Valdivia’s turrets: Vestiges of the walled city

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Valdivia City suffered a transformation after its refoundation in 1647 as a walled city. During the XVII and the XVIII century a process of consecutive improvement for the walls or fences was pursuit. All this was a product of the climatic and geographic situations, as well as military engineering r...

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Autor: Liewald-Dessy, Lorena
Formato: artículo
Fecha de Publicación:2019
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería
Repositorio:Revista UNI - Devenir
Lenguaje:español
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spelling Valdivia’s turrets: Vestiges of the walled cityTorreones de Valdivia: Vestigios de la ciudad amuralladaLiewald-Dessy, LorenatorreonesmurallaValdiviamemoriaValdivia City suffered a transformation after its refoundation in 1647 as a walled city. During the XVII and the XVIII century a process of consecutive improvement for the walls or fences was pursuit. All this was a product of the climatic and geographic situations, as well as military engineering requirements. In this process two Turrets were built by the same quarter of the XVIII. Its origin was justified by the need of strengthening two points considered as strategic and vulnerable in the city. Moreover, population protection was not the only purpose, but also to consolidate the progress to other zones, which by that time were under mapuche-huilliche domain. During the second decade of the XX, both turrets were declared as Historical Monument. These are two postcards which identify the city, but they lack the meaning and sense by which they were built.La ciudad de Valdivia se transformó, tras su refundación en 1647, en una ciudad amurallada. Durante los siglos XVII y XVIII, se estructuró un proceso que tuvo el objetivo, en forma permanente, de perfeccionar la muralla o cerco. Lo anterior debido a condiciones climáticas y geográficas así como también por los requerimientos propios de la ingeniería militar. Como parte de ese proceso se levantaron dos torreones en el último cuarto del siglo XVIII, pues se consideraba necesario fortalecer dos puntos considerados estratégicos y vulnerables de la ciudad. Con ello, se pretendía no solo proteger a la población, sino también consolidar el avance hacia zonas que aún se encontraban bajo dominio mapuche-huilliche. Durante la segunda década del siglo XX, ambos torreones fueron declarados Monumento Histórico. Se trata de dos postales que identifican a la ciudad, actualmente sin vínculo con el contenido y el sentido para el cual fueron edificadas.Editorial de la Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Artes de la Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería2019-01-29info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfaudio/mpegaudio/mpegtext/htmlhttp://www.revistas.uni.edu.pe/index.php/devenir/article/view/59710.21754/devenir.v5i10.597Devenir - Journal of studies on built heritage; Vol 5 No 10 (2018); 29-46Devenir - Revista de estudios sobre patrimonio edificado; Vol. 5 Núm. 10 (2018); 29-462616-49492312-7562reponame:Revista UNI - Devenirinstname:Universidad Nacional de Ingenieríainstacron:UNIspaenghttp://www.revistas.uni.edu.pe/index.php/devenir/article/view/597/732http://www.revistas.uni.edu.pe/index.php/devenir/article/view/597/733http://www.revistas.uni.edu.pe/index.php/devenir/article/view/597/734http://www.revistas.uni.edu.pe/index.php/devenir/article/view/597/882Derechos de autor 2019 Devenir - Revista de estudios sobre patrimonio edificadohttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-02-18T15:42:03Zmail@mail.com -
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Torreones de Valdivia: Vestigios de la ciudad amurallada
title Valdivia’s turrets: Vestiges of the walled city
spellingShingle Valdivia’s turrets: Vestiges of the walled city
Liewald-Dessy, Lorena
torreones
muralla
Valdivia
memoria
title_short Valdivia’s turrets: Vestiges of the walled city
title_full Valdivia’s turrets: Vestiges of the walled city
title_fullStr Valdivia’s turrets: Vestiges of the walled city
title_full_unstemmed Valdivia’s turrets: Vestiges of the walled city
title_sort Valdivia’s turrets: Vestiges of the walled city
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Liewald-Dessy, Lorena
author Liewald-Dessy, Lorena
author_facet Liewald-Dessy, Lorena
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv torreones
muralla
Valdivia
memoria
topic torreones
muralla
Valdivia
memoria
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Valdivia City suffered a transformation after its refoundation in 1647 as a walled city. During the XVII and the XVIII century a process of consecutive improvement for the walls or fences was pursuit. All this was a product of the climatic and geographic situations, as well as military engineering requirements. In this process two Turrets were built by the same quarter of the XVIII. Its origin was justified by the need of strengthening two points considered as strategic and vulnerable in the city. Moreover, population protection was not the only purpose, but also to consolidate the progress to other zones, which by that time were under mapuche-huilliche domain. During the second decade of the XX, both turrets were declared as Historical Monument. These are two postcards which identify the city, but they lack the meaning and sense by which they were built.
La ciudad de Valdivia se transformó, tras su refundación en 1647, en una ciudad amurallada. Durante los siglos XVII y XVIII, se estructuró un proceso que tuvo el objetivo, en forma permanente, de perfeccionar la muralla o cerco. Lo anterior debido a condiciones climáticas y geográficas así como también por los requerimientos propios de la ingeniería militar. Como parte de ese proceso se levantaron dos torreones en el último cuarto del siglo XVIII, pues se consideraba necesario fortalecer dos puntos considerados estratégicos y vulnerables de la ciudad. Con ello, se pretendía no solo proteger a la población, sino también consolidar el avance hacia zonas que aún se encontraban bajo dominio mapuche-huilliche. Durante la segunda década del siglo XX, ambos torreones fueron declarados Monumento Histórico. Se trata de dos postales que identifican a la ciudad, actualmente sin vínculo con el contenido y el sentido para el cual fueron edificadas.
description Valdivia City suffered a transformation after its refoundation in 1647 as a walled city. During the XVII and the XVIII century a process of consecutive improvement for the walls or fences was pursuit. All this was a product of the climatic and geographic situations, as well as military engineering requirements. In this process two Turrets were built by the same quarter of the XVIII. Its origin was justified by the need of strengthening two points considered as strategic and vulnerable in the city. Moreover, population protection was not the only purpose, but also to consolidate the progress to other zones, which by that time were under mapuche-huilliche domain. During the second decade of the XX, both turrets were declared as Historical Monument. These are two postcards which identify the city, but they lack the meaning and sense by which they were built.
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