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(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] The fort of Santa Cruz in Oran (Algeria) represents the peak of the iceberg of a very huge and
developed defence system. Its strategic situation has been the key of the failure and the success of this
system. In ...
[EN] Because of its spectacular location and its good state of conservation, the image of the castle of Almansa
has been widely reproduced in publications of informative and even tourist purpose. The building is the
result ...
Marmolejo Cantos, Francisco(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] New interpretative approaches are raised about ḥafṣūní architecture based on the archeological data in
the medieval city of Bobastro and its most immediate castles, all located in the limits of the municipal
terms ...
Negre, Joan(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] This work emphasises the cultural value of archaeological heritage through the design of an archaeological park at the Islamic fortress of Gandia. The city, heavily tight to traditional tourism visitors, attracted
by ...