La propuesta de fortificación del castillo de Bellver realizada en elsiglo XVIII

• Maria Concepción López González ^[1] ; Jorge García Valldecabres ^[1] ; Maria Teresa de Arnaiz Martín ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

     Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

     Valencia, España

     
• Localización: FORTMED2023. Defensive architecture of the mediterranean : vol. XIII, XIV, XV / Marco Giorgio Bevilacqua (dir. congr.), Denise Ulivieri (aut.), 2023, ISBN 978-84-1396-129-3, págs. 171-178
• Idioma: español
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  • Bellver Castle (Palma de Mallorca, Spain) was built between 1300 and 1311. It is a fortification in the Mallorcan Gothic style erected 112 m above sea level with a unique 360º view. It is one of the four circular castles in Europe. It is the oldest castle of this shape on the European continent and the only one in Spain. The construction consists of a Gothic-style building with a perfectly circular floor plan, which is organised around a central courtyard that is also circular, with four large towers facing the four cardinal points. It has an albarrana tower, free from the rest of the complex, while the rest of the towers are embedded in the main body of the building. After the War of the Spanish Succession (1700-1715), the fortification became the main political and military prison on the island, with illustrious prisoners within its walls. The aim of this work is the study and three-dimensional graphic elaboration of the fortification proposal designed in 1740 by the engineer Juan Ballester y Zafra (1688-1766), which was never carried out. The project has been located in the General Military Archive in Madrid.