ハトとコラル --非グリットの士地分割システム--

Abstract

We have been conducting the field research under the title 'Origin, Transformation, Alteration and Conservation of Urban Space of Colonial Ci ties. This paper discusses the characteristics of the Spanish colonial cities in the Cuba Island. During Spanish colonial period, approximately a sixty of colonial cities were established in Cuba. This study has been accomplished based on the analysis of old maps from AGI (The Archive of the Indies in Seville-Archivo de Indias de Sevilla). We classify them into several types according to the criteria of urban items such as location, urban, plaza, blocks, streets, measures, plots etc, which Law of Indies describes and discuss the transformation process of the city.