Based on the recovery of the three key words: professionalism, professionals, professions, the narration is organised in the form of a voyage of reconnaissance in discovery, which attempts to recompose a puzzle that is today completely dispersed. A professional is a technician with civic values. Practical knowledge and civic-mindedness are its foundations.Part One (primarily aimed at the professional institutions or college environment)With the conviction that "he who loses his origins loses his identity", the first part recalls the history of the professional fact, from Hippocrates to the present day, passing through Cicero, the Middle Ages, the European University of the 19th century, Max Weber, to Richard Sennett, Victoria Camps and Donald Schön. This is followed by a recognition of the professional fact common to all professions, pointing out its seven non-expendable or structuring elements, among which the six public missions of the professions stand out in particular: health, habitability, legal security, education, communication and economic and environmental sustainability, as well as their link with civic ethics, human rights and global challenges. Next, an interval dedicated to Architecture is proposed, in which, together with Fine Arts and Technology, a plus of professionalism oriented towards people's habitability is postulated.Second part (aimed primarily at the municipal environment and schools)In Spain and in Europe today there are forty regulated professions, which only have six missions (health, education, habitability, legal security, communication and economic and environmental sustainability), which are substantiated in a single shared city. In other words: 40 professions, 6 missions, 1 city. The current interdisciplinary and cross-cutting nature of the professions is embodied in specific cities and neighbourhoods. And since cities and professions share missions, the relationship of professions and professionals with the urban fact is analysed in detail: with the urbs, the civitas and the polis. The description of this relationship reveals itself to be strategic and with an enormous potential for articulation and improvement: the public space is a professional space. In this way, the City of Professions appears

Summary A social category, an alliance Our Common Space A covered lagoon An unprecedented contribution Justification I. Introduction II. Recovering the words - The challenges III. A long history - Hippocrates - Cicero - The Middle Ages - The modern European university - Max Weber - The 21ST century IV. Shared Identity - The missions of the professions. Forty professions, six quests, one city - Human rights - Global challenges V. A professional story for architects - Ten observations on the current situation of architecture - Some structuring elements for a professional narrative for architecture VI. In a world of cities - The professional fact and civitas - The professional fact and the urbs - The professional fact and politics - Human rights policies and global challenges - A city of professions VII. A different context - Profession and gender - Communication - The Draft European Professional Statute - Professional bodies VIII. A difficult context - The economic and business base of professionals - In the new society - De-professionalisation IX. Epilogue. The new citizenship and the art of professionalism - The art of the professionals - Postscript. In Confinement, May 2020 X. Bibliography consulted