di San Lio, Eugenio; Galizia, Maria; Santagati, Cettina(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] After being the center of political and military events of the Kingdom of Sicily in the XIV and XV
centuries, the city of Catania gradually lost its military importance , so that under the Emperor Charles
V the city ...
Vitali, Marco(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] The birth in Roman times, the development in the Baroque season and the massive Napoleonic
demolition of the fortified wall of Turin constitute the phases of an event still clearly readable in the
current urban ...
[EN] This research is focused around Italian defensive system on the southern coast of Sicily, in the territory
of Ragusa. Object of this study is the system consisting in three coastal watchtowers, located in three
hamlets ...
De Marco, Raffaella; Galasso, Francesca; Malusardi, Chiara(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] The analysis of the fortified routes in the city of Pavia (Italy) clarifies the adaptation of the medieval
capital in the historical politics of the Mediterranean, where the evolution of the defensive system till
the ...
[EN] Modern technological advances have enabled digital automated methods to be applied for accurate and
detailed documentation. Such techniques include image based modelling and terrestrial laser scanning.
They can ...
Gallozzi, Arturo; Cigola, Michela(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] The contribution schematically analyzes themes and graphic codes related to the cartographic representation, in a period between twelfth and sixteenth centuries. Significant examples of Maps, Nautical
charts, Atlases ...
Gregori Llongo, Elena(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-09-08)
[ES] El Jardín de Benimaclet Distrito 14 tiene una extensión de poco más de 2,5 hectáreas. El área esta desagregada en dos parcelas diferenciadas. La Parcela I, de menor tamaño ocupa una extensión de 8.833 m2 y está situada ...
[EN] Fortresses are architectural pearls, cultural sites, event locations, experience places and memorials,
mostly situated at breath-taking places on mountains, rivers or in the under-ground. Fortresses are monuments of ...
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 ...