Verboom y los sistemas defensivos de fuertes exteriores: una mirada a la ciudad de Alicante en 1721
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Title: | Verboom y los sistemas defensivos de fuertes exteriores: una mirada a la ciudad de Alicante en 1721 |
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Authors: | Echarri-Iribarren, Víctor |
Research Group/s: | Tecnología y Sostenibilidad en Arquitectura |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas |
Keywords: | Verboom | Alicante | Fortifications | Military engineers |
Knowledge Area: | Construcciones Arquitectónicas |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | Universitat d’Alacant |
Citation: | Echarri Iribarren, Víctor. "Verboom y los sistemas defensivos de fuertes exteriores: una mirada a la ciudad de Alicante en 1721". In: Echarri Iribarren, Víctor (Ed.). Defensive Architecture of the Mediterranean. XV to XVIII Centuries: Vol. V: Proceedings of the International Conference on Modern Age Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast, FORTMED 2017. Alacant: Publicacions Universitat d’Alacant, 2017. ISBN 978-84-16724-75-8, pp. LIX-LXXI |
Abstract: | The city of Alicante required a general fortification project after the War of the Spanish Succession. It had proved a strategic enclave due to the importance for trade and logistics of its port, protected by an almost impregnable castle which was only breached after a six-month long siege. Here, the project drawn up by Jorge Próspero de Verboom in 1721 is analysed in the context of other contemporary projects. Similarities and differences in the techniques applied are discussed, highlighting his solution to prevent deposits flowing into the port from the San Blas gully, by opening a channel to the sea. In addition, the professional trajectory of the engineer is also analysed, from the lock and flood management systems he implemented in Flanders up to 1710, to his subsequent work in Spain, where he designed various fortification projects adapted to the terrain. Lastly, the hypothesis is presented that Verboom decided not to employ outworks in his Alicante project, in contrast to other fortifications he designed such as Pamplona, Fuenterrabía and San Sebastian. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/70410 |
ISBN: | 978-84-16724-75-8 |
Language: | spa |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject |
Rights: | © editor Víctor Echarri Iribarren; de los textos: los autores; 2017, de la presente edición: Editorial Publicacions Universitat d’Alacant. Publicado con Licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 |
Peer Review: | si |
Appears in Collections: | FORTMED 2017 - Proceedings - Vol. I INV - TSA - Comunicaciones a Congresos, Conferencias, etc. |
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