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La fortificación del Reino de Valencia en la década de1640 a la luz de la revolución militar
2019
This article proposes a study of the traditions in defensive architecture that concurred in the projects designed by Spanish military engineers for the fortification of the Valencian frontier in 1648 and 1649, in the context of the War of Catalonia (1640-1652). For this it is essential to follow the route of the Valencian adaptations to the military revolution in the matter of fortifications throughout the sixteenth century and compare them with those brought to Valencia in 1641 by the Marquis of Leganes and his engineers from the school of Milan.
Le site de Gaillardon à Ménétru-le-Vignoble (Jura) : un établissement de hauteur de l'Antiquité tardive et du haut Moyen Âge
2011
L'étude de l'établissement de Gaillardon à Ménétru-le-Vignoble s'inscrit dans le cadre d'un programme de recherche pluridisciplinaire engagé sur les sites de hauteur de l'Antiquité tardive et du haut Moyen Âge dans le département du Jura. Créé ex nihilo vers le début du ve siècle, ce lieu semble avoir été occupé de manière permanente jusqu'au vie siècle. Les aménagements identifiés à l'intérieur de l'enceinte maçonnée, qui enserre une superficie de 1,5 ha, suggèrent une concentration d'activités artisanales diversifiées. Certaines catégories de mobilier reflètent un niveau de vie aisé d'une partie des occupants ainsi que la présence d'une garnison ou d'une milice armée. Cet établissement pa…
Diagnostics for the knowledge: the case of the tower of Palazzo Termine Pietragliata in Palermo (Italy)
2015
[EN] Developing a methodological approach is crucial to assess the state of conservation of a monument, starting from the overall analysis, progressively moving from small to medium scale and reaching the grand scale at the end. Considering the territory, causes are investigated in order to understand the propensities, as well as considering a single monument, evidences are carefully read to assess the overall conditions, that will be lately detailed by the analysis on materials and their degradation. The object of this study is the tower of the Palazzo Pietragliata in Palermo, one of the most important examples of the late Gothic civil architecture in Sicily. The Palace, built in 1473 by P…
Una pequeña lámina de plomo con inscripción ibérica de paleografía arcaica del Pico de los Ajos (Yátova, València)
2021
espanolEn este trabajo editamos una pequena lamina de plomo hallada en el Pico de los Ajos (Yatova) en la campana de 2018. La lamina aparecio plegada y contiene una inscripcion iberica de una sola linea en cada cara que muy probablemente configure un solo texto completo. Sus caracteristicas formales son poco comunes, siendo el paralelo mas cercano el de las laminas votivas de El Amarejo. La presencia del elemento kutuŕ, frecuente en las inscripciones votivas rupestres, tambien apuntaria a una interpretacion religiosa. Desde el punto de vista paleografico, cabe senalar que se trata de un texto explicitamente dual, ya que conviven en el las dos variantes de te y ŕ. A pesar de que el contexto …
Fortifying the Island at the time of the viceroy Ferrante Gonzaga (1536-1546): sites, master builders and designers, clients
2015
Abstract The ten-year government of Ferrante Gonzaga marks a crucial time in the process of modernization of fortifications on the largest island of the Western Mediterranean. Even if the cornerstones of the strategy pursued and the projects undertaken to realize an adequate defense system have already been highlighted by previous studies, and it is well-known how much the viceroy himself and the royal engineer Antonio Ferramolino participated in resolving the longstanding problem, new interesting data emerge from research on the archival collections of Tribunale del Real Patrimonio, kept in the State Archive of Palermo. Using this mostly unpublished documentation, the paper focus on buildi…
Ville et fortifications : de l'héritage à la production du territoire urbain
2015
A large number of french cities host military historical edifices (citadels, barracks, bastions, defensive walls, etc.). Although their initial defensive functions have been lost over time, these edifices remain deeply rooted in the urban fabric of their host cities. They continue exerting an impact on these cities’ urban morphology and modern-time functions as well as the way in which the concept of city is understood. Cities nowadays face some new challenges,the increasing awareness of urban sprawl and its consequences, coupled with an urge to promote a renewed and sustainable urbanism, invites us to adopt new approaches to study urban fortifications. In addition to their symbolic aspect,…
Pietro Antonio Tomasello de Padua : un ingeniero militar véneto en la Sicilia de Carlos V
2011
En 1522 el virrey de Sicilia, Ettore Pignatelli, conde de Monteleone, inició una gran campaña para fortalecer las defensas de las principales ciudades de la costa de Sicilia: Palermo, Trapani, Milazzo, Siracusa y, algunos años más tarde, incluso Messina. El ingeniero real Pietro Antonio Tomasello de Padua, un técnico militar Veneto, pidió renovar el sistema de defensas de la isla, con la introducción por primera vez de bastiones circulares y poligonales en fortalezas y murallas de la ciudad. La obra, desconocida hasta ahora, de este importante ingeniero militar activo en Sicilia desde 1523 hasta 1537, año de su muerte, está siendo reconstruida con una importante documentación de archivo. La…
Les enceintes protohistoriques, antiques et anhistoriques de la Nièvre : Inventaire
2002
Réalisé dans le cadre d'un PCR sous la direction de J.-P. Guillaumet, CNRS Artehis, Dijon
Ingegneri militari nella Sicilia degli Asburgo: formazione, competenze e carriera di una figura professionale tra Cinque e Seicento
2015
During the Sixteenth century and the first half of the following one, Sicily played a key role in the strategy of defense of the Spanish Empire from the looming Turkish threat, being an island considered as a baluarte against the Turks. Yet despite this absolute centrality in the military policy of the Spanish monarchy, till now historical research has preferred to provide broader spectrum interpretations at the expense of in-depth studies on individual technicians or overall pictures about the figure of the military engineer. We will present a synoptic view attesting the time period of activity covered by each military technician working for the kingdom of Sicily, within a wider study conc…
Per il sistema difensivo di Rodi "insigne monumento cioè di tutta la città murata"
2016
Tra la seconda metà del XIX sec. e l’inizio del XX sec. in Europa si assiste alla progressiva distruzione dei sistemi difensivi delle città, in quanto, oramai, considerati inutili ingombri rispetto ai motivi che li avevano originati. Delle fortificazioni delle città, solamente alcuni elementi furono conservati, come, ad esempio le porte urbiche e alcune torri. In particolare la città di Rodi, in Grecia, fino all’arrivo degli occupanti italiani, nel 1912, possedeva un sistema di fortificazioni formato da mura, bastioni, fossati e terrapieni. Quest’ultimi, dopo più di duecento anni, dalla conquista dello stato dei Cavalieri di Rodi, erano stati adibiti a cimiteri israeliani e musulmani. Con l…