The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: The Catastrophe and the Reconstruction
The 1755 earthquake, which ruined part of the city of Lisbon, shook Portugal and was felt even in other regions of Europe. The Portuguese State faced the situation of public calamity with emergency policies and with administrative and urban planning. The Lisbon earthquake raised several questions in...
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| description | The 1755 earthquake, which ruined part of the city of Lisbon, shook Portugal and was felt even in other regions of Europe. The Portuguese State faced the situation of public calamity with emergency policies and with administrative and urban planning. The Lisbon earthquake raised several questions inside the philosophical debate of Enlightenment and represented a historical landmark in the change of the perception of natural accidents. The catastrophe had shaken man's rational confidence. The alarming news caused by the sudden and devastating disaster echoed in the modern European communication network through credible information, fake news, omens and images of devastation and ruin. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0b05f296dd46493fa3787fbc489348962025-08-20T02:55:38ZengViella EditriceStoricamente2282-60332021-12-0117110.52056/9788833138732/05The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: The Catastrophe and the ReconstructionAna Cristina Araújo0Univ. Coimbra, Centro de História da Sociedade de da Cultura. Departamento de História, Arqueologia, Artes e Estudos Europeus, Largo da Porta Férrea, 3004-530, CoimbraThe 1755 earthquake, which ruined part of the city of Lisbon, shook Portugal and was felt even in other regions of Europe. The Portuguese State faced the situation of public calamity with emergency policies and with administrative and urban planning. The Lisbon earthquake raised several questions inside the philosophical debate of Enlightenment and represented a historical landmark in the change of the perception of natural accidents. The catastrophe had shaken man's rational confidence. The alarming news caused by the sudden and devastating disaster echoed in the modern European communication network through credible information, fake news, omens and images of devastation and ruin.https://storicamente.org/araujo_1755_lisbon_earthquakelisbon earthquakemarquis of pombalurban reconstructionenlightenmenthistory |
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| title | The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake: The Catastrophe and the Reconstruction |
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