Urban Landscapes of Power in the Iberian Peninsula from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages (ULP.PILAEMA Project)
Isabel Sánchez Ramos
Debates surrounding late antique societies have attracted renewed interest from an archaeological perspective. Attention given to this period between the fifth and eighth centuries reflects present-day issues closely related urban landscapes long-term change in human occupation of space. The aim ULP.PILAEMA Project is examine interaction new elites on life Roman early Middle Ages through study main components townscape. project articulated around a series key Spanish case studies selected basis quality their architecture topography reconstructions that evidence facilitates for antiquity. Taken together, examples chosen present coherent up-to-date perspective how cities transformed as symbolic places. goal explore ways which topographies governance were configured identify patterns compare with other places regions Western Europe. Understanding rise bishoprics, monasteries official buildings built environment expression social interactions has allowed us explain origins development medieval centres power Spain.
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