Representación, ciudad y hechos del territorio: Santiago de Chile: 1730-1831

Abstract

This research seeks to establish urban and cultural structures that were present in the city and the valley of Santiago during the eighteenth century into, 1:10,000 and 1:50,000 scales, in order to understand the process of expansion of the city during this colonial period. The frames we used are linked to the geographical area of the city during this century, taking into account the nearest periphery and surrounding territory that is now part of the city. The work begins with a redraft of the main plans of that period (which allowed us to determine the true urban morphology and size of the city of the eighteenth century), and then represent of urban spaces located in the basin of Santiago. Hence, we established relationships between the geography of the basin and the existing urban structures.