Diez Oronoz, Aritz(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-07-16)
[EN] The irruption of artillery marked the beginning of a rapid process to refound military architecture during the Renaissance. This need transcended the functional aspect to which fortification was traditionally associated, ...
Pecci, Antonio(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] Castles, often built on hills with extremely steep slopes, or on sea cliffs overlooking stretches of water,
were difficult to conquer. Construction techniques and geomorphology of the area were a key factor in
making ...
[EN] This study reports the results of investigations on conservation conditions of an ancient tower, called
Torre del Pozzo, located in the S-W coast of Sardinia, restored about ten years ago. The tower suffers
from ...
Fernández Tapia, Enrique J.(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] In 1542 works began of the residence of Dona Ana de la Cerda, first lady of Pastrana, according traces
of Alonso de Covarrubias. From the beginning the neighbors were opposed to such construction,
because to carry ...
Iborra Bernad, Federico Javier(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] Between the 1980s and 1990s, the Almoina site in Valencia was excavated by the SIAM (Municipal
Service of Archeological Research) and also, in the following decade, the subsoil of the Almudín and
the San Luis Beltrán ...
[EN] The bulwark of the Alcazaba is one of the polyorcetic reforms that the Catholic Monarchs introduced on
the Alhambra since the conquest of Granada in 1492, in order to adapt the fortress to pyrobalistic artillery,
as ...
Prior y Llombart, Jaime; García Borja, Pablo; Palmer Broch, Joan; Font Mezquita, Fermin(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] The Castell Vell of Castelló (Castelló’s Old Castle) is an andalusian structure located at the top on a hill,
placed on northern region of La Plana, in the land of Castellón. It’s organized on three interconnected
...
García Saez, Joaquín Francisco(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] The Castle of Almansa has its origin in a primitive Islamic fortress remodeled by Don Juan Manuel,
which is the fortress that will inherit Don Juan Pacheco, who as Marquis of Villena will transform,
adapting to new ...
Rodríguez Navarro, Pablo; Gil Piqueras, María Teresa(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] Bairén Castle was built in the Almoravid period, carring out the function of border hisn of the Taifa of
Dénia. It was the administrative, political and legal-religious center of more than 20 farmhouses or qurà
and ...
Climent Simón, José Manuel; Giner García, María Isabel; Rodrigo Molina, Angeles(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] The strategic location of most of the fortifications has led to the use throughout history of many
settlements, carrying out numerous renovations to adapt them to the defense needs of each period.
The privileged ...
Rodríguez Aguilera, Ángel(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] This paper presents a unique case of castilian remodelling of an islamic fortress, the castle of Iznájar,
conquered by Pedro I between 1362 and 1366, with the clear intention of staying in the territory. For ...
[EN] The Atalaya Castle (eighteenth century) is one of the military fortifications that were part of the defense
of Cartagena. The defensive system of the period was composed of an important walled enclosure,
which ...
Mileto, Camilla; Vegas López-Manzanares, Fernando; García Soriano, Lidia; Tomás Márquez, Salvador(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] The castle of La Vilavella (Castellón) stands on the slopes of San Sebastián, and its various constructions follow the craggy relief of the hill, on the outskirts of the town to the west. The castle is currently
an ...
García Porras, Alberto(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] In this paper we will work in a general way the characteristics that the Nasrid border presents, focusing on the material innovations and the new buildings that separate it from the previous defensive structures as ...
Zapata Parra, José(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] Five hundred years after the construction of the castle of Mula, which was ordered to build the I Mar-qués de los Vélez, Pedro Fajardo Chacón, as a result of his expulsion from the town during the commu-nal uprisings ...
[EN] The results of the investigation prior to the excavation work in the Castle of San Luis, in Estepona (Málaga, Spain) are presented. It is a coastal fortress built in the last quarter of the sixteenth century, in ...
Arroyo, Silvia Irene(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] Panama Viejo, the first Spanish city in the American Pacific during the 16th and 17th century relied
only on two structures for its defense: a small fort and Casas Reales. The existing documentation names
Casas ...
Mansergas Sellens, Oscar(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] The expansion of Santa Catalina in Palma de Mallorca is an urban project drafted in 1868 as a part of
the defense system of the Mallorca fortress. In a context of arms developments, a new advanced
fortification ...
[EN] Through a comparative study of two similar fortifications in their geometric and defensive
characteristics, this paper gives a description of each of them on a historical narrative that allows
specifying how the ...
Metair, Souad(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-11-28)
El objetivo de este trabajo es estudiar el Fuerte de Santa Cruz como una pieza destacable del conjunto de fortificación de la ciudad, para poder tener una idea más clara del estado actual del sistema defensivo de Orán.