Grain Architecture in Bourbon New Spain: On the Design of Guadalajara and Querétaro’s <i>Alhóndigas</i>
During the late colonial period, numerous Novohispanic cities embarked on an unprecedented number of projects aimed at reshaping their urban spaces and improving infrastructures, including new facilities for grain storage and supply. The construction of <i>alhóndigas</i> (public granarie...
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| description | During the late colonial period, numerous Novohispanic cities embarked on an unprecedented number of projects aimed at reshaping their urban spaces and improving infrastructures, including new facilities for grain storage and supply. The construction of <i>alhóndigas</i> (public granaries), along with other public works and infrastructures, was further propelled by the implementation of Bourbon reforms in Spanish America and the 1780s reorganization of the colonies into <i>intendencias</i> (provinces), as part of the monarchy’s efforts to improve the colonial administration and economy and centralize royal power. The newly appointed royal officials (<i>intendentes</i>) were instrumental in the implementation of these reforms, overseeing tax collection, promoting economic growth and agricultural production, improving mining, and developing a program of public works to embellish and modernize the urban environments and ameliorate the living conditions of their residents in sanitation, public health, water infrastructure, and food supply. This essay explores the projected alhóndigas for two late colonial Mexican cities and how they engaged with contemporary discussions about the efficacy of public works, the circulation of ideals promoted by enlightened reformers on good governance and civic order, issues of artistic and architectural production, and the transmission of a reformist aesthetic agenda from the center to the provinces of New Spain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b183ab141af4377b1b566195e2751ce2023-12-01T00:45:18ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522022-03-011124210.3390/arts11020042Grain Architecture in Bourbon New Spain: On the Design of Guadalajara and Querétaro’s <i>Alhóndigas</i>Luis Gordo Peláez0Department of Art, Design, and Art History, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740, USADuring the late colonial period, numerous Novohispanic cities embarked on an unprecedented number of projects aimed at reshaping their urban spaces and improving infrastructures, including new facilities for grain storage and supply. The construction of <i>alhóndigas</i> (public granaries), along with other public works and infrastructures, was further propelled by the implementation of Bourbon reforms in Spanish America and the 1780s reorganization of the colonies into <i>intendencias</i> (provinces), as part of the monarchy’s efforts to improve the colonial administration and economy and centralize royal power. The newly appointed royal officials (<i>intendentes</i>) were instrumental in the implementation of these reforms, overseeing tax collection, promoting economic growth and agricultural production, improving mining, and developing a program of public works to embellish and modernize the urban environments and ameliorate the living conditions of their residents in sanitation, public health, water infrastructure, and food supply. This essay explores the projected alhóndigas for two late colonial Mexican cities and how they engaged with contemporary discussions about the efficacy of public works, the circulation of ideals promoted by enlightened reformers on good governance and civic order, issues of artistic and architectural production, and the transmission of a reformist aesthetic agenda from the center to the provinces of New Spain.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/11/2/42alhóndigasgranariespublic worksarchitectureAcademyNew Spain |
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| title | Grain Architecture in Bourbon New Spain: On the Design of Guadalajara and Querétaro’s <i>Alhóndigas</i> |
| title_full | Grain Architecture in Bourbon New Spain: On the Design of Guadalajara and Querétaro’s <i>Alhóndigas</i> |
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| title_short | Grain Architecture in Bourbon New Spain: On the Design of Guadalajara and Querétaro’s <i>Alhóndigas</i> |
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