Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 39: Port-Royal, Port-Républicain, Port-au-Prince: the capital city two hundred and seventy years on, with the ordinance of 13 June 1749
Summary: The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 39, of June 2019. The issue covers Port-Royal, Port-Républicain, Port-au-Prince: the capital city two hundred and seventy years on, with the ordinance of 13 June 1749. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 21 pages.
Key Findings
- The bulletin frames 2019 as the 270th anniversary of Port-au-Prince's official foundation.
- ISPAN uses Georges Corvington's work and archival documents to connect urban history with heritage policy.
- The city is described as having grown from an ordered 5 km2 settlement into an uncontrolled metropolitan space.
- Unplanned extensions, informal settlements, open-air markets, sanitation problems and poor road networks are presented as threats to urban heritage.
- The 1749 ordinance is reproduced as a founding legal document for the city.
- ISPAN argues that planning and conservation are needed to preserve the historic bridge between the city's past and future.
Full Description
The Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 39, of June 2019. The issue covers Port-Royal, Port-Républicain, Port-au-Prince: the capital city two hundred and seventy years on, with the ordinance of 13 June 1749. The Bulletin is the publication of Haiti's national heritage institute, which documents the country's built heritage monument by monument, its state of conservation and the work carried out on it. 21 pages.
How to cite
Institute for the Protection of National Heritage (ISPAN), 2019, Bulletin de l'ISPAN, No 39: Port-Royal, Port-Républicain, Port-au-Prince: the capital city two hundred and seventy years on, with the ordinance of 13 June 1749, https://www.dloc.com/AA00065766/00041