Plaza de la Constitución de San Sebastián, una plaza mayor

Abstract

The "Plaza mayor" (main square) is a well defined tipology of a precise urban element from XVIth century onwards. It is characterised for being space of rectangular plan, where buildings which surround it have the same height and the same façade composition, being the ground floor a sequence of even arches around the whole perimeter. Study of the constructive system which had been employeddifferences between main squares of San Sebastian, Bilbao and Vitoriahistorical evolution of that system