- be "the
father of
European urban planning", and the
namesake of the "
Hippodamian plan" (grid plan) of city layout,
although rectangular city
plans were...
-
Pella (Gr****: Πέλλα) is an
ancient city
located in
Central Macedonia, Greece. It
served as the
capital of the
ancient Gr****
kingdom of Macedon. Currently...
- In
urban planning, the grid plan, grid
street plan, or
gridiron plan is a type of city plan in
which streets run at
right angles to each other, forming...
- be "the
father of
European urban planning", and the
namesake of the "
Hippodamian plan" (grid plan) of city layout. The
ancient Romans also used orthogonal...
- Rome. Like many
Roman colonies,
Aelia Capitolina was laid out with a
Hippodamian grid plan of
narrower streets and
wider avenues. Notably, the decision...
- expansion. The
architect Dinocrates of
Rhodes designed the city,
using a
Hippodamian grid plan.
Following Alexander's
death in 323 BC, his
general Ptolemy...
-
ramparts made of sun-dried
bricks around the city.
Smyrna was
built on the
Hippodamian system, in
which streets run north-south and east-west and intersect...
- (original or "old" city)
developed into a
prosperous city and was
built on a
Hippodamian street plan with
public buildings and a
forum at the centre,
linked to...
- Later,
Demetrius III
Philopator rebuilt the city
according to the Gr****
hippodamian system and
renamed it "Demetrias". In 64 BC, the
Roman general Pompey...
-
Pasqualello valley and
contains the
ruins of houses, shops,
temples and the
Hippodamian road
system (with the
plateia and the stenopoi). The
sacred area extended...
