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Urban planning is a technical and political process concerned with the use of land and design of the urban environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas such as transportation and distribution networks. The history of urban planning runs parallel to the history of the city, as planning is in ...
This article lists historical urban community sizes based on the estimated populations of selected human settlements from 7000 BC – AD 1875, organized by archaeological periods.
Medieval architecture was the art of designing and constructing buildings in the Middle Ages. Major styles of the period include pre-Romanesque, Romanesque, and Gothic. The Renaissance marked the end of the medieval period, when architects began to favour classical forms. While most surviving medieval constructions are churches and military ...
e. England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the economy was in tatters and many of the towns abandoned. After several centuries of Germanic immigration ...
Medieval Town of Toruń. / 53.01000°N 18.61944°E / 53.01000; 18.61944. Medieval Town of Toruń (Polish: zespół staromiejski Torunia) is the oldest historic district of the city of Toruń. It is one of Poland's World Heritage Sites (added in 1997). According to UNESCO, its value lies in its being "a small historic trading city that ...
London Wall. / 51.51; -0.08. The London Wall is a defensive wall first built by the Romans around the strategically important port town of Londinium in c. AD 200, [ 2] as well as the name of a modern street in the City of London, England. Roman London was, from around 120–150, protected by a large fort, with a large garrison, that stood to ...
Later medieval examples tend to be more detailed and less generic than early ones, and to place an increasing emphasis on secular over religious aspects. For example, Bonvesin della Riva 's 1288 description of Milan, De Magnalibus Urbis Mediolani , contains a wealth of detailed facts and statistics about such matters as local crops.
As part of CityVille's "Player Love Week," fans were given a chance to voice their opinions on buildings they'd like to see released in the game next, and it turns out that players want to go way ...