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Military History

Castle Watch – Spanish Cycling

Some more castles and fortresses as the Basque Tour went to the east coast and Barcelona. This time the theme is Rennaissance and Early Modern Warfare with structural reactions to the development of gunpowder………

the original medieval citadel/castle is in the middle centre stretching back toward camera to the right.
Square towers tell you it was a pre gunpowder build with round towers maybe added later although sometimes if half round they suggest a roman era construction continued in use.
The well defended entrance of this fine fortress above Barcelona shows the impact of gundpowder technology
re-entrant angles permit killing fields for the attacker while the density/depth of the lower profile walls absorb the effect of gunpowder projectiles far better.