PALMANOVAPALMANOVA

Andrea BalanzateguiAndrea BalanzateguiÁlvaro MarañónÁlvaro MarañónRubén Ruíz de AzúaRubén Ruíz de AzúaJosu OrtegaJosu OrtegaAlicia MartínezAlicia Martínez

GENERAL INFORMATION

Palmanova

NAME: Palmanova

COUNTRY: Italy

PROVINCE: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

POPULATION: 5416

LATITUDE: 4591

LONGITUDE: 1331

CITY LAYOUTCITY LAYOUT- Radiocentric layout: it cames from a central point.- There is a central street, and the other streets come from it.

CENTRAL POINT

- Perfect polygonal plan

- Composed by 6 roads

- Square adorned with large statues

- The Piazza it is inspired in the Piazza San Marcos (VENECIA)

San MarcosSan Marcos

Piazza of PalmanovaPiazza of Palmanova

URBAN GROWTHURBAN GROWTHFrom the 19 th Century to the 21th

population a lot

From 4.500 to 5.300 inhabitants

ACTUALLY: 5416

ECONOMYECONOMY

In the 90s………… very good conditions

(during the war)

After the war…………..very bad conditions

A big military influence

-This helps a lot to economy

-Soldiers travelled a lot

because of that……….. OTHER

COUNTRIES DISCOVERED

PALMANOVA!!!

IMPORTANCE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SHAPESHAPEThe 9 points of the star

Composed the wall of the city

Now NO WALL

ONLY BUILDINS!!

AN STRATEGIC TECHNIC

A beautiful city

Defensive system

“Very attractive to tourists”

Because of the shape…

A strategic of defense

WHO CREATED THE SHAPE?Vincenzo Scamozzi

In 1593

To celebrate the victory

Of Venetians

Lepanto´s War