The Saadian Fortifications of Ahmad Al-Mansur in Morocco
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Título: | The Saadian Fortifications of Ahmad Al-Mansur in Morocco |
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Autor/es: | Almagro, Antonio |
Palabras clave: | Saadians | Bastion fortresses | Triangular plan | Rammed earth |
Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
Editor: | Universitat d’Alacant |
Cita bibliográfica: | Almagro, Antonio. "The Saadian Fortifications of Ahmad Al-Mansur in Morocco". 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. 109-118 |
Resumen: | When Ahmad al-Mansur became sultan in 1578, he continued the ongoing policy of eliminating Portuguese enclaves along the coasts of Morocco. He also had to ensure the control of the areas which were more hostile to him within his own kingdom. To achieve this, he carried out the construction of a series of fortifications, among which the most important were those with clear European influences, equipped with pentagonal bastions which included casemates and oreillons. Of these forts, those located in Larache and Fes are considered the work of Portuguese and European captives, although it is important to note that al-Mansur must have become well acquainted with Spanish examples throughout the Mediterranean during the time he spent at the service of the Ottoman Empire. However, some of these square or triangular-plan forts present important shortcomings in their design, which made them very vulnerable to assaults with heavy artillery. This leads us to think that either European models were copied without thoroughly understanding their designs, or that that they were built merely as intimidating features without taking into account the possibility of an actual assault. These fortresses have been studied with the use of photogrammetric elevations. |
Patrocinador/es: | This work was developed within the framework of the research project HAR2014-53006-P, "Saadian Architecture. The survival of al-Andalus in the Maghreb (ARSA) ", financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, State Program for the Promotion of Scientific and Technical Research of Excellence, co-financed by the European Union's FEDER Funds. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/70435 |
ISBN: | 978-84-16724-75-8 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject |
Derechos: | © 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 |
Revisión científica: | si |
Aparece en las colecciones: | FORTMED 2017 - Proceedings - Vol. I |
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