[en] Research in urban morphology rarely takes account of the specific forms of burial grounds. This paper offers a synthesis of how Christian cities of the dead mirror the cities of the living, and provides an overview of different Western European 'funeral epochs'. The shifting location of burial grounds realtes to major changes in town planning and building. Adopting a historico-geographical approach, micro-morphological transformatins of grave-plot forms and their cardinal orientations and accessibility are explored in the context of changing religious beliefs, rules of hygiene, and practical and aesthetic consideration. The role of cemeteries in fringe-belt development is presented, using Vienna as a historical case study.
Disciplines :
Histoire
Auteur, co-auteur :
KOLNBERGER, Thomas ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE)
Co-auteurs externes :
no
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Cemeteries and urban form: a historico-geographcial approach
Date de publication/diffusion :
2018
Titre du périodique :
Urban Morphology
ISSN :
1027-4278
Maison d'édition :
International Seminar on Urban Form, France
Volume/Tome :
22
Fascicule/Saison :
2
Pagination :
119-139
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed vérifié par ORBi
Projet FnR :
FNR8333105 - Material Culture And Spaces Of Remembrance. A Study Of Cemeteries In Luxembourg In The Context Of The Greater Region, 2014 (01/08/2015-31/07/2018) - Sonja Kmec
