[EN] In the south of Calabria in Italy, along the Tyrrhenian coast, lie fortifications of great historical and
architectural importance which all enjoy strategic positions owing to their landscapes and wide view of
the ...
[EN] The Maida castle is located in a hill site in historical center of the Maida City, facing two sea gulfs:
Squillace gulf on the east side and Sant’Eufemia gulf on the west side. The position is strategic moreover ...
Colistra, Daniele; Mediati, Domenico(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] In Southern Italy, and also in Calabria, fortified masserie represent a typical building model meant for the
management, the control and the defense of the territory and of the rural heritage. This occurs especially ...
[EN] Having lost their function of sighting as an instrument of strategic control, inclusion and protection from
presumed pirate invasions, the coastal towers of Calabria Ultra, represented in the Diary of Wonders of
the ...
Caniglia, Maria Rossana(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2024-04-17)
[EN] The casemates, elements of the Italian coastal defence system, are serial “objects” developed by the Genio Militare between 1941 and 1943, with different shapes, sizes and layouts according to the functions for which ...
Caniglia, Maria Rossana(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] To oppose the phenomenon of waves of Turks threatening the most exposed areas of the Kingdom of
Naples, the viceregal government ordered from 1535 the construction of a continuous and articulated
chain of defensive ...