Survey of vaults with intercrossed arches: techniques applied to the case of the keep of the castle of Villena (Alicante)

Survey of vaults with intercrossed arches: techniques applied to the case of the keep of the castle of Villena (Alicante)

The Almohad vaults with intercrossed arches of the keep of the castle of Villena, must be placed in the context of a tradition that began in the 10th century in the mosque of Cordoba. The layout of their nerves materializes the decomposition into pieces of the vault using the geometry inherent to the architectural and artistic creations of Muslim culture. A rigorous survey, non-existent so far, has been done, through the use of different techniques, whose advantages and disadvantages are discussed. The geometric study of the vaults reveals its singularity, because they do not follow any of the models of other vaults using the same technique from al-Andalus or North Africa, showing the enormous creative capacity of the architects based on geometry.

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