El promontorio y el puerto, el avistamiento y la acción ofensiva. Propuestas tipológicas de torres marítimas para un mismo problema geográfico: los puertos de Jávea y Moraira en el litoral valenciano (1562-1596)

Abstract

The various geographical conditions of coastal relief demanded adopt, in turn, different solutions for fortification. One of these geographical problems, faced quite often, was the existence of a promontory and a port to his coat, like royal engineer Cristóbal Antonelli pointed in a drawing of 1596 on the Cape and the port of Moraira on the valencian coast.On the one hand it was necessary to supervise the coast and moreover, repel the enemy access to ports ships, all through maritime towers strategically located in coastal promontories. The analysis of this particular problem in coastal fortification in different areas allows the comparison of the different typologies of towers and proposed solutions to existing problems.