Resumen de Identidad y memoria: nuevos enfoques para la gestión de los castillosen la provincia de Alicante (España)
Juan Antonio Mira Rico, Gema Jover Roig
The management of defensive architecture is largely based on archaeological, architectural and historicalresearch, which becomes a fundamental pillar to carry out any action of preservation, restoration, didacticsand dissemination. At the same time, a new research approach has been developed on the management ofcastles in public ownership at the beginning of the 21st century in different administrative territories suchas the province of Alicante (Spain). In order to analyse it in more detail, a pilot project has been designedfor Castalla Castle, one of the most outstanding fortifications in Alicante. It is aimed at finding out what thecastle represents for its community and how it is perceived through the qualitative methodology, as wellas improving its management. In this sense, is it a reference heritage landmark? Or is it a great unknownthat represents a great economic burden and does not provide any benefit? These questions are of greatinterest because, without the effective involvement of the community, the correct management of defensivearchitecture cannot be complete as pointed out by the ICOMOS Guidelines on Fortifications and MilitaryHeritage and the National Plan for Defensive Architecture of the Spanish Cultural Heritage Institute.
