Potere e progetto. Famiglie feudali e fortificazioni in Calabria tra XVI e XVII secolo, in A.Cámara Muñoz, Potere e progetto. Famiglie feudali e fortificazioni in Calabria tra XVI e XVII secolo

The essay presents the fortifications built in the Calabria between the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries by some important feudal families to defend their possessions. Little was known, however, about the feudal fortifications, which were poorly documented. To overcome this problem, noble architecture and events can be cross-referenced to reconstruct the way designs were conceived and implemented in individual fiefdoms. I referred to Cariati, Isola Capo Rizzuto, Palma-Carlopoli and Monasterace. Though not the only sites in Calabria with 16th century fortifications, they are important because, as I shall attempt to show, they came about as a result of links and contacts between noble lords and experts as well as direct know-how of the art of fortification by feudal lords.