Abstract

SILVA, Margarida Reis e. Where the industry led them: urban growth of the Marvila and Beato boroughs since 1835. Cadernos do Arquivo Municipal [online]. 2019, vol.ser2, n.12, pp.117-140. ISSN 2183-3176.

Up to the second quarter of the 19^th century, Marvila and Beato were farming districts at Lisbon's eastern border, courtyards for the leisure of the aristocratic classes and places of ecclesiastic seclusion, along with their lengthy cultivated properties. With the industry's arrival, a new path begins for these boroughs: the old convents, after the extinction in Portugal of all religious orders, are reborn as industrial sites; working-class housing multiplies. With increasing industrial growth and the settling of large warehouses in the region, the landscape thickened, with embankments which brought a whole new scale. At the end of the 20^th century, the industry lost its pace, and the riverside Marvila and Beato became deserted. Presently, a return is on the way to this (almost) forgotten boroughs. This essay follows the region's urban development using its old cartography, attempting to foresee urban revitalization from the indelible marks of a growth led by the industry's pace.

Keywords : Lisbon's oriental riverfront; Marvila; Beato; Lisbon's urban growth; Lisbon's industrialization.

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