Almohade wall of Cáceres: constructive, formal and functional characteristics
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https://doi.org/10.17561/aytm.v10i1.1564Keywords:
Almohade, Cáceres, Wall, Albarrana (External tower), Tapial (Wall made of sand), EpigraphyAbstract
The present research is mainly concerned with the development of an exhaustive study on the Almohade wall structures in Cáceres. Due to a regrettable carence of both archaelogical and chronicle findings it is our intention to focus on the systematic architectural and building definition of the remarkable relics which have been preserved by means of its constructive, formal and functional characteristics. Furthermore, a study on an unknown inscription from an unquestionable Almohade procedence and still noticeable in the Torre de los Pozos, is also provided in this work. This inscription, along with other symbolic elements associated with it, represents one of the scarce propaganda testimonies analysed in militar Andalusian construction which were fostered by the Almohade authorities in charge at that time. Finally, a particular emphasis will be placed on the chronology of the wall, dating this great constructive work in Califa Ya’cub al-Mansur’s times, after his militar campaign in Extremadura in 1196
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