4.5 What is the main innovation of mediaeval cities, in terms of streets and buildings, in relation to former cities?

i. An irregular pattern of streets, the design of homogenous building façades, somehow recovering a Roman concern.

ii. A regular pattern of streets and the control of building height, somehow recovering a Roman concern.

iii. The street as a key element of urban form and a new residential type, closely related to the street and not to the courtyard.

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