Report 2023. Ars Longa 32

Department of Art History. Universitat de València

This document compiles teaching and management aspects, and academic activities and its dissemination throught the 2021-2022 academic year.

Minerva and the Sea Towers

Calvé, Óscar (text) and Crespo, Rosanna (illustration)

Minerva is a young and brilliant inventor, able to speak different languages, play instruments and build monuments. Over 500 years ago, she answered the call of the Valencian coast towns who were suffering from pirate attacks, specially from the evil and feared Patapalo. Minerva came up with an incredible solution. She built many towers with a secret and magic connection.

Institutional Traits of Valencian Irrigation Entities (from the 13th to the 19th century)

PERIS ALBENTOSA, Tomàs

Second part of 'Enciclopedia del Regadío Histórico Valenciano'. The first part analysed the characteristics of hydraulic infrastructure and operative mechanisms to distribute the caudal. This part (also within the Valencian territory from the 13th to the 19th century) focuses on the organisatin formulae for the daily functioning. To that end, the same methods from the first part are followed: theme entries in alphabetical order.

Almost every entry has an argumented espose of the concept along with a series of texts. The expositive part offers a synthesis about the topic combining empiric data and theoretical debates. Each aspect's interpretation holds the proper references in their bibliography.

The texts serve multiple purposes. They uphold and credit the exposed ideas in the synthesis and (due to the heterogeneity of Valencian irrigation bound to a continuous dynamic evolution) try to provide chronological and geographical details for the reader without overloading the expositive part. They also contain a more precise and deep information on the analysis.

 

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Valencia Bus Station.

CALVÉ MASCARELL, Óscar

The publication of the book 'Estación de autobuses de Valencia. Proyectos soñados y arquitecturas vividas' highlights an aspect that has scarcely been dealt with: the history of the city's longing for an infrastructure capable of reorganising the chaos derived from the appearance of the intercity bus. A circumstance that emerged precisely in the 1920s and which, as the title anticipates, stimulated the imagination of famous architects who drew up projects that were almost never executed, but also the efficiency of notable engineers. The latter was manifested in two infrastructures that met with very different fates. All of this is covered in this small but comprehensive volume which, above...

The publication of the book 'Estación de autobuses de Valencia. Proyectos soñados y arquitecturas vividas' highlights an aspect that has scarcely been dealt with: the history of the city's longing for an infrastructure capable of reorganising the chaos derived from the appearance of the intercity bus. A circumstance that emerged precisely in the 1920s and which, as the title anticipates, stimulated the imagination of famous architects who drew up projects that were almost never executed, but also the efficiency of notable engineers. The latter was manifested in two infrastructures that met with very different fates. All of this is covered in this small but comprehensive volume which, above all, offers the reader a journey back in time through facilities corresponding to a specific function and typology.

Valencia-Tarragona Railway Line Timeline

CALVÉ MASCARELL, Óscar

Promoted by the controversial figure of José Campo, the construction of the Valencia-Tarragona railway line (1862-1868) was the starting point of the Mediterranean Corridor in the Contemporary Age. Not in vain, already in its nineteenth-century conception, the section dealt with in this book was contemplated as part of the connection between Malaga and Naples. The volume selects more than a hundred press reports from the period and of varying ideological bias in order to address, with sufficient historical perspective, heterogeneous aspects relating to the creation of this line: the engineering challenges (where the construction of the bridges over the Turia in Valencia and over the Ebro...

Promoted by the controversial figure of José Campo, the construction of the Valencia-Tarragona railway line (1862-1868) was the starting point of the Mediterranean Corridor in the Contemporary Age. Not in vain, already in its nineteenth-century conception, the section dealt with in this book was contemplated as part of the connection between Malaga and Naples. The volume selects more than a hundred press reports from the period and of varying ideological bias in order to address, with sufficient historical perspective, heterogeneous aspects relating to the creation of this line: the engineering challenges (where the construction of the bridges over the Turia in Valencia and over the Ebro in Tortosa stand out), the controversies over the route associated with the feverish desire to reap the benefits of the new transport system, the uses and abuses of the promoters (with José Campo defined by some as a ‘champion of modernity’ and by others as a ‘criminal’) and the diversification of the workforce employed (from highly specialised English engineers to underprivileged children who acted as cheap labour). A material then intrinsically associated with modernity for its innovative use in construction and in the flamboyant presses of the newspapers that are the subject of this publication, but above all, for making possible and even giving a name, also in its Castilian meaning - the railway - to a mode of transport hardly dreamt of by mankind for millennia.

The Company of the Iron Roads in the North of Spain

MARCO DOLS, Pablo

The publication of 'La Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España: estructura empresarial y gestión contable (1900-1923)', by the 18th Demetrio Ribes Award winner, Miguel Ángel Villacorta Hernández, focuses on the most important areas of the economic discipline in the territory formation from its birth in the 19th century: railway. The Spanish railway sector has been throroughly studied for its relevant role in the economic progress and the territory vertebration. However, the organisation, management and accounting of railway companies has been left aside, something strange given the sector's contribution to the organisation, business and accounting sciences. This study on...

The publication of 'La Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España: estructura empresarial y gestión contable (1900-1923)', by the 18th Demetrio Ribes Award winner, Miguel Ángel Villacorta Hernández, focuses on the most important areas of the economic discipline in the territory formation from its birth in the 19th century: railway. The Spanish railway sector has been throroughly studied for its relevant role in the economic progress and the territory vertebration. However, the organisation, management and accounting of railway companies has been left aside, something strange given the sector's contribution to the organisation, business and accounting sciences. This study on the Compañía de los Caminos de Hierro del Norte de España (NORTE), which became the most important company in Spain and the tenth in Europe, aims to analyse the accounting information from an amount and quality perspective, as well as the organisation structure from different points of view dynamically. The analysis goes through the whole lifetime of the company, but focuses economically on the first quarter of the 20th century, its golden era and because finance data manipulation practices unknown until now have been identified.

A Century of Urban Transportation in Castello: La Plana's Capital City Public Transportation History

MARCO DOLS, Pablo

The publication of the book 'Un siglo de transporte urbano en Castellón: Historia del transporte público en la capital de la Plana' (A century of public transport in Castellón: History of public transport in Castellón de la Plana), by Pablo Marco Dols, winner of the 19th edition of the Demetrio Ribes Award, addresses a very relevant question on the configuration of the territory: public transport in the city and between the city and its neighbour regions. The book analyses the creation and evolution of public transport in Castellón de la Plana and its maritime district since the installation of the first steam tram until today, including the companies which have managed it through the...

The publication of the book 'Un siglo de transporte urbano en Castellón: Historia del transporte público en la capital de la Plana' (A century of public transport in Castellón: History of public transport in Castellón de la Plana), by Pablo Marco Dols, winner of the 19th edition of the Demetrio Ribes Award, addresses a very relevant question on the configuration of the territory: public transport in the city and between the city and its neighbour regions. The book analyses the creation and evolution of public transport in Castellón de la Plana and its maritime district since the installation of the first steam tram until today, including the companies which have managed it through the years and the salvaged heritage. The evolution of transport had, and has, a great influence in urban development. Transport and urban growth have influence each other, thus the study of the evolution of mobility in Castellón de la Plana is essential for the analysis of the historical growth of the city and its current configuration. Today as in the past, public transport is key for urban mobility, in addition to be a fundamental element for transforming the cities in kinder spaces. Its analysis will allow development in stablishing plans to favour a more sustainable urban mobility, as well as affect the growth of the city.

Report 2022. Ars Longa 31

Department of Art History. Universitat de València

This document compiles teaching and management aspects, and academic activities and its dissemination throught the 2021-2022 academic year.

Brotherhoods and Infrastructures: Concomitance

ARCINIEGA GARCÍA, Luis (coord.)

This book contains the last contributions of experts from different disciplines that were discussed on the 4th Interdisciplinary Studies Workshop on the History of Public Works: Brotherhoods (1519-1523) and Infrastructures: Concomitances", which took place in UV's Faculty of Geographys and History's Conference Room and as organised by Demetrio Ribes Chair.