Bilbao y su ría, una escala en el viaje de Christian August Fischer (1797)

  1. Susana Serrano 1
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

Journal:
Bidebarrieta: Revista de humanidades y ciencias sociales de Bilbao

ISSN: 1137-4888

Year of publication: 2003

Issue Title: BIDAIAK ETA BIDAIARIAK BILBON BARRENA VIAJES Y VIAJEROS EN BILBAO

Issue: 14

Pages: 93-106

Type: Article

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Abstract

In the summer of 1797, Christian August Fischer visited Bilbao and its estuary. He noted down his impressions in the work "Reise von Amsterdam über Madrid und Cadiz nach Genua in der jahren 1797 und 1798" (Berlin, 1799), translated into French and English. Based on the writings of Ch. A. Fischer, the following questions are posed: an analysis of the urban imaginary that he intuited and the contribution to its construction made by this traveller; his perception of the landscape that extends on either side of the axis formed by the estuary of Bilbao; his interpretation as a laboratory of social, political, economic and, in sum, historical research; an evaluation of the cultural experience offered by Bilbao to travellers, and its tourist incentives and attractions; and an analysis of his descriptive behaviour in order to measure the degree of recreation, whether imagined or not.

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