Ideal City

The utopian concept of an Ideal City originates in Antiquity, and was often used in the Renaissance and later on providing better living conditions for factory workers e.a.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Ideal City':

  • Amsterdam "In the 17th and 18th centuries, Amsterdam was seen as the realization of the ideal city that was used as a reference urban model for numerous projects for new cities around the world." (SOV statement)
  • Brasilia
  • Crespi d'Adda
  • Ferrara
  • Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis The towns and the way people lived and worked together was seen as utopian by some.
  • Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle The town was almost entirely destroyed by fire in 1794 and had to be rebuilt from scratch. "Rationalist" principles were adopted which addressed the relationship between living conditions and "health". A town plan was developed in 1835 "designed by one of Pestalozzi's pupils (Charles-Henri Junod) and inspired by an ideal town called "Sonnenstadt", planned in 1824 by a Dr Bernhard Christoph Faust. Features included having most houses facing onto small gardens receiving the midday sun. ; link
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta Sabbioneta
  • New Lanark
  • Pienza
  • Royal Palace at Caserta The Silk factory etc was intended to be part of the utopian town of Ferdinandopolis
  • Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans Project was planned, but never constructed
  • Saltaire
  • San Cristóbal de La Laguna
  • Urbino