exteriors bastioned forts of the bastion fortification of badajoz

EXTERIORS BASTIONED FORTS OF THE BASTION FORTICATION

OF BADAJOZ

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They were four the forts that defendian the city bastioned from the exterior. That of St Kitts, placed in the right margen of the Guadiana, was the important mas of all, since from his location on the hill of the Orinaza, it dominates the city. That of the Head of the Bridge, it was closing and protecting the exit of the same one, in the way of Portugal. Defending the zone mas weak person of the square, opposite to the Door of Pilar was the strong missing person of Pardaleras. They were completing the exterior enclosure the Revellín de San Roque and the Fort of the Picuriña, also known like about the Prince.

BASTIONED FORT OF THE SAN CRISTOBAL

It is placed on the hill of the Orinaza, place chosen in a beginning by Ibn Marwan to locate the city of Badajoz. His works began in the 17th century, as part of a project to strengthen the defenses of the square. It is composed by two small bastions joined by a curtain defended in the northern part by a beautiful lens. In the southern part, two semibastions are joined to the later gullet. A wide pit surrounds the fortification. After the conquest of the square for the Frenchmen in 1811, it got up in the northern part (on a near hill) the lens Verlé today missing. A covered way it was joining this strength, with the hornabeque of the Head of the Bridge.

Intramural of the fortress, you can enjoy a Raia Interpretation Center (the border), where through a didactic and enjoyable audiovisual material, you can know the history of these lands and their inhabitants, their encounters and encounters, and their rich defensive heritage composed of numerous fortified squares.




THE FORT BEFORE HIS RECENT REHABILITATION




BASTIONED FORT OF SAN ROQUE OR REVELLIN DE LA TRINIDAD The Revellín de San Roque (or Fort of the Trinity) defended the Pillar Gate and was linked by a road covered with the Fort of Picuriña. The space between this enclave and the rest of the fortification could be flooded, so during the siege of 1812 a dam was erected downstream of the Rivillas, raising a few meters the level of the creek This space has been partially rehabilitated, cleaning the moat and reordering the inner courtyard. The covered road, the crossings and the garitas have not been recovered.




BASTIONED FORT OF PARDALERAS Together with san Cristobál were the two most important fortresses that defended the city from the outside. It was badly damaged during the siege prior to the French's seizure of Badajoz, when it was bombed from the city by General Menacho. Once the Ministry of the Army handed over the fortifications to the City Council, it was one of the defensive spaces that soon suffered abandonment and ruin. On its stones and practically coinciding with the layout of its plant, the Badajoz Prison was erected and later the current Hispanic American Museum of Contemporary Art (M.E.I.A.C.)

BASTIONED FORT OF THE PRINCE OR OF THE PICURIÑA This fort protected the road of Andalucia and the accessions of the south, defending mainly the strongholds of the Trinity and St. Mary. The seizure of this redoubt by the besieged troops of Marshal Wellington at the site of 1812, allowed him to place at this point his logistical and artillery attack base. From this point he hardbombed the indicated strongholds and his intermediate curtain, until he managed to penetrate the square, after opening gaps and suffering more than 3,000 casualties. Today only one stone and some dependencies, are the exponent of another nucleus of our heritage, which is exfromed.



BASTIONED FORT ( HORNWORK) OF THE HEAD OF THE BRIDGE The Bridge Head was protected by a triangular fort, with the gola closing the bridge exit and two small bastions joined by a central curtain. On this wall was opened a gap to make way for the road that linked the city with the railway station. Originally the bridge of Palmas had closed its direct access and was cut by the moat of the fort. The exit was under the gun yard and St. Vincent's Gate.

	The rehabilitation of this niche, from which most of its elements have been recovered, is currently being completed in an exemplary and unique work in the performances on the city's abaluartate fortification.




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FORT OF THE SAINT CRISTOBAL	Tracks, or remains, of the lines strengthened of Orinaza's slop
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FORT OF THE SAINT ROQUE OR THE TRINIDAD	REMAINS OF THE PICURIÑA'S FORT	FORMER SITUATION OF PARDALERAS'S FORT

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