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watercolor on paper
Coastal watchtowers.
Hello to all dear friends and welcome back to my blog. Even today I offer you two new watercolor works and a third painting attached with very particular subjects.
What is it about?
They are two coastal watchtowers from the Middle Ages that were built in very important and strategic stretches of sea.
They were very solid buildings that were part of a system of other towers built at a distance of a few kilometers on the coastal coasts in Italy, France and Spain.
They are the first known link and alert network to report the threat of invading attacks.
In this case they are towers of the 16th century built in the middle of a religious war, the Christians against the Turks, they were used to spot enemy fleets offshore.
As soon as a danger was spotted, a series of signals left the main tower, using mirrors or fires that warned the surrounding towers for up to tens of kilometers even in the countryside.
Another very effective system was to send messengers on horseback, with relay teams to each neighboring tower.
To date many many watchtowers are still standing and some have a very high archaeological value.
I hope you enjoyed my work.
A hug.
Armando.
Torri costiere di avvistamento.
Ciao a tutti cari amici e ben tornati sul mio blog. Anche oggi vi propongo due nuovi lavori ad acquarello con soggetti molto particolari.
Di cosa si tratta?
Sono due torri di avvistamento costiere di epoca medievale che venivano edificate in tratti di mare molto importanti e strategici. Erano edifici molto solidi facenti parte di un sistema di altre torri costruite a distanza di alcuni chilometri sui litorali costieri in Italia, Francia e Spagna.
Esse sono la prima rete di collegamento e di allarme conosciuta per segnalare la minaccia di attacchi di popoli invasori.
In questo caso sono torri del 16° secolo edificate in piena guerra di religione, i cristiani contro i turchi, esse servivano per avvistare le flotte nemiche al largo. Appena avvistato un pericolo, dalla torre principale partivano una serie di segnali, usando specchi o fuochi che avvertivano le torri circostanti fino a decine di chilometri anche all'interno delle campagne.
Altro sistema molto efficace era quello di mandare dei messaggeri a cavallo, con staffette ad ogni torre limitrofa. Ad oggi molte molte torri di avvistamento sono ancora in piedi ed alcune hanno un valore archeologico molto alto.
Spero che il mio lavoro vi sia piaciuto.
Un abbraccio.
Armando.
That looks so beautiful! I like all of your paintings and especially that you have out so much effort in researching the location which you wanted to paint! Keep going, you really have some great skills there 👍
Thanks for the encouragement a hug.
Yes, I agree. It is so nice to have some background on the paintings!
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grazie Cla
you have a good talent bro. wishing u all the best for ur future.
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