El reconocimiento de la imago mundi a través de la ciudad

Abstract

People living in the same place and in the same space of time have the same idea of the world. This imago mundi leaves its mark on the configuration of the city. The religious man conceives space as non-homogeneous, with divisions, where the sacred manifests itself and founds the world. The city grows around this hierophany, protected by a wall that separates the sacred from the profane. In the
ancient and medieval city this centre generates the urban fabric and the wall contains it. With urban development, scientific and technological advances and the arrival of the Industrial Revolution, the city grew without limits. The demolition of the walls, which allowed the city to grow, signified progress and freedom, but it also broke down the established separation between the sacred and the profane.
The non-religious man living in the contemporary city no
longer feels the sacred world, which is also manifested in
the morphology of the city.