The rise of the city of Teresina was the result of political and economic interests demanding modernity and development for the State of Piaui. The city comprises many features of a truly modern project in its configuration, expressing explicit aspirations for a discourse on "progress". Transportation is one of the pillars of its conception, and it contributed to the formation of a specific standard of urban life. These developments made their mark on the processes of "expansion", "modernization" and "progress", in other words: its historical dimension.
History; City; Modernity; Piauí; Parnaiba River
