Mondújar Castle is an Andalusi fortress located in the Valle de Lecrín (Granada, Spain). It had strategic importance in the final years of the Kingdom of Granada. The king Muley Hacén lived there before passing away, resulting in the popularisation of Romantic legends around its construction. Despite these folktales, the fortress has never been surveyed or restored and a complete architectural graphic study of this place is lacking. Therefore, it is essential to document the architectural heritage to collect relevant information for conservation work. Our main goal is to better understand the origin, architectural influences and building phases of the fortress, which requires historical and surveying methods. We present a historical approximation, followed by a photogrammetric survey. This is the first study on the medieval fortress and its subsequent Castilian refortification (executed around 1500). We conclude that it is not plausible that this place was the location of any legendary palaces. Apart from its historical and constructive significance, the use of Islamic funerary elements, probably coming from the Royal Nasrid Cemetery, makes this castle unique. Therefore, the preservation and understanding of this monument should be a priority within the sustainable development of the region.
The bath of the Walnut or Bañuelo (Ḥammām al-Ŷawza), in Granada (Spain), is one of the most notable and best-preserved buildings of its kind in the Iberian Peninsula, following the extensive conservation work directed by architect Leopoldo Torres-Balbás in 1927-1928. Traditionally, it has been dated to the 11th century, when a Taifa kingdom ruled by the Zirid dynasty, of Berber origin, was established in Granada. The recent restoration work carried out on it has prompted us to investigate the long process of study, characterization and valorisation of this important example of Andalusí architecture. The paper presents a broad critical analysis of this process of detailed discovery over almost two centuries (1832-2019), based on descriptions, photographs and plans. It starts with the first drawings made by the French artist J.-Ph. Girault de Prangey and finishes with the recent archaeological survey. During the discussion the authors give their own vision of the different hypotheses raised, assessing positive contributions of each of them. Finally, they propose a new hypothesis summing up the best ideas contributed by previous authors and correcting their errors or omissions. This new hypothesis is described and drawn in ground floor plans and cross-sections.
El Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo en Granada es, -en palabras de los autores de este artículo-, el edificio clave para el análisis de la arquitectura y la decoración en la transición del arte postalmohade al nazar í. Es de destacar el rigor en la investigación, la minuciosidad de los levantamientos gráficos mediante técnicas taquimétricas y fotogramétricas, así como la apuesta comprometida contenida en la propuesta de liberación y de repristinación que incluye la alberca y el jardín. Proposal for intervention in the Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo (Granada). The Cuarto Real de Santo
Construction fortifications sometimes are in places located in high mountains where it is very difficult to access them to obtain information about the restoring. In The Salobreña Castle, Andalusí Fortification in the coast of Granada and remodeled at the end of the XV century, exists walls and fortifications located at the top of high cliff, therefore it is very difficult to obtain information using classic photogrammetric methods. The same case in restoration because it is difficult too. A little multicopter has been used to solve the documentation problem and a compact camera was fixed in the multicopter. It is used to take a lot of pictures, obtaining such stereoscopic pairs as groups of pictures to modify with a program of photogrammetric scan. A skilled worker has restored the elements located in high cliff using climbing equipment Keywords: multicóptero, fotogrametría, trabajos de altura. IntroducciónCon notable frecuencia, los castillos y otras obras de fortificación ocupan lugares agrestes y de difícil acceso buscando las mayores dificultades para los potenciales atacantes. Esto suele generar problemas, tanto en la documentación de los mismos como en las posteriores intervenciones de restauración, que en tales casos requieren de costosos medios auxiliares para efectuar reparaciones que, en ocasiones, pese a ser imprescindibles resultan de costo insignificante frente al de los medios auxiliares necesarios para realizarlos, lo que muchas veces provoca que no se lleguen a ejecutar. En la toma de datos, las disponibilidades de medios auxiliares suelen ser siempre muy limitadas por lo que estos impedimentos generan dificultades muy serias.Nuevos instrumentos que la tecnología va poniendo a nuestra disposición permiten resolver las dificultades de documentación, generalmente aprovechando las grandes ventajas que la fotogrametría digital ofrece. Pero también están resultando de gran utilidad los nuevos medios disponibles para obtener las fotos. Por otro lado, determinadas sistemas, no convencionales, de ejecutar las obras resuelven y economizan su realización.El castillo de Salobreña es una fortificación de época andalusí situado en la costa granadina. Se asienta en lo más alto de la población sobre la cúspide de un cerro rocoso, casi aislado, situado en la llanura aluvial que se forma en la desembocadura del río Guadalfeo.El cerro, que en tiempos pasados estuvo en el mismo borde del litoral, hoy se encuentra alejado del mismo más de quinientos metros por efecto de los aluviones que ha ido depositando el río. Mientras que por el este y el norte las pendientes han permitido desarrollarse a la población, al sur y al oeste la presencia de grandes
FORTMED 2020 is the fifth edition of the International Conference on Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast. The Conference has been held in March 26th, 27th and 28th 2020 in Granada (Spain), at the Laboratory of Archaeology and Architecture of the City (Laboratorio de Arqueología y Arquitectura de la Ciudad, LAAC) of the School of Arabic Studies (Escuela de Estudios Árabes, EEA), a research centre that belongs to the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, CSIC). The main objective of FORTMED conferences is to exchange and share knowledge for a better understanding, assessment, management and exploitation of the built Cultural Heritage. The focus is on defensive architecture in the Mediterranean area, from the Antiquity to the present day, although it does not exclude other fortifications built overseas but high influenced by those on the Mediterranean.
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