On 1st August, 1707, the Patrimonial Council of the Kingdom of Sardinia approved the contents of the report drawn up by Don Manuel Bellejo, Prince of Tapia, regarding the interventions to be carried out in the defensive works ion land to the south of Cagliari. The so-called War of Succession to the Throne of Spain, fought by land, sea and on several continents, put a strain on the military sector of the various states. The port cities assumed strategic importance, as evidenced by the investments made in strengthening the strongholds of the Kingdom. The danger of invasion of Sardinia was evident in the report of Don Manuel, who identified a weak point of Cagliari in the territory between the promontory of Sant’Elia and the Villanova district. With an ideal bird’s eye-view, Bellejo accompanies the reader through the anti-invasion garrisons, ringing places, natural features, and paths, illustrating the defensive works inspected or necessary. The wealth of details allows to relocate the ancient garrisons on historical and current cartography and to reconstruct the conformation of the territory. For this purpose, the maps and military projects produced between the 16th and 18th centuries are fundamental aids. The comparison between ancient maps and today’s aerial photogrammetry provides solid tools for the study of the document, which opens an interesting window on the Cagliari of the time: a short, but intense historical phase that narrowly precedes the great transformations of the Savoy era.
Il 1 agosto 1707, il Consiglio Patrimoniale del Regno di Sardegna approva i contenuti della relazione redatta da don Manuel Bellejo, principe di Tapia, riguardante gli interventi da realizzarsi nelle opere difensive a meridione di Cagliari. La cosiddetta Guerra di Successione al Trono di Spagna, combattuta per terra, per mare e su più continenti, mette a dura prova il comparto militare dei vari stati; le città portuali assumono importanza strategica, come testimoniano gli investimenti destinati anche alle piazzeforti del regno sardo. Il pericolo di invasione della Sardegna traspare con chiarezza dalla relazione di don Manuel, il quale individua nel territorio compreso tra il promontorio di Sant’Elia e il quartiere Villanova un punto nevralgico di Cagliari. Con un ideale ‘volo d’uccello’, Bellejo accompagna il lettore attraverso i presidi antisbarco, inanellando luoghi, emergenze naturali, percorsi ed illustrando le opere difensive ispezionate o da realizzare. La dovizia di dettagli consente di ricollocare gli antichi presidi sulla cartografia storica e attuale e di ricostruire la conformazione del territorio. A tal fine, sono di fondamentale ausilio le mappe e i progetti militari prodotti tra Sei e Settecento. Il confronto tra le cartografie antiche e le aerofotogrammetrie attuali fornisce solidi strumenti per lo studio del documento, il quale apre una interessante finestra sulla Cagliari dell’epoca: una breve, ma intensa fase storica che precede, di poco, le grandi trasformazioni di epoca sabauda.
Ricostruire il paesaggio storico e la memoria dei luoghi. Le opere difensive nell’agro meridionale di Cagliari attraverso una relazione descrittiva del 1707. Reconstruction of the Historical Landscape and Memory of Places. A Defense Project in the Southern Territory of Cagliari as described in a 1707 Report.
Pirinu Andrea
;Schirru Marcello
2022-01-01
Abstract
On 1st August, 1707, the Patrimonial Council of the Kingdom of Sardinia approved the contents of the report drawn up by Don Manuel Bellejo, Prince of Tapia, regarding the interventions to be carried out in the defensive works ion land to the south of Cagliari. The so-called War of Succession to the Throne of Spain, fought by land, sea and on several continents, put a strain on the military sector of the various states. The port cities assumed strategic importance, as evidenced by the investments made in strengthening the strongholds of the Kingdom. The danger of invasion of Sardinia was evident in the report of Don Manuel, who identified a weak point of Cagliari in the territory between the promontory of Sant’Elia and the Villanova district. With an ideal bird’s eye-view, Bellejo accompanies the reader through the anti-invasion garrisons, ringing places, natural features, and paths, illustrating the defensive works inspected or necessary. The wealth of details allows to relocate the ancient garrisons on historical and current cartography and to reconstruct the conformation of the territory. For this purpose, the maps and military projects produced between the 16th and 18th centuries are fundamental aids. The comparison between ancient maps and today’s aerial photogrammetry provides solid tools for the study of the document, which opens an interesting window on the Cagliari of the time: a short, but intense historical phase that narrowly precedes the great transformations of the Savoy era.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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