaza Mayor, the Red Cross in the bullring, the Roman Temple, the Farinera and Impremta Balmesiana with the velodrome, and the Santa Clara church with the Hotel Colón, form a visual portrait of the city of Vic between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. This photographic documentation shows the civic, religious and cultural vitality of a noble city, with an architectural heritage that reflects its regional centrality. Some of these buildings were demolished during the Civil War or to make way for more modern urban planning, which accentuates the testimonial value of these images. Vic, with its Roman, modernist and industrial legacy, exemplifies the capacity of medium-sized Catalan cities to adapt to social and political changes. This set of documents connects urban memory with the European processes of modernization and heritage reconstruction.