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Planning and architecture of modern Beersheba: between the celestial and infernal

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  • Shadar Hadas

    (School of Design, University of Haifa, Israel)

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In Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino describes Beersheba as a city with two projections: the celestial city that its inhabitants honor, and the infernal one – the receptacle of everything they renounce. In contrast to the other cities in the book, terrestrial Beersheba is real, but like its literary counterpart, it also has two projections – celestial and infernal. This article addresses these projections as articulated in the planning of the city and its neighborhoods, and particularly in its public buildings. In a similar manner to Calvino, it is argued that precisely what its inhabitants deem infernal inheres the celestial aspect as well.

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  • Shadar Hadas, 2024. "Planning and architecture of modern Beersheba: between the celestial and infernal," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 28(4), pages 176-183.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mgrsod:v:28:y:2024:i:4:p:176-183:n:1003
    DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0044
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