Urban networks and the city of Rio de Contas (state of Bahia, Brazil), in the 18th and 19th centuries

Abstract

This article has the intention the analysis of development’s process of Rio de Contas - BA city in 18th and 19th centuries and the regional connection that results on the production of urban area and territory. On a methodological viewpoint, the analyzes are performed by research bibliographic and documental realized in public and private archives, at IPHAN, at Municipal Public Archive and at the Municipal Office of Tourism, for conceptual theoretical basis and knowledge about data and historical maps about the urban nucleus. With systematized data set was possible attest that Rio de Contas city had your formation process associated to colonial context of dependence by the Portuguese crown, whose principal economic activity was the auriferous exploration. The architectural heritage is composed of residential and service urban buildings, which are articulated in the formation of the urban landscape. Noted one close connection of this buildings with the political, cultural and socioeconomic issues, of owners, with the composition of families, with the availability of materials, with the level of technical knowledge, with the uses allocated buildings, with the location urban mesh, among others. In your materiality, come out with an important case study to understand the formation and development of the cities in 18th and 19th centuries in Brazil.