Torrione e Rivellino
Torrione e Rivellino
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Brun066
Florence, Italy12,580 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2020
The term "rivellino" (ravelin) refers to a fortification work, typical of the era when firearms are the norm, which is built close to another fortress, to increase its effectiveness.
Within this category, then, ravelins can have the most different shapes. For example, they can be completely detached from the pre-existing works, and in any case they repair these from artillery shots (in this case the ravelins often have a triangle shape). Or they can - as in the case of Piombino - be attached to the pre-existing fortress, forming a whole with it.
In the latter case, being the old and new fortresses a unique thing, it is easier the conservation of the one up to our days also entails the conservation of the other.
The Piombino complex clearly consists of three elements: the tower on the side facing the interior of the ancient city, which even dates back to remote 1212; the square courtyard added at the beginning of the fifteenth century, with an "antiport"; the real ravelin - with its mighty square boulders - finished about a century later.
I didn't understand if the square courtyard also served as a "trap" for the besiegers who had broken through the first defenses and had deluded themselves into entering the city (there are examples of these architectures already from classical Greece: I remember the Messene walls and Eurialo Castle in Syracuse). The arches opened towards the city center in the perimeter of the courtyard would seem to exclude it; but not enough news on this topic.
Overall, the whole fortress is such as to attract the attention of even the unaware visitor. For those who understand a bit of military history, this succession of different eras and techniques is further interesting
Written June 22, 2020
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jbwhitehouse
Dallas, TX1,861 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2019
Though there are plaques that explain the defensive walls, Medici fortress, and St. Antoine gate they aren't very clear. Multiple entrances from the main street make orientation a bit difficult.
Written November 25, 2019
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