"Terras que o tempo converterá em ouro": estudo histórico-urbanístico da legislação e o plano diretor de Caxias do Sul - 1953

Abstract

At the start of Caxias do Sul ’s city settlement in 1875, the urban layout was defined according to the model used in most of the Italian colonization, knowing this, many aspects were considered to develop the territory. Its streets, parks and squares, microregions, open and closed spaces, the way some people occupy these areas and how some people were culturally developed, were all part of the process. With the fast growth of the population and as a result its territorial expansion, the lack of parameters that regulated the use of the land and buildings, brought about the need to develop a master plan and a law that would meet the new plan in 1953. And this standardization is the key object of this study. The study intends to analyze and discuss the different situations, the causes and relevant facts that were determinant for the city of Caxias do Sul to have developed in the way that it happened from the initial implantation, through trade, agricultural production and industrial development. There is a need for this study to be included in the history of Caxias do Sul, so that teachers and researches, who seek to understand the development of the city, use this material as a historical support.