Planul orașului Botoșani din 1830
The Plan of the Botoșani Town from 1830

Summary/Abstract: In this study we will analyse a plan made in 1830 for Botoșani by Russian topographers coordinated by a certain Kuznetsov from the Russian army, a document that contributes to a better knowledge of this city in northern Moldavia. Given that the first plans for this urban center date from the second half of the nineteenth century, this one allows a better reconstruction of urban development, at a time when the town of Botoșani had not yet been affected by the modernization process. The plan provides valuable information on the town's heritage, its old houses and churches, but also other buildings, synagogues, pharmacies, post office, etc. Buildings with economic functions, such as shops, warehouses, distilleries, mills or brick factories, are not omitted, completing the image of this city at the time of drawing up the plan. The structure of streets and squares is very well highlighted, completing, amending or offering new arguments to the theories issued by historians and urban planners.

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