Pamplona - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:41:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Pamplona - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Project to fortify Pamplona in 1756 https://historylab.es/project-to-fortify-pamplona-in-1756/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=project-to-fortify-pamplona-in-1756 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:25 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/proyecto-para-fortificar-pamplona-en-1756/ Fortifications proposed by Zermeño for Pamplona in 1756

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]]> Pamplona was a key place on the Spanish-French border from the beginning of the 16th century, being fortified on several occasions as artillery was introduced as a military warfare technique. The bastions were key to this task, simulating the great works of the citadel of Antwerp in 1567 and making Pamplona the first pentagonal citadel on the Peninsula.
During the 17th century, the difficulties in financing undertakings such as these meant that little work was done on the cities in the north of the peninsula. With the outbreak of the Seven Years’ War, the pressing need to fortify large fortifications in this area led Juan Martín Zermeño to be commissioned to draw up a series of projects in strategic locations such as Pamplona. The importance of this enclave led to a revision and modernisation of the previous works of Rez and especially Verboom in 1726, maintaining part of their objectives and working on the basis that the works were already well advanced. Zermeño’s modernisation came from proposals such as raising the bastions and varying the structure of the fort proposed by Verboom to give the defence a staggered form.

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