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Weimar Estates: What 1920s Germany Teaches Us About The Eternal Housing Crisis

Weimar Estates: What 1920s Germany Teaches Us About The Eternal Housing Crisis

by Susanne Kippenberger December 22, 2024May 24, 2025

So eager to modernize, the 19th century’s rulers did not properly weigh up the potential effects of their disentailment policies, leaving a vast pool of church property unprotected. In the case of the Convent of Beato António, what the 1755 earthquake did not destroy, the expulsion of the friars did, and whatever was not later harnessed for industrial uses was left to languish until the late 20th century, when the decision was made to restore former monastic sites as convention centers.

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Converting Convents? A Sacred Response To Lisbon’s Housing Crisis

by Ana da Cunha and Nele Van Den Broek April 30, 2024May 23, 2025