La construcción de almacenes de pólvora en la España de los siglos XVIII-XIX es un fiel reflejo de la mecánica constructiva de la Ilustración en los diferentes dominios de la Monarquía Hispánica, desarrollada por los ingenieros militares. La clasificación morfológica y tipológica de 271 proyectos de almacenes, custodiados en diferentes archivos esp...
Durante la Edad Moderna diversas cortes europeas consolidaron como tradición la fabricación de planos en relieve de ciudades fortificadas, complemento a otras formas de representación -mapas y planos- empleadas dentro del ámbito militar. En este contexto, el Salón de los Reinos del Palacio del Buen Retiro funcionó como un improvisado cuarto de mode...
The construction of military edifices in Spanish Caribbean was overseen by engineers, as previous studies have largely shown, but forced labor played a key role in the processes, an understudied aspect. Hundreds of enslaved workers in San Juan de Puerto Rico or San Juan de Ulúa (Veracruz, Mexico) and thousands in Havana (Cuba) helped create the bui...
Nel settembre del 1600 Pedro Enríquez d'Azevedo y Toledo, conte di Fuentes de Valpedero, è nominato governatore dello Stato di Milano e immediatamente comprende la problematica situazione in cui giacciono le cinte urbane. Di fronte al pericolo di un possibile attacco, il territorio del milanese, strategico per il governo spagnolo, deve essere tut...
Although it can be thought that the techniques for rehabilitating s tructures considered historical are a recent concern in architecture, studies on intervention processes from the past allow us to understand that these are frequently performed actions and sometimes even as a solution for the lack of funds for the construction of new works, or the ...
The text presented aims to analyze the construction process of the Cathedral of Santa Marta during the eighteenth century. Although a series of necessary antecedents will be raised to clarify what happened during the 18th century, the intervention of architects and military engineers throughout this century allowed to conclude the main religious bu...
La Guerra de Sucesión en Flandes fue un escenario idóneo para la formación técnica del ingeniero militar Jorge Próspero Verboom. Si durante la Guerra de la Cuádruple Alianza se enfrentó a Vauban en el asedio y defensa de plazas, ambos ingenieros trabajaron juntos para la causa felipista al inicio del siglo XVIII. Pronto se vio la necesidad de reali...
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 structure based on the articulation of national sections. Maltese fortifications erected between 1530 and 1798 are in some respect...
The Mediterranean was, from an early age, a place of “production of images” by travelers, painters, architects, and especially military engineers, who, commissioned by the Spanish Crown, generated a vast amount of cartographic pieces and images with technical, architectural, and landscape information in various scales. These now constitute an essen...
The works chosen for displaying in the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Melilla, required their restoration due to the bad general condition in which they were. These documents were dated from the XVIII century, and they have a high level of execution, both technically and plastic, carried out by military engineers and architects. In this arti...
