[ES] At the gates of Chianti, on the Via Francigena, on the border between Florence and Siena, the fortress rises alongside the walled land of Staggia Senese. In documents it is named palàtium or rocca di staja. The term ...
Cattaneo, Maria Vittoria(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-04-17)
[ES] In Mondovì Piazza (the higher part of the city near Cuneo) the Citadel is an example of fortification from the Sixteenth century that can still be recognized nowadays; inside it the transformations that were realized ...
Tifawt, Loudaoui(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-04-17)
[ES] The collective granaries of the Anti-Atlas region in Morocco, known as Igoudar, as well as the Ksour and Kasbas of the High Atlas stand as architectural treasures deeply rooted in the cultural heritage of indigenous ...
[ES] This paper presents the activity carried out as part of the Ph.D. program in Architectural and Landscape Heritage at the Politecnico di Torino entitled “An Integral Approach to the Study of Fortifications”. A survey ...
[ES] Military fortifications have always played a key role in territorial defense. Their location and visibility often depended on strategic military choices, such as shape. The geometric development of the latter is the ...