Intra muros
The Latin expression intra muros or extra muros (inside or outside the (city) walls) originally defines the area within or outside of an ancient city that is delimited by the city wall . The term is also used in the sense of secret or not public . Synonyms for intra muros are discrete , secretive and confidential .
Urban planning
Even today, intra muros often refers to the part of a city located within the city wall , i.e. usually the old town . The old town can, however, also include historical districts located outside the city wall.
The term intra muros sometimes continues to exist as a district designation when the city fortifications no longer exist or have been replaced by ramparts . In the history of urban construction , the districts within the walls differ significantly from those outside. They were created in pre-industrial times, and their design usually represented the medieval class structure , according to which members of certain craft trades had to live in the same street. Road cross-sections and parcels are considerably smaller than in younger neighborhoods.
Intramuros is also the (Spanish) name of the old town of Manila in the sense of the above definition .
Extra muros initially referred to the area outside the urban territory and its jurisdiction; In terms of urban planning, then a district outside the city wall , i.e. the suburbs that emerged in modern times , which were created without the protection of a fortification in view of the growth of many cities in the 17th to 19th centuries. Well-known city extensions extra muros were the Faubourgs in Paris or the Viennese suburbs (3rd to 9th district ), which were only protected by the line wall .
Figuratively
As with Horace , the location was included in the gossip early on
- (Latin) Iliăcos intra muros peccātur et extra ( Sin is inside and outside the walls of Troy), mistakes are made on both sides (everywhere). (Horace, Epistles , Book 1, 2, 16.)
additional
In medicine, a structure outside the organ wall is called extramural , a structure inside the organ wall is called intramural .
In communication between doctors in the presence of the patient, the phrase "extra muros" is used to discuss things "in front of the door", i.e. not in front of the patient.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Duden about intra muros.Retrieved April 11, 2018