[EN] After the start of the bastion of San Carlos as the first defensive element of Alicante´s fortification, it
was essential to undertake the second of the points that was urgently in the city, its provisional ...
Garzón Osuna, Diego(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] After the capitulation of the nasrid city of Almería (1489), the new Castilian administration was able to
verify the state of ruin of its defences due to the earthquake of 1487, ordering the rapid construction of ...
Murru, Stefania(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] This study stems from the idea of highlighting the constructive affinities among the three towers of the
Asinara Island, resulting from a unitary construction project. The research methodology identifies a
multidisciplinary ...
[EN] This article presents the results of the archaeological investigation carried out between 2017 and 2018
by Algeciras City Council in al-Bunayya (1282-1375), the only city founded by the Marinid dynasty in
al-Andalus, ...
[EN] During the communist regime of Enver Hoxha, Albania built nearly 200 000 bunkers as a measure of
protection towards an imaginary attack from (un)known enemies of the Popular Socialist Republic.
Most of these structures ...
Columbu, Stefano; Meloni, Paola(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] The pentagonal tower belong to medieval Serravalle castle area (81 m. above sea level), near the mouth
of the Temo River. The castle is important medieval fortifications of Sardinia and was built in various
stages. ...
[EN] The coast of the Kingdom of Granada was a border of importance in Nasrid times and it was also a zone
to be protected after the Castilian conquest, mostly against piracy. To control the sea, the successive rulers ...
Collado-Espejo, Pedro Enrique; Fernández-del-Toro, Juan; García-León, Josefina; La-Spina, Vincenzina(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] The city of Mula (Region of Murcia, Spain), still retains important canvases of the medieval wall of the
three enclosures (Alcazaba, Albacar and Medina) that shaped the urban layout from the twelfth century
(Muslim ...
Pecci, Antonio; Campanile, Ida(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] The Aragon geographical maps represent the territory of the ancient Kingdom of Naples. they date back
to the second half of the fifteenth century, probably some of them or some copies were subsequently
modified or ...
[FR] Le point de départ de ce travail était de combler un manque cruel dans l’histoire de la ville de Djidjelli,
au tout début de sa colonisation, du moins pour ce qui concerne sa transformation, période méconnue
des ...
Juan Vidal, Francisco(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] The paper refers to the network of watchtowers of the Valencian coast, built during the sixteenth
century, and proposes the evaluation of their values as heritage with a conceptual methodology based on
an operational ...
[EN] During works for the arrangement of the underground in Sassari’s historical center (Piazza Castello),
remains of the structures related to the “a la moderna” fortification of the Aragonese castles have been
discovered.
The ...
Burgassi, Valentina(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-07-19)
[EN] In the seven Centuries after its foundation, the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John, said at the beginning of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and finally of Malta, reached a major economic power and a strong hierarchical ...
Benselama-Messikh, Safia(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] In the Ottoman regency, the fortifications of Algiers evolve according to the politico-economic growth
experienced by the city partly thanks to the development of the maritime piracy and the lusts it entails.
Its ...
Mussari, Bruno(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] Capalbio (GR) is located in the heart of the southern Maremma, along the border strip that in the second
half of the fifteenth century marked the line between the Republic of Siena –became part of the Grand
Duchy ...
Brusa, Enrica; Stanga, Chiara(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] The town of Finale Ligure, situated on the western coast of Liguria, was the site of the Del Carretto
Marquisate until the sixteenth century. After that, it was under the control of the Spanish Crown (seventeenth ...
Arena, Marinella; Raffa, Paola(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] The earthen architecture of the Todhra and Ziz Valleys in Southern Morocco takes us back to the basic
and archetypal forms of building in the Mediterranean. Architectural typology and language together
form a cultural ...
Bevià i Garcia, Màrius; Mira Rico, Juan; Giner Martínez, Jaime Manuel; Ortega Pérez, José Ramón(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-05-15)
[EN] In the Courts of the Crown of Aragon held in Monzón (Huesca, 1528) it was raised the need to organise
the coast defence of the Kingdom of Valencia through a series of fortification works and the creation
and maintenance ...
[EN] Santa Pola belonged to the shire of Elche one century ago. Currently, there is a big quantity of towers
located in that territory, included its Castle. These towers have the same similarities, chronological and
formal ...
Orihuela, Antonio; Almagro, Antonio(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2015-10-16)
[EN] In 1489, after the surrender of the coastal towns of Almuñecar and Salobreña during the Granada War
(1482-1492), the Catholic Monarchs immediately set about repairing and improving the military
defences of the castles ...