Alumbrado, limpieza y recogida de basuras en La Habana de Ezpeleta: bandos y reglamento (1786-1787)

Abstract

The science of the police and the enlightened precepts on urbanism arrived in Havana, as in the rest of the Hispanic monarchy, in the second half of the 18th century. This situation left as testimony a series of normative documents of an executive nature which emanated directly from the local power and regulated practices and aspects of public order in the urban environment for a greater control of the population. From this perspective, this article analyzes three bandos and a rule that dictated the implementation of public lighting and a system of cleaning and garbage collection in Havana during the term of governor Jose Manuel de Ezpeleta.