Author, as appears in the article.: Ripoll, Ramon; Gomis, Jordi; Turon, Carlos; Chamorro, Miquel-Angel;

Department: Enginyeria Mecànica

URV's Author/s: Gomis Sánchez, Jordi / Turon Rodriguez, Carlos

Keywords: Urban geography Topography Topographies Ingeniería civil Geography Geografía urbana Geografía Fortress city Civil engineering

Abstract: The regular modern fortress city of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries has been widely studied. However, the irregular modern fortress city, which adapts to the rugged geography of the site, has, to date, been scarcely analysed. In the case of the latter, the irregularities of the terrain force moulding, changing and introducing major changes to common, regular, symmetrical defences. In these cases, geography and construction complement each other unusually, enriching the freer, more functional layout of the bastions, curtain walls and complementary structures. The aim of these changes is both financial and defensive at the same time. The peculiar geography of the traditional city of Girona -Catalonia- is a magnificent example of an irregular defensive approach in modern European history.

Thematic Areas: Geography, planning and development Geography, physical Geografía Engenharias i Earth-surface processes Computers in earth sciences Ciencias sociales Ciências agrárias i Biodiversidade

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

Author's mail: jordi.gomis@urv.cat carlos.turon@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0001-7779-7079 0000-0001-7534-1481

Record's date: 2023-06-09

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: http://technicalgeography.org/index.php/on-line-first/341-05_ripoll

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Geographia Technica. 15 (2): 40-46

APA: Ripoll, Ramon; Gomis, Jordi; Turon, Carlos; Chamorro, Miquel-Angel; (2020). GEOGRAPHY AND THE IRREGULAR MODERN FORTRESS CITY (GIRONA 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES). Geographia Technica, 15(2), 40-46. DOI: 10.21163/GT_2020.152.05

Article's DOI: 10.21163/GT_2020.152.05

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications