Cities of the Atlas
History has
an address.
Choose a city. Follow its streets, step inside a building’s history, and meet the people who changed what stood there.
Castile · Iberia
Toledo
One place. Several histories.
Mosque, cathedral, synagogues, gates and a river crossing.
Explore the cityAndalusia · Iberia
Córdoba
What survives when a place changes hands?
A mosque grows. A synagogue changes use. A river crossing is rebuilt. Follow the city through worship, authority and the movement of objects.
Explore the cityPortugal · the Atlantic
Lisbon
How much of an old city is a later choice?
From a fortified hill to the riverfront, explore conquest, devotion, earthquake and reconstruction through places you can locate.
Explore the cityA plan. A place. A change.
The maps orient you in today’s city. The readings travel through different centuries, with sources, changing uses and uncertainties beside every place.
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