De la caponera al búnquer. Evolució de la fortificació des de mitjans del segle XIX a mitjans del segle XX a Catalunya
(English) The thesis is composed, apart from the general introduction, of four interconnected chapters but which could be independent. The first is an overview of the evolution of fortification from antiquity to the middle of the 20th century. The second is the development of fortification in defens...
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| Format: | doctoral thesis |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | CBUC, CESCA |
| Repository: | TDR. Tesis Doctorales en Red |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:www.tdx.cat:10803/694935 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10803/694935 https://dx.doi.org/10.5821/dissertation-2117-439057 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | fortificació caponera casamata niu de metralladora búnquer fortificación nido de ametralladora búnker fortification caponier casemate pillbox Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Arquitectura 72 - Arquitectura |
| Summary: | (English) The thesis is composed, apart from the general introduction, of four interconnected chapters but which could be independent. The first is an overview of the evolution of fortification from antiquity to the middle of the 20th century. The second is the development of fortification in defensive enclosures since the middle of the 19th century, taking into account the curtains and bastions that gradually became low until they became covered caponiers, bastions that in principle are small forts that are part of a set but which could be independent in isolated forts, with crenellated galleries, embrasures with artillery pieces or plans protected only by parapets to place cannons to fire uncovered, and at the back of everything the tower divided into floors where the slingshots are located with the pieces to shoot at a long distance, both in slingshots under cover and pieces located on parapet at the highest point. Tortosa is taken as an excuse, because its case can be extrapolated to others in Catalonia. The fourth part is the realization of the bunker figure. There are enough cases here because unfortunately Catalonia, like the rest of the State, suffered a civil war. In this part, you can see how the bunkers were foreseen and how they gradually materialized with normalizing models that already came from before. Finally, the last part is the concrete explanation of the evolution of the bunker caponera and how it has become more and more camouflaged and more armored as the destructive power of the weaponry increases, how the traditional fortification has disappeared . |
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