The Caliphal gate of Gormaz Castle
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https://doi.org/10.3989/arq.arqt.2008.89Keywords:
Architecture of Caliphal al-Andalus, castle, framework, walls reinforcement, photogrammetryAbstract
This paper presents a partial analysis of an emblematic monument of the military architecture from al-Andalus. Although Gormaz has been mentioned many times as an example of the caliphate architecture, it still remains without a complete study using adequate methodology to identify the different phases of its construction. A new photogrammetric survey of the main gate is presented, and its structure and design composition rules used are both analysed. Furthermore, an issue never studied before is also examined: the remains from a previous fortress, built probably with mud walls, from which only the marks left on the structures dated to the 10th century have reached present times.
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