Between 1640 and 1668 the Portuguese Restoration War took place, which began after the proclamation of the Duke of Bragança as João IV and ended with the independence of Portugal. The first consequence was the construction of a border defence network that modernised the network of medieval castles, giving rise to a new landscape that materialised the principles of bastioned fortification. Various research projects have analysed the Galician-Portuguese border archaeologically, which has not allowed us to understand the defensive system that was developed from 1640 onwards and continued to be transformed in the following centuries.
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Between 2007 and 2011 the House of coin in Segovia was subjected to a multidisciplinary study in which archaeology played an important role in reconstructing the historical evolution of the mint over its 300 years of existence and in recovering this unique space through an ambitious rehabilitation project. The size of the preserved remains, the results of the excavations and the documentary evidence have made it possible to learn about the technologies used, the manufacturing processes, the organisation of work and, in short, the evolution of the House of coin in Segovia as one of the best preserved production complexes dedicated to the production of coins.
From the first expedition for the liberation of the Holy Land, which was convened at Clermont (1085) and ended in Jerusalem (1099), the archetype of the crusade par excellence was constructed. The model was refined and underpinned by later canonists, who took it upon themselves to define the institution as a very specific type of warfare: a “holy war” because of its orientation towards the defence of the Church and Christianity, which could only be proclaimed by the Pope, whose participants recognised themselves as crusaders/crucesignati by means of certain symbolic elements or by taking a vow, and which was associated with a series of spiritual and temporal privileges, which could only be guaranteed by the pontiff as a form of remuneration for a service. On the basis of these elements, the perception that emerges from the phenomenon is that it responds to a plurality of practical manifestations that can be perceived over time and space in different scenarios.
Lecture series “The power of the past. 150 years of Archaeology in Spain”.
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the restoration of the Premonstratensian monastery of Aguilar de Campoo (Palencia), the Santa María la Real Foundation is giving a conference on the past, present and future of this exceptional testimony of our cultural heritage. During the conference, given by the director of the institution, Juan Carlos Prieto, and the director of the Centro de Estudios del Románico, Jaime Nuño, the evolution of the monastery over the last four decades and the cultural activities that are currently being organised to generate development in the area will be explained to the audience.
The castellated churches present a very singular typology, we can distinguish two large groups, those that arose as churches and were later fortified, or, in the opposite case, towers or castles on which churches were attached. It is essential to recognise the construction sequence in castellated churches in order to understand their reality. In the case in question, the scarcity of documents, as well as the changes in its structure, related to the different uses of the castle and the tastes of the time, make the task of reaching precise conclusions notoriously complicated, although at present we can shed some light on the historiography surrounding the Church of San Miguel Arcángel and, therefore, the Castle of Turégano.
Yolanda Peña Cervantes, PhD in archaeology and specialist in the study of production processes and the spaces used for the production of wine and oil, will present at the MAN her research on the archaeology of wine in the Late Antique and Medieval periods. She will analyse the production processes of this product on the basis of the available archaeological evidence, as well as its consumption patterns in this historical period, without forgetting its transcendental symbolic importance for Christianity.
Study of the fortress has revealed its importance as one of the oldest and most important Christian fortifications in Europe. Built around the year 930 by King Ramiro II of León, it served as a frontier for Christianity against the power of the Caliphate of Córdoba. The complex evolutionary process of its construction, the extraordinary constructive qualities of Ramiro and the exceptional nature and technological sophistication of its defence arrow slits are some of the elements on which the current proposals for study and recovery contained in the Master Plan are based.
Juan Manuel Rojas, archaeologist in charge of the latest excavation campaigns at Guarrazar (Guadamur, Toledo), will present at the MAN the recent developments at the site, where the famous Visigothic Treasure was found and is on display in room 23 of the Museum.
This conference will give an overview of the objectives with which the project Guarrazar: Archaeology and new resources was born in 2012, and how it has developed until 2015. As the title says, in the two years and four months that have passed since the first excavations began, not only have there been a series of interesting archaeological discoveries, which point to the existence of a monastic-palace complex from the Visigothic period, but also spaces of environmental interest are being recovered and a programme of dissemination of the rich heritage of Guarrazar has been launched. This programme consists of opening the site to the public by means of guided tours, educational activities, cultural events, etc., through which it is intended to make the Project sustainable.
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