The sharp edges of the structure brought on by the star layout of the military fortification create an intimidating appearance that serves its purpose to ward off pirates and invaders.
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The sharp edges of the structure brought on by the star layout of the military fortification create an intimidating appearance that serves its purpose to ward off pirates and invaders.
Link QuotedHello friend @discoveringarni Good evening from Venezuela. Yes it is. Here I leave you the photo of the Castillo de San Felipe also called Castillo Libertador Puerto Cabello Carabobo State Venezuela. I am also going to leave you some original plans of an investigation carried out and published by a teaching colleague, Vanesa Ávila Sánchez, Professor of Geography and History at the Pedagogical Institute of Miranda José Manuel Siso Martínez. Libertador Experimental Pedagogical University. Research Member of the "Lisandro Alvarado" Geohistorical Research Center. UPEL-IPMJMSM. Master in History of the Americas at the Andrés Bello Caracas Catholic University.
Pentagonal, Hexagonal and Heptagonal Trace of the Bastioned Permanent Modern Fortification. (Fernández de Medrano, S. ‘The Perfect Architect in Military Art’, Brussels 1700). In Manuel Zapatero, 1977. Note that the pentagonal was the one adopted by Courten.