Ideal City

Connected Sites: 29

Definition
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.

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Connected Sites

  • Urbino
    Urbino
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1998
    3.27
    185
    8
  • Pienza
    Pienza
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1996
    3.07
    192
    9
    As the first application of the Renaissance Humanist concept of urban design, the town occupies a seminal position in the development of the concept of the planned "ideal town" and plays a significant role in subsequent urban development in Italy and beyond." (OUV) – "The application of the principle of the Renaissance "ideal city" in Pienza, and in particular in the group of buildings around the central square, resulted in a masterpiece of human creative genius." (OUV – criterion i)
  • Crespi d'Adda
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.40
    154
    7
  • Mantua and Sabbioneta
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.18
    194
    7
    Sabbioneta
  • Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
    Inscribed: 1982
    2.79
    127
    7
    Project was planned, but never constructed
  • San Cristobal de La Laguna
    Inscribed: 1999
    2.59
    151
    6
  • Royal Palace at Caserta
    Inscribed: 1997
    3.19
    198
    4
    The Silk factory etc was intended to be part of the utopian town of Ferdinandopolis
  • New Lanark
    New Lanark
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.69
    143
    11
  • Old Town Lunenburg
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.10
    101
    9
    "The model town was an important aspect of imperial policy for the British, to provide the functional space thought necessary for the smooth working of a colony"
  • Zamość
    Zamość
    Poland
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.04
    113
    6
    "A unique example of a Renaissance town in Central Europe, consistently designed and built in accordance with the Italian theories of the "ideal town," on the basis of a plan which was the result of perfect cooperation between the open-minded founder, Jan Zamoyski, and the outstanding architect, Bernardo Morando. (Wiki)
  • Mining Sites of Wallonia
    Inscribed: 2012
    2.25
    176
    7
    Grand Hornu: designed as an 'ideal city' at the very beginning of the Industrial Revolution on the European Continent (1810-20) (AB ev)
  • Aranjuez
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.62
    177
    11
    The city of Aranjuez was developed as an Enlightened City from 1750 on, with strict geometry.
  • La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
    Inscribed: 2009
    1.93
    139
    11
    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.
    See de.wikipedia.org
  • Ivrea
    Ivrea
    Italy
    Inscribed: 2018
    2.05
    105
    6
  • The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
    Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland
    Inscribed: 2016
    2.73
    375
    29
  • Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.39
    241
    8
    Conceived as an Ideal City, planned for this purpose by the Emperor Hadrian (AB ev)
  • Saltaire
    Saltaire
    United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.28
    133
    13
  • Moravian Church Settlements
    Moravian Church Settlements
    Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America
    Inscribed: 2015
    1.91
    194
    15
    example of an ideal Protestant city (AB ev)
  • Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge
    Inscribed: 2019
    2.22
    140
    7
    Marienberg
  • Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.04
    69
    8
  • Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
    Inscribed: 1983
    2.88
    72
    9
    The towns and the way people lived and worked together was seen as utopian by some.
  • Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos
    Inscribed: 1990
    2.94
    33
    7
    The Jesuits were inspired by the humanist Ideal City idea (AB ev)
  • Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Great Spa Towns of Europe
    Austria, Belgium, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
    Inscribed: 2021
    3.28
    443
    16
    From the beginning of the 19th century, the new town of Františkovy Lázně "was further expanded, based on the principle of ideal towns, to form a regular rectangular grid within which the principal functions of the spa were concentrated." (Ab Ev)
  • Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.56
    183
    10
    Oranienbaum
  • Fortifications of Vauban
    Inscribed: 2008
    3.00
    265
    18
    Longwy and Neuf-Brisach
    See meinfrankreich.com
  • Ferrara
    Ferrara
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.19
    234
    10
    "The humanist concept of the 'ideal city' came to life here in the neighbourhoods built from 1492 onwards by Biagio Rossetti according to the new principles of perspective." (Official description)
  • Colonies of Benevolence
    Colonies of Benevolence
    Belgium, Netherlands
    Inscribed: 2021
    2.13
    147
    7
    Engineers (...) such as Johannes van den Bosch, the initiator of the Colonies of Benevolence, (...) were familiar with the ideas of the città ideale (...). In the Netherlands, the ideas of Flemish engineer Simon Stevin on settlements had played a significant role, in particular his 'Ideal Plan for a City' (...). Form follows function was a basic principles in land reclamation since the middle ages, resulting in straight lines and standard plots. The Colonies can be seen in light of this tradition of landscape planning in the Netherlands, supplemented by contemporary ideas on creating new settlements. (Nomination file, p. 75)
  • Brasilia
    Brasilia
    Brazil
    Inscribed: 1987
    3.35
    74
    10
  • Amsterdam Canal Ring
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.78
    606
    9
    "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)