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The management of water heritage in Portuguese cities: recent regeneration projects in Évora, Lisbon, Braga and Guimarães

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Given the cultural and environmental potential presented by historical water infra-structures in urban contexts, this article states the evidence of a not much documented urbanphenomenon in Portugal, the refurbishment of water heritage protected areas motivated byEuropean-based regeneration projects. By employing a case-study design, four good practices-placed in E ́vora, Lisbon, Braga and Guimara ̃es-are chosen to enlighten this growing and awaretrend. The assets located there -the A ́gua de Prata Aqueduct, the A ́guas Livres Aqueduct, theSete Fontes water-supply system and the Zona de Couros industrial area, respectively-aregeographical, historical and culturally characterised, while the projects that concern themare documented by visiting the areas and analysing the available sources. Then, open-dataplatforms and heritage protection decrees are processed to graphically code the topography,hydrology, urban land use, infrastructures, landmarks and protected areas, employing QGISfree software for Geographic Information Systems. As a result, the four practices are documen-ted, discussed and compared. A table assesses and summarises their pre-existing and currentlyadded values and a series of diagrams illustrates the landscape changes generated. Thesegraphics validate the practices and update the status of the assets, enhancing the rediscoveryof the existing landscapes and showing the main challenges and future opportunities faced bythese areas

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The management of water heritage in Portuguese cities: recent regeneration projects in Évora, Lisbon, Braga and Guimarães

Author: López Bravo, Celia; Peral López, José; Mosquera Adell, Eduardo
Publisher: Science Direct
Year: 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2021.09.002
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
The managemen o wa e he i age in
Po uguese ci ies: Recen egene a ion
p ojec s in E
´ o a, Lisbon, B aga and
Guima a
˜es
Celia Lo
´pez-B a o*, Jose
´Pe al Lo
´pez, Edua do Mosque a Adell
Depa men o A chi ec u al His o y, Theo y and Composi ion, Uni e si y o Se ille, Se ille, Spain
Recei ed 4 June 2021; ecei ed in e ised o m 6 Sep embe 2021; accep ed 8 Sep embe 2021
KEYWORDS
He i age
cha ac e iza ion;
In as uc u es;
Landscape;
Obsolescence;
U ban planning;
Wa e wo ks
Abs ac Gi en he cul u al and en i onmen al po en ial p esen ed by his o ical wa e in a-
s uc u es in u ban con ex s, his a icle s a es he e idence o a no much documen ed u ban
phenomenon in Po ugal, he e u bishmen o wa e he i age p o ec ed a eas mo i a ed by
Eu opean-based egene a ion p ojec s. By employing a case-s udy design, ou good p ac ices
-placed in E
´ o a, Lisbon, B aga and Guima a
˜es-a e chosen o enligh en his g owing and awa e
end. The asse s loca ed he e - he A
´gua de P a a Aqueduc , he A
´guas Li es Aqueduc , he
Se e Fon es wa e -supply sys em and he Zona de Cou os indus ial a ea, espec i ely-a e
geog aphical, his o ical and cul u ally cha ac e ised, while he p ojec s ha conce n hem
a e documen ed by isi ing he a eas and analysing he a ailable sou ces. Then, open-da a
pla o ms and he i age p o ec ion dec ees a e p ocessed o g aphically code he opog aphy,
hyd ology, u ban land use, in as uc u es, landma ks and p o ec ed a eas, employing QGIS
ee so wa e o Geog aphic In o ma ion Sys ems. As a esul , he ou p ac ices a e documen-
ed, discussed and compa ed. A able assesses and summa ises hei p e-exis ing and cu en ly
added alues and a se ies o diag ams illus a es he landscape changes gene a ed. These
g aphics alida e he p ac ices and upda e he s a us o he asse s, enhancing he edisco e y
o he exis ing landscapes and showing he main challenges and u u e oppo uni ies aced by
hese a eas.
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1. In oduc ion
Wa e he i age p esen s uni e sal alues and is a es imony
o he uses and his o ical managemen o he e i o ies;
he e o e, i s landscapes conse a ion is a eason o s udy
and alua ion a he in e na ional le el (Cas o Ga cı
´a,
2012). I is an issue o mul i-disciplina y na u e, as he
he e ogenei y o bounda ies ha i lies a demons a e
(Hein, 2020;Hun e , 2021). Some o hese s udies also
ein o ce he need o inno a e in he managemen o hese
he i age esou ces, aluing hei his o ical, cul u al, u ban
and en i onmen al po en iali ies (Deng e al., 2020;Dua e
Rod igues and To ibio Ma ı
´n, 2020;Gius o, 2020;Ha lı
´
cek
e al., 2020;Jo e Biboum e al., 2020;muleac e al.,
2020). O he s speci ically ema k he impo ance o he
conse a ion and alua ion o hei landscapes (Ma a Olmo
and Fe e Jime
´nez, 2013;De la Cal Nicola
´s, 2021;Lo
´pez-
B a o e al., 2021). Due o he u ban sp ead, hei in-
e e ences wi h he ci y ab ic esul in a pa icula
con empo a y p oblem, and he lack o e lec ion abou
his p edicamen would e ol e owa ds he was e o g ea
u ban he i age esou ces and oppo uni ies.
This wa e he i age ypology is ex ensi ely sp ead
h ough he Po uguese u ban and u al landscapes, as
Fig. 1 illus a es wi h examples. An inhe i ed ichness ha
has been in ensely s udied and in o med by esea che s,
a ending o he di e en ch onological pe iods. F om he
Roman aqueduc s (Ca doso e al., 1998;Quin ela e al.,
1986), o he Cis e cian Monas e ies (Puga, 2020;Jo ge,
2012,2018;Madu o e al., 2017;Ma ins and Ca los, 2016;
Ma ins, 2011) o he splendo ous s one monumen s which
b ough wa e o Po uguese Ci ies du ing he Mode n Age
(Tchikine, 2020;Ma a -Mendes, 2013). Unsu p isingly,
based on his weal h, he F ench his o ian and a elle
Fe dinand Denis named i “ he coun y o he aqueduc s” in
he la e 19 h cen u y (Cae ano, 1991).
Mos o hese he i age asse s ha e been p og essi ely
classi ied, s a ing Ma ch 1910 (Dia
´ io do Go e no, 1910)
unde di e en p o ec ion ca ego ies a bo h na ional and
in e na ional le el, as Table 1 displays. In spi e o being
p o ec ed, hei conse a ion and accessibili y s a us
becomes a eal challenge o Po uguese go e nmen s, as
complain s in se e al p ess publica ions e idence (O
Mi an e, 2020;Alema
˜o, 2019;Fa ia, 2015). Un o una ely,
a he wo s -case scena ios, hese in as uc u es and hei
Gene al o Special P o ec ion Zones
1
(ZGP o ZEP) ha e
u ned in o o go en, agmen ed and de e io a ed inac-
cessible spaces due o he sca ci y o esou ces.
Howe e , Po ugal’s commi men o u ban egene a-
ion has been clea o e he ecen yea s (Medei os, 2020).
Sus ainable de elopmen plans a in e na ional, na ional,
egional and municipal le els, in ol ing a chi ec u al,
cul u al and en i onmen al issues ha e g own. These e -
o s ha e leaded many Po uguese ci ies o become can-
dida es o e en designa ed a nume ous Eu opean
ini ia i es in pu sui o de elopmen and acknowledg-
men , such as he Wo ld He i age en olmen o he Eu o-
pean’s Capi al o Cul u e, You h Capi al o G een Capi al
candidacies. As he Eu opean Union ou lines, hese awa ds
ca y impo an incen i es o u ban es o a ion, expo
he in e na ional p o ile o he ci y and p omo e ambi ious
challenges o imp o e i s u ban en i onmen (Eu opean
Union, 2020). In e idence o his, Lisbon, Opo o and
Guima a
˜es we e Eu opean Capi als o Cul u e (1994, 2001
and 2012 espec i ely); Cascais was Eu opean You h Cap-
i al (2018) and, ecen ly, Lisbon was also Eu opean G een
Fig. 1 Amo ei as Aqueduc in El as (abo e) and Sa
˜o Sebas-
ia
˜o Aqueduc in Coimb a (below). Sou ce: he au ho s, 2020.
Abb e ia ions
CME Ca
ˆma a Municipal de E
´ o a
CML Ca
ˆma a Municipal de Lisboa
CMB Ca
ˆma a Municipal de B aga
CMG Ca
ˆma a Municipal de Guima a
˜es
GTLCMG Gabine e Te
´cnico Local da Ca
ˆma a Municipal de
Guima a
˜es
DGPC Di ec¸a
˜o Ge al do Pa imo
´nio Cul u al
DG Dia
´ io do Go e no
DR Dia
´ io da Repu
´blica
MC Minis e
´ io da Cul u a
ZGP Zona Gene al de P o ec¸a
˜o
ZEP Zona Especial de P o ec¸a
˜o
1
These legal ins umen s inc ease he asse ’s p o ec ed a ea
beyond i s pe ime e in wo di e en ways, egula ly (ZGP) o
speci ically shaped (ZEP), due o hei landscape and e i o ial
in luence and alue.
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´pez-B a o, J. Pe al Lo
´pez and E. Mosque a Adell
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Capi al (2020). Besides, he his o ic ci ies o E
´ o a,
Opo o, Guima a
˜es and El as
2
we e ecognised as Wo ld
He i age Si es (1986, 1996, 2001 and 2012) as well as Sin a
Cul u al Landscape (1995). These achie emen s ha e
con ibu ed o he plani ica ion and p ac ice o many
u ban, u ban land use o en i onmen al egene a ion
p ojec s submi ed as sus ainable indica o s o hese ci -
ies.
3
Despi e he e a e cases ha e ol es owa ds ou is
o e sa u a ion, hese plans p incipally p ese e, imp o e,
connec and eac i a e he a eas hey in e ac wi h,
including cul u al he i age ones.
Mo i a ed by he habi ual in e ac ion o hese egene -
a ion p ojec s wi h wa e he i age se ings, his esea ch
ob ains e idence o accu a ely desc ibe a no much docu-
men ed u ban phenomenon in Po ugal, he e u bishmen
o wa e he i age p o ec ed a eas encou aged by Eu opean-
based egene a ion p ojec s. As i has been said, li le
esea ch has been o mally published in his ega d despi e
he inc ease in p ojec s. So ha , in ending o lea n om
expe iences o wa e he i age egene a ion in u ban con-
ex s, he a icle examines and maps ou con empo a y
si ua ions o p o ide a se ies o managemen a gumen s
ha alida e he p ac ice and upda e he s a us o he
asse s by employing ou -case s udies design.
2. S uc u e, sou ces and me hods
The esea ch has been o ganised in wo phases which shape
he esul s and discussion sec ions.
The i s one, he esul s, p o ides an upda ed s a e o
he a o each case s udy by employing bibliog aphic
esea ch, isi ing he a eas and analysing he a ailable
sou ces. Fo his iden i ica ion o each case, a e i o ial
cha ac e iza ion is p o ided, hen he asse and i s p o-
ec ion s a us a e p esen ed and mapped and inally, he
Table 1 He i age p o ec ion s a us o he main Mode n-Age wa e wo ks in Po ugal. Sou ce: he au ho s, 2020.
Wa e wo ks Loca ion P o ec ion ypology ZGP ZEP Wo ld He i age
Es ada dos A cos
Aqueduc
15
h
Se u
´bal Public In e es Building 1971 Yes No e
Sa
˜o Sebas ia
˜o Aqueduc 15
h
Coimb a Na ional Monumen 1910 No Yes UNESCO Lis (2013)
Uni e si y o Coimb a Al a and
So ia
Amo ei a Aqueduc 15
h
El as Na ional Monumen 1910 No Yes UNESCO Lis (2013)
Ga ison Bo de Town o El as
and i s Fo i ica ions
A
´gua de P a a Aqueduc 16
h
E
´ o a Na ional Monumen 1910 Yes No UNESCO Lis (1986) His o ic
Cen e o E
´ o a
Wa e mills on Guadiana
i e
16
h
Beja In classi ica ion p ocess 2008 No No e
Ussei a Aqueduc 16
h
O
´bidos Public In e es Building 1962 Yes No e
To es Ved as Aqueduc 16
h
To es Ved as Na ional Monumen 1910 Yes No e
Se pa Aqueduc 17
h
Se pa Na ional Monumen 1954 Yes Yes e
Zona de Cou os 17
h
Guima a
˜es ZEP His o ical Cen e 2010 No Yes UNESCO Ten a i e Lis (2017)
His o ic Cen e o Guima a
˜es
Ex ension
Pego
˜es Aqueduc 17
h
Toma Na ional Monumen 1910 No Yes UNESCO Lis (1982) Con en o
Ch is in Toma
Se e Fon es Sys em 18
h
B aga Na ional Monumen 2011 No Yes e
San a Cla a Aqueduc 18
h
Vila do Conde Na ional Monumen 1910 No No e
San o An a
˜o do Tojal
Aqueduc
18
h
San o An a
˜odo
Tojal
Public In e es P ope y 2012 No Yes e
A
´guas Li es Aqueduc 18
h
Lisbon Na ional Monumen 1910 Yes Yes UNESCO Ten a i e Lis (2017)
A
´guas Li es Aqueduc
Ga gan ada Aqueduc 18
h
Queluz Public In e es Building 1978 Yes No e
Cabo Espichel Aqueduc 18
h
Se u
´bal Public In e es Building 1950 Yes No e
No e Janelas Aqueduc 19
h
Ilha de Sa
˜o
Miguel
Unclassi ied eNo No e
Al iela Aqueduc 19
h
Lisbon Unclassi ied eNo No e
2
The ci y o El as and i s o i ica ions a e insc ibed as a Ga ison
Bo de Town.
3
These candidacies a e p oposed six yea s be o e he celeb a-
ion da e and appoin ed ou yea s in ad ance. This pe iod is
necessa y o allow he de elopmen o u ban p ojec s and new
cul u al in as uc u es.
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objec i es, planning and de elopmen s a us o he
egene a ion p ojec is documen ed.
4
The second pa , he discussion, assesses he alues o
he asse s be o e and a e he p ojec ’s a i al o lea n
om hem and illus a e he landscape changes hey ha e
expe ienced. Using he li e a u e and p e iously
esea ched, hey a e classi ied using a able layou and a
se ies o maps o illus a e he a gumen s.
As a connec ing link be ween bo h pa s, Geog aphic
In o ma ion Sys ems and pa icula ly QGIS ee so wa e
has been employed o c ea e nine diag ams, which code
g aphically he opog aphy, hyd ology, land use, in-
as uc u es, accessibili y, landma ks and p o ec ed a eas
o each case. Wi h his pu pose, wo wo king scales we e
designed o each case s udy: one e i o ial and he o he
in e media e. The i s one complemen ed he case docu-
men a ion, i illus a es he ela ionship o he elemen and
i s p o ec ed a ea (ZGP o ZEP) wi h he hyd og aphy,
opog aphy, he o he he i age p o ec ed a eas and he ci y
i sel . The second one esul ed om o e lapping all he
da a analysed and shows he asse ’s i ems and spa ial dis-
ibu ion and i s connec ion and in ol emen wi h he
egene a ion p ojec , he a chi ec u e and he public
space. As Table 2 a anges and hype links, na ional, uni-
e si y and municipal Po uguese open da a pla o ms we e
employed wi h his pu pose, as well as he he i age p o-
ec ion dec ees o he asse s.
2.1. C i e ia o selec ing he cases
As seen a Table 1, he e a e eigh een main Mode n-Age
wa e wo ks loca ed in Po ugal. Ou o ha classi ica ion,
ou een a e p o ec ed as Na ional Monumen s, Public In-
e es Buildings o P ope ies, while h ee o hem emain
unclassi ied ye . Mo eo e , ou o hem a e egis e ed in
he UNESCO Wo ld He i age Lis , whe eas wo a e pa o
he Ten a i e one since 2017.
The ou cases selec ed, loca ed in Fig. 2, a e he A
´gua
de P a a Aqueduc (16 h cen u y), he A
´guas Li es Aque-
duc (18 h cen u y), he Se e Fon es wa e -supply sys em
(18 h cen u y) and he Zona de Cou os indus ial a ea (17 h
cen u y), placed in E
´ o a, Lisbon, B aga and Guima a
˜es.
These pa adigma ic wa e wo ks we e all p e iously aded
u ban a eas, which a e now good p ac ices’ examples,
conce ned by Eu opean o municipal u ban egene a ion
p ojec s. The i s h ee a e sys ems o con eyance and
dis ibu ion o d inking wa e while he ou h and las is a
wa e -based indus ial in as uc u e.
Thei selec ion was based on he asse ’s di e ences in
o igin, se lemen and scale, de ailed u he on. Due o
Table 2 Hype linked sou ces di ec o y employed o he he i age ca og aphy me hodology. Sou ce: he au ho s, 2020.
Di ec¸a
˜o-Ge al do
Pa imo
´nio Cul u al
Pesquisa de Pa imo
´nio Imo
´ el A las do pa imo
´nio classi icado e em ias
de classi icac¸a
˜o
Se e Fon es Dec e o no16/2011 de 25 de Maio
Zona de Cou os A iso no15 170/2010 de 30 de Julho
A
´gua de P a a Dec e o no136/1910 de 23 de Junho
A iso no12 657/2007 de 6 de Junho
A
´guas Li es Dec e o no136/1910 de 23 de Junho
Po a ia no1092/1995 de 6 de Se emb o
Dec e o no5/2002 de 19 de Fe e ei o
A chi es A qui o Nacional To e do Tombo Sea ch po al
A qui o Dis i al de E
´ o a Sea ch po al
A qui o Dis i al de B aga A chee o
A qui o Municipal Al edo Pimen a A chee o
Re u bishmen
p ojec s
Ca
ˆma a Municipal de Lisboa Co edo Ve de Vale de Alca
ˆn a a
Ca
ˆma a Municipal de E
´ o a UNESCO Policy Moni o ing Pla o m
Ca
ˆma a Municipal de B aga Es udos A queolo
´gicos e Hid ogeolo
´gicos de
Se e Fon es
Ca
ˆma a Municipal de Guima a
˜es P opos a de insc ic¸a
˜o da Zona de Cou os na lis a
indica i a da UNESCO
Open GIS da a Ins i u o Hid og a
´ ico Po ugal Dados
Sis ema Nacional de In o mac¸a
˜o Geog a
´ ica Regis o Nacional de Dados Geog a
´ icos
Di ecc¸a
˜o-Ge al do Te i o
´ io Fo o eca, Pesquisa de Secc¸o
˜es Cadas ais
Ca
ˆma a Municipal de Lisboa Dados Abe os Lisboa, Geodados
Ca
ˆma a Municipal de B aga GeoPo al WebSIG Pu
´blico do Municı
´pio de B aga
Comunidade In e municipal do Alen ejo
Cen al
Po al de In o mac¸a
˜o Geog a
´ ica CIMAC
Uni e sidade No a de Lisboa
Faculdade de Cie
ˆncias Sociais e Humanas
A las Ca og a ia His o
´ ica
Uni e sidade de Lisboa
Ins i u o Supe io de Ag onomia
EPIC Webgis Po ugal, G een and blue in as uc u e
esea ch line
4
Technical epo s, maps, news and e en con e ence ideos
we e employed o collec de ails o he p ojec s, because some o
hem a e cu en and ha e been sligh ly published ye .
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hei dispa i y, hey ha e de eloped dissimila sociohis o -
ical and u ban ela ionships h oughou hei li ecycles.
They ha e also supplied di e en a eas o in luence, a
na ional capi al, a dis ic capi al o a small own, o which
egene a ion wo ks o di e en magni ude ha e esul ed.
These dissimila i ies allow o ep esen his u ban phe-
nomenon by showing i s de elopmen a di e en scales,
unc ions and se lemen s and pe haps i could mo i a e
he eco e y o he es .
3. Resul s
3.1. E
´ o a: he p esence o he A
´gua de P a a
Aqueduc ac oss he new Sphe a Cas is p ojec
E
´ o a is a medium-sized inland Po uguese ci y, shown a
Fig. 3. I is loca ed on he la ge plain o Alen ejo, be ween
he basins o he i e s Tajo, Guadiana and Sado, 130 km
Eas o Lisbon. I has a ela i ely ele a ed wa e able and
is su ounded by se e al seasonal i e basins o i egula
wa e egime. Wi h Roman, Visigo h and Islamic o igins, i
was conque ed in 1165 (Simplı
´cio, 2006).
The cons uc ion o he A
´gua de P a a Aqueduc began in
1531 and i s inal design was comple ed only six yea s la e , in
1537. As shown by Pe ei a, Te eno and Mon ei o, who ha e
s udied he his o yo his wa e channelex ensi ely(Mon ei o
e al., 2015), p e ious esea ch main ains ha King Joa
˜oIII
o de ed i o be ebuil on he uins o a Roman duc (Espanca,
1944). I ex ends 18 km om he sp ings o P a a and Di o o
he No h, a e ses he Al o de Sa
˜o Ben o and he Fo e de
San o An o
´nio, c osses he ci y wall and endsa he Con en o
Sa
˜o F ancisco in he Sou h-Eas , as Fig. 4 ca og aphy illus-
a es. This wa e supplied he ci y o E
´ o a o ou cen u ies,
om 1537 un il 1919 (Mon ei o e al., 2019).
I was classi ied as a Na ional Monumen in 1910 while
s ill in use. This p o ec ion includes a ches, p imi i e
channels, ancien household b anches, wa e sou ces, es-
e oi s and oun ains in public and p i a e domain (Dia
´ io
do Go e no, 1910). I s u ban sec ions in eg a ed in o he
his o ic ci y cen e bounda ies, seen in Fig. 5, classi ied as
Wo ld He i age in 1986. Fu he mo e, pa o i is included
in he p o ec ed su oundings o he Con en o Sa
˜o Ben o
de Ca
´s is, he Ig eja da Ca uxa and he Fo o San o
An o
´nio. I s No he n ou e is inside he Monumen al G een
Zone o E
´ o a, which is a land use es ic ion ac o in he
Regulamen o do Plano de U banizac¸a
˜o o 2000. I is a p e-
dominan ly u al a ea co e ing o e 1000 ha, which in-
cludes eigh his o ical ec ea ional es a es, in addi ion o
Fig. 2 Case s udies loca ion. Scale 1:2.750.000. Sou ce: he
au ho s, 2020.
Fig. 3 E
´ o a, A
´gua de P a a Aqueduc and Monumen al
G een A ea ca og aphy. Scale 1:75.000 m. Sou ce: he au-
ho s, 2020.
Fig. 4 Unknown au ho . Plan a da Cidade de E o a,
1750e1790. Sou ce: Biblio eca Nacional de Po ugal.
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he Aqueduc and he a o emen ioned asse s. Fo his
eason, any in e en ion in his a ea mus sa egua d i s
p e ailing u al cha ac e and emphasise he aqueduc ’s
ole as a linking elemen be ween all he he i age asse s in
he Zone (Dia
´ io da Repu
´blica, 2000). This a ea also hos s
his o ical aces, such as meadows and Roman cadas al
ne wo ks, which de ine a cul u al landscape a ound he ci y
(Ba is a e al., 2010). Pe haps, he gene ous bounda y o
he Monumen al G een Zone compensa es he lack o a
la ge p o ec ed en i onmen o A
´gua de P a a. Addi ion-
ally, in 2007, he Pe cu so Ambien al no mo o izado de
A
`gua de P a a, showed in Fig. 6, was es ablished. I was
pa o a dis ic ini ia i e o c ea e ou es employing
exis ing in as uc u e aces, o leisu e ime o ou doo
spo s p ac ice (Ca
ˆma a Municipal de E
´ o a, 2007).
Cu en ly, he P ojec LIFE A
´gua de P a a (2019) aims o
p omo e wo ks which allow euse o he Aqueduc o i i-
ga ion wa e dis ibu ion.
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Ancho ed in his e i o y o a ied elemen s, his o ical
o igins and s ong cul u al in luence, he Sphe a Ca
´s is
Sou hwes Pa k o He i age and A s a ose in 2016. This
ini ia i e, included in he UNESCO Policy Moni o ing Pla -
o m,
6
seeks o c ea e an in as uc u e o cul u e and
he i age, as well as p oduc ion and a is ic c ea ion. This
cen e o a s, science, echnology, esea ch, inno a ion
and sus ainabili y plans o co e 5000 squa e me es. This
will include he Con en o Sa
˜o Ben o de Ca
´s is and o e
40 ha o u al land, subjec o he es o a ion o his 18 h-
cen u y building and i s su oundings. This enhancemen o
obsole e he i age aims o inc ease he g ow h and
compe i i eness o he egion, c ea ing skilled jobs in he
cul u al sec o (UNESCO, 2016). The cons uc ion o his
in eg a ed s uc u e, cons i u ed o a ious a eas o ac i -
i y, will see he c ea ion o a sola pa k o supply ene gy o
he en i e p ojec . I will also con ain di e se pilo zones
o he s udy o Medi e anean ag icul u e and biodi e si y
and an a ea o public communi y ga dens (Amendoei a,
2015). None heless, he limi ed Sphe a Ca
´s is P ojec
ma e ial published appea s o omi i s connec ion o he
Aqueduc . This aises ques ions abou he asse ’s adap a-
ion and in ol emen in his new p ojec .
3.2. Lisbon: he Alca
ˆn a a Valley G een Co ido , a
new pe spec i e o he A
´guas Li es Aqueduc
The ci y o Lisbon is loca ed on he igh bank o he Tajo
es ua y. I is su ounded by nume ous small owns which
cons i u e i s me opoli an a ea. To he No h, he Sin a
and Lou es moun ain anges ou line his e i o y, ma ked
by wa e channels unning om No h o Sou h. The e, he
necessa y opog aphic and a mosphe ic condi ions o
g oundwa e concen a ion a e ound.
The A
´guas Li es Aqueduc , s a ed in 1731 and inau-
gu a ed in 1748, sou ces i s wa e om ha a ea. I begins
in he Ma
˜ed’A
´gua
7
Velha in Oli al do San ı
´ssimo in Cane-
c¸as. Then, i ollows a s e ch o he o me Roman
Aqueduc o Olissipo (Masca enhas e al., 2012), owa ds
he Ma
˜ed’A
´gua das Amo ei as ese oi in he pa ish o
San o An onio in Lisbon. This main sec ion is 15 km in
leng h. Toge he wi h he subsidia y aqueduc s, he ull
ne wo k exceeds 60 km, as Fig. 7 maps. Today, i s a chi-
ec u al ea u es can be seen h oughou he ci y shaping
anks, ese oi s and he so-called ‘cha a ices’.
8
All o
hem c ea e a ne wo k o “u ban oids” linked o wa e
(Ma a -Mendes, 2007, 2013) and connec an eno mous web
o asse s which ex ends a beyond he Lisbon Me opol-
i an a ea (Ma a -Mendes e al., 2015,2016). Among hese
Fig. 5 E
´ o a, A
´gua de P a a Aqueduc ’s u ban s e ch.
Sou ce: he au ho s, 2020.
Fig. 6 E
´ o a, A
´gua de P a a Aqueduc ’s u al s e ch. Sou ce:
he au ho s, 2020.
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I is pa o he Es a e
´gia Municipal da Adap ac¸a
˜oa
`s Al e ac¸o
˜es
Clima
´ icas o E
´ o a o 2017 and is planned o supply almos 50% o
he g een a eas o he ci y.
6
I is a p ojec o he Di ec¸a
˜o Regional de Cul u a do Alen ejo,
he Comissa
˜o de Coo denac¸a
˜o e Desen ol imen o Regional do
Alen ejo, he Ca
ˆma a Municipal de E
´ o a and he Uni e si ies o
E
´ o a, Lisbon, Coimb a, he Alga e, Se ille, G anada and
Ex emadu a (Di ec¸a
˜o Regional de Cul u a do Alen ejo, 2015).
7
Na u al sp ing.
8
Public oun ains wi h spou s.
C. Lo
´pez-B a o, J. Pe al Lo
´pez and E. Mosque a Adell
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a e he a o emen ioned Ma
˜ed’A
´gua das Amo ei as and he
Rese a o
´ io
9
do Pa ia cal in he P ac¸a do P ı
´ncipe Real.
Howe e , he a ches o e he Alca
ˆn a a Valley ep esen
i s mos o midable challenge.
The he i age p o ec ion o his Aqueduc was imple-
men ed in 1910 (Dia
´ io do Go e no, 1910). The pe ime e o
i s ZEP, de ined as “el oc¸o en e Campolide e a A enida do
Engenhei o Dua e Pacheco” and he “ oc¸o das Amo -
ei as”, was added in 1995 (Dia
´ io da Repu
´blica, 1995). This
ini ial p o ec ion was al e ed in 2002, by adding i s a e en
b anches and subsidia y aqueduc s in o e 30 adjacen
dis ic s and owns (Minis e
´ io da Cul u a, 2002). Due o i s
size, he asse is also included in he classi ica ion o o he
12 asse s and 22 adjacen ZGPs and ZEPs. Finally, since
2017, i has been ea u ed on he UNESCO Ten a i e Lis ,
based on i s a chaeological, documen a y, echnical, so-
cial, e hnog aphic, his o ical, cul u al-educa ional
10
and
en i onmen al alues.
As can be con i med in he 1871 map a Fig. 8, he
Alca
ˆn a a was an ag icul u al alley un il he 19 h cen u y.
I was ba ely u banized and ma ked he edge o he ci y’s
g ow h o he Wes . I is he la ges alley in he ci y o
Lisbon, a i e basin wi h slopes exceeding 30% incline
which was se led om he 19 h cen u y, when i housed
ex ile ac o ies and esiden ial dis ic s o local wo ke s.
A he end o ha cen u y, he cons uc ion o he Lisbon-
Sin a ain line u he accen ua ed i s inaccessibili y.
Subsequen ly, wi h he cons uc ion o he A enida de
Ceu a in 1932, he i e was comple ely bu ied. Since 1962,
he cons uc ion o he Pon e 25 de Ab il has cha ac e ised
his a e y as one o he main access ou es o he ci y
(Anas asia, 2019).
Today, he Alca
ˆn a a Valley G een Co ido is one o he
main objec i es o he Plano Di ec o Municipal de Lisboa
(CML, 2012). The pu sui o en i onmen al imp o emen s,
such as he egula ion o he wa e sys em, he use o
ecycled wa e , he eco e y and inc ease o ege a ion
co e age and ecological con inui y is egene a ing his
adi ionally indus ial a ea. Fu he mo e, a ne wo k o
pedes ian and cycling pa hs a e connec ing he Monsan o
Fo es Pa k, he neighbou hoods o Campolide and Alca
ˆn-
a a and he Tajo es ua y (CML, n.d.). The ini ia i e is o e
3 km in leng h. I is di ided in o i e zones o segmen s;
om No h o Sou h: he Pa que U bano da Quin a do Ze
´
Pin o, he a ea o Bai o da Libe dade - Es ac¸a
˜o de Cam-
polide, he A
´guas Li es Aqueduc , he Pa que U bano da
Quin a da Bela Flo and he A enida de Ceu a. Bo h, he
a ea o Es ac¸a
˜o de Campolide and he segmen ela i e o
he Aqueduc , coincide wi h he mos imposing abo e-
g ound sec ion o he in as uc u e as i passes h ough he
Fig. 7 Lisbon, A
´guas Li es and Al iela Aqueduc s ca og-
aphy. Scale 1:100.000. Sou ce: he au ho s, 2020.
Fig. 8 Pais, Miguel Ca los Co eia. Ex ac om Plan a Top-
og aphica da Cidade de Lisboa, 1871. Scale: 1:10.000. Sou ce:
Biblio eca Nacional de Po ugal.
Fig. 9 Lisbon, Vale de Alca
ˆn a a pedes ian b idge. Sou ce:
he au ho s, 2020.
9
Rese oi .
10
The g oup c ea ed by he Ma
˜e d’A
´gua das Amo ei as, he Res-
e a o
´ io do Pa ia cal, he a ches o e he Alca
ˆn a a Valley and
he Es ac¸a
˜o Ele a o
´ ia a Vapo dos Ba badinhos con o m he Museu
da A
´gua de EPAL, es ablished in 1987.
F on ie s o A chi ec u al Resea ch xxx (xxxx) xxx
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Ribei a de Alca
ˆn a a. The la ge ow o poin ed s one
a ches, showed in Fig. 9, c osses he now piped i e bed
which is hidden unde oad a ic and ain acks. Since
2018, he egene a ion p ojec has allowed pedes ians o
pass unde he a ches, Fig. 10, despi e i s acous ic ha sh-
ness and isual con as o he en i onmen . Wi h i , Lisbon
p omo es accessibili y and pedes ian connec ion in an a ea
p e iously domina ed by mo o ehicles and ains. This
inc eases he in e ac ion wi h he asse , ein o ces he
Aqueduc ’s unique alue and eco e s a his o ical piece o
he e i o y.
3.3. B aga: he u u e Pa que da Cidade, he
esu gence o he Se e Fon es hyd aulic sys em
B aga is he capi al o No he n Po ugal and he coun y’s
hi d mos populous ci y. I was s a egically loca ed du ing
Roman imes, seen a Fig. 11, being equidis an om he
i e s Minho and Dou o and 60 km o he No h-Eas o
Po o. The 15 h and 16 h cen u ies b ough g ea splendou
o his ci y o A chbishops,
11
as Fig. 12 shows. A ha ime,
he popula ion inc ease caused he new building o
nume ous public and p i a e oun ains (Viei a e al., 2018).
Due o his, i was necessa y o employ new g oundwa e
abs ac ion a eas. Di e en hypo heses main ain ha in
hese cen u ies, he exis ing aqui e s loca ed in he highes
a eas o he ci y we e eac i a ed, ollowing he ou e o
he ancien Roman wa e ways (Ribei o and Ma ins, 2012).
One o hese was he Se e Fon es one, a he oo o he
Mon e de Ped oso (322 m) in he No h-Eas o he his o ic
cen e o B aga.
Du ing he 16 h cen u y, he Se e Fon es cons uc ion
began on a sys em o sub e anean unnels o collec he
wa e om hose sp ings. Fi s , 3,5 km o s one pipes we e
buil o anspo i o he ci y, as well as s o age anks and
oun ains o i s dis ibu ion. In 1704, an ea ly pipeline
connec ed he Se e Fon es aqui e wi h he Caixa Ge al das
A
´guas. La e , be ween 1744 and 1752, he pipeline was
imp o ed and monumen alised by he A chbishop D. Jose
´
de B aganc¸a. This was achie ed h ough he cons uc ion o
new unnels and he cha ac e is ically ba oque
“chapels”,
12
pho og aphed in Fig. 13. As a esul o hese
imp o emen s, Se e Fon es achie ed o be he ci y’s p i-
ma y wa e supply un il 1913. Tha yea , he new wa e
ex ac ion sys em o he Ri e Ca
´ ado was buil
13
(Ma ins
e al., 2012).
Despi e being p oposed o classi ica ion in 1995, i was
only decla ed a Na ional Monumen in 2011 (Minis e
´ io da
Cul u a, 2011a) and i s ZEP was issued in June o he same
yea , ex ending o e 66 ha (Minis e
´ io da Cul u a, 2011b).
This classi ica ion includes he 3,5 km long sys em o
pipes, 11 galle ies, 7 oun ains, 3 en s and 5 mines. Ou o
hese, 2,5 km a e sub e anean galle ies and he
emainde connec ing pipes. I s alue lies in he im-
p o emen s gene a ed in he quali y o li e, as well as i s
Fig. 10 Lisbon, Vale de Alca
ˆn a a pedes ian pa h. Sou ce:
he au ho s, 2020. Fig. 11 B aga, Se e Fon es Wa e Sys em ca og aphy. Scale:
1:55.000. Sou ce: he au ho s, 2020.
Fig. 12 Noua B aca ae A g s e desc ip ion, 1594. Sou ce:
Geo g B aun; F ans Hogenbe g. “Ci i a es O bis Te a um”,
ol. 5 (La in ed, Colo
´nia, 1598.).
11
The diocese o B aga da es om he 3
d
cen u y AD.
12
Rooms wi h dome ceilings, deco a ed wi h a coa o a ms.
The e, he galle ies con e ge and wa e sedimen a ion akes
place.
13
I is now called Pon e do Bico ea men a ea, placed 6,5 km
No h o B aga.
C. Lo
´pez-B a o, J. Pe al Lo
´pez and E. Mosque a Adell
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con ibu ion o he de elopmen o ba oque a chi ec u e
and u banism. Technically, i also ook pa in he e olu-
ion o new hyd aulic enginee ing concep s, la e e-
lec ed in he quali y o Mode n-Age u ban in as uc u es.
Today, his sus ainable hyd aulic esou ce is s ill in use
14
and can be ound su ounded by a na u al en i onmen ,
as Fig. 14 shows, in he cu en dis ic o Sa
˜o Vic o .
Howe e , he a ea is no easily accessible.
The e, he Ca
ˆma a Municipal de B aga
15
has planned
he P ojec called Pa que da Cidade. A Pa k ha ocuses
on he p o ec ion o he a ea and he in as uc u e,
including he physical and unc ional componen s o his
hyd aulic sys em. The plan is o p ese e i as a na u al
landscape and include a eas o g oundwa e abs ac ion
and in il a ion, in addi ion o i s a chi ec u al elemen s.
Among he ools a anged o p ese e i s na u al compo-
nen , he p io s udy o he a ea de ines h ee zones: a d y
ecosys em, a humid one and a hi d ansi ional one.
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As a
connec ion o he ci y, ou access poin s o he a ea a e
being conside ed. They will gene a e a highe -in ensi y
pe ime e o use and wo pa hs pa allel o he Monu-
men , which will house la e al ainwa e - e en ion ba -
ie s. In he humid a ea, he e will be a na u al lake,
which will collec seasonal ain all. I is an icipa ed ha
exis ing ege a ion will be en enched and pa ches o ee
and sh ub ege a ion will be added. This will c ea e a
p o ec i e il e o he cen al co e o he pa k, which is
hespaceboundedby hepa hsin hemain amewo ko
he Monumen (Ca
ˆma a Municipal de B aga, 2019). The
p ojec , which was in a pe iod o public discussion om
July o No embe 2020, has been app o ed and is se o
begin wi hin 2021. Acco ding o he pa k p elimina y
s udies, o e 15 di e en landowne s can be iden i ied
wi hin i s a ea (Ca
ˆma a Municipal de B aga, 2016). This
appea s o ha e gene a ed g ea deba e and has been one
o he mos signi ican obs acles o he launch o he
p ojec . This is e idenced in he nume ous p ess eleases
conce ning owne s’ unease abou he pu chase o he land
by he CMB (Ce quei a, 2020;Cunha, 2018). Bu , despi e
hese di icul ies, his Town Hall’s ini ia i e aims o p o-
ec and domes ica e a landscape in dange o being u -
banized. The main alues o he Pa que da Se e Fon es a e
o encou age he in e ac ion, accessibili y, p ese a ion
and sense o belonging o his magni icen en i onmen . I
ies o p o ec and upda e his g een pa o he ci y a
he same ime ha i p e en s his hyd aulic sys em om
na u al and physical de e io a ion.
Fig. 13 B aga, Se e Fon es “chapels”. Sou ce: he au ho s,
2020.
Fig. 14 B aga, Se e Fon es s one channel. Sou ce: he au-
ho s, 2020.
Fig. 15 Guima a
˜es, Zona de Cou os loca ion ca og aphy.
Scale 1:22.500 Sou ce: he au ho s, 2020.
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I is managed by Age e, Emp esa de A
´guas, E luen es e Resı
´duos
de B aga. Acco ding o ecen hyd ogeological s udies i p oduces
500 m
3
pe day (An unes and Gonc¸al es 2019).
15
B aga Town Hall.
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The d y zone co esponds o he e ains o highes ele a ion,
wi h less wa e e en ion and a p e alence o d yland species, such
as he co k oak. The humid zone is loca ed on he g ounds o lowes
ele a ion, whe e un-o wa e om he basin accumula es and
species such as willows and blackbe ies a e p e alen . On he
in e media e g ound, he ansi ional ecosys em p esen s mixed
cha ac e is ics, wi h a p edominance o oaks.
F on ie s o A chi ec u al Resea ch xxx (xxxx) xxx
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