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Galicia hosts a discussion with town planning proposals for European cities
07/07/2008
July 7, 2008
The Consellería of Vivienda e Solo de Galicia hosted the last may in Santiago de Compostela the celebration of Europan 9, a forum for discussion and presentation of planning for European cities proposals involving more than 600 professionals related to architecture and urbanism of 23 different European States or.
Organized by the Department itself, this ninth edition was promoted by Europan, an international organization created with the aim of fostering the debate on urban planning and architecture of the cities of Europe, as well as the consolidation of networks of collaboration between European architects.
Sites submitted to Europan 9 included a proposed Galician over an area of 22,300 square meters in the City Council of Poio, selected by the Department of Vivienda and only in order to ensure good solutions for an area with high population pressure.
Of the other cities submitted, are located in the Spanish State: the metropolitan area of Asturias, Badajoz, Calahorra, La Laguna, Santander and Soria.
