After the English troops took the city of Alicante and the Santa Barbara Castle in 1706, they constructed a big trench that enclosed the San Francisco district and the river bed of the Canicia gully, incorporating them into the city. This configuration of the walled city created a serious disadvantage for the buildings located next to the river bed and the commercial activity in the city. In 1772, the diversion channel, the project designed to divert the river bed of the San Blas gully to prevent its devastating effects, was completed. This singular engineering project –one of the few that were carried out in Spain due to Alicante’s peculiar climactic conditions– contained some defects that were the cause of the water returning to its origi...
Since the fortification of Alicante was implemented in 1535, the city had not developed any defensiv...
Between 1769 and 1779, the militay engineer Fernando Méndez Ras performs a survey of the coastline ...
The objective of this research is to relate the proposals of Guardiola Picó with the Plan Integral c...
In order to prevent damage to fortifications in Alicante, the San Blas gully was diverted in 1772. T...
After the construction of the San Carlos bastion in Alicante in the final decade of the seventeenth ...
El auge de la actividad portuaria en Alicante, y los acontecimientos bélicos que sufrió la ciudad du...
Since the fortification of Alicante was implemented in 1535, the city had not developed any defensiv...
Cuando el ejército Aliado tomó la plaza y el castillo de Alicante en 1706 sus fortificaciones se mos...
The city of Alicante required a general fortification project after the War of the Spanish Successio...
The city of Alicante required a general fortification project after the War of the Spanish Successio...
Durante la Guerra de Sucesión las tropas aliadas ejecutaron un “trincherón” (línea abaluartada senci...
Since the fortification of Alicante was implemented in 1535, the city had not developed any defensiv...
Sixteen century was for the Alicante City and her castle a fundamental moment for military and archi...
Modernizing coastal fortifications in Spain was the Bourbon monarchy’s priority in the first quarter...
Modernizing coastal fortifications in Spain was the Bourbon monarchy’s priority in the first quarter...
Since the fortification of Alicante was implemented in 1535, the city had not developed any defensiv...
Between 1769 and 1779, the militay engineer Fernando Méndez Ras performs a survey of the coastline ...
The objective of this research is to relate the proposals of Guardiola Picó with the Plan Integral c...
In order to prevent damage to fortifications in Alicante, the San Blas gully was diverted in 1772. T...
After the construction of the San Carlos bastion in Alicante in the final decade of the seventeenth ...
El auge de la actividad portuaria en Alicante, y los acontecimientos bélicos que sufrió la ciudad du...
Since the fortification of Alicante was implemented in 1535, the city had not developed any defensiv...
Cuando el ejército Aliado tomó la plaza y el castillo de Alicante en 1706 sus fortificaciones se mos...
The city of Alicante required a general fortification project after the War of the Spanish Successio...
The city of Alicante required a general fortification project after the War of the Spanish Successio...
Durante la Guerra de Sucesión las tropas aliadas ejecutaron un “trincherón” (línea abaluartada senci...
Since the fortification of Alicante was implemented in 1535, the city had not developed any defensiv...
Sixteen century was for the Alicante City and her castle a fundamental moment for military and archi...
Modernizing coastal fortifications in Spain was the Bourbon monarchy’s priority in the first quarter...
Modernizing coastal fortifications in Spain was the Bourbon monarchy’s priority in the first quarter...
Since the fortification of Alicante was implemented in 1535, the city had not developed any defensiv...
Between 1769 and 1779, the militay engineer Fernando Méndez Ras performs a survey of the coastline ...
The objective of this research is to relate the proposals of Guardiola Picó with the Plan Integral c...