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Rationalization of urban structure

Streamlined strutturaurbana

After Athens was destroyed by the Persians in 480, began a restructuring of the city , initially completamenteirrazionale was, until the intervention of Themistocles and Hippodamus of Miletus.

The peculiarity of the new buildings in the city ritrovasubito Athenian port of Piraeus, attached to Athena, where, on richiestadello statesman, Hippodamus applied an orthogonal siincrociavano where the streets at right angles and allow an extension of strutturaurbana more rational, because spaces were measured with the measuring and extending civil unitarieunità was controlled.

The private building rather not come to us with many proveevidenti, but it is assumed that the houses were made of mattonicrudi walls, roofs or floors to be covered with tiles and could also trovaretorrioni defensive anchor symbol barbare.L this fear of invasion 'was made up of a large inner courtyard that gave light to all altrestanze and the roof was supported by pillars of wood, toilet and ilocali were somewhat reduced. Like the houses, the streets were too narrow and dirty, though with little functioning drainage channels.

You can also understand the overwhelming power of the emerging Athens nellepiante other Greek cities, all resumed Ippodamoper model of urban structure. However, it was especially Miletus

baluardodell'organizzazione the urban, because after the retaliation of the Persians in ionic confrontidei countries, Miletus unexpectedly rose from the ashes. The new city could accommodate
circaottantamila population. The city area, in addition to the two ports on the outskirts, siestendeva around a central area on a hill, summary dellefunzioni commercial, religious and administrative, in fact there were two Temples at Apollo and Athena, the market and el'agorà bouleuterion, home of consigliocittadino. Moreover, the main markets were closely linked all'attivitàportuale of the two "departments sea."

Plant Miletus