ON ACTIVITIES OF CRISTÓBAL DE ROJAS IN CÁDIZ AFTER THE ASSAULT OF 1596

TAKAYANAGI Shinichi

doi:10.3130/aija.74.273

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1596年の奇襲後のカディスにおける工兵クリストバル・デ・ロハスの活動に関して
1596ネンノキシュウゴノカディスニオケルコウヘイクリストバルデロハスノカツドウニカンシテ

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This paper discusses Cristóbal de Rojas in Cádiz after the assault by English and Dutch fleet in 1596. After the discussion of over one year, the court approved his project on the fortress of Santa Catalina. According to his own words, his project was made to replace with the project of a castle by Tiburzio Spannocchi. However, by analyzing how the court made the decision, this paper demonstrates that in the court the project of Rojas was not regarded as the alternative for Spannocchi's project because the castle was designed to defend the city not only from the enemy from outside but also from the foreign citizen in Cádiz. However, Rojas's fortress did not have this double function. Therefore, unlike his own words, Rojas's project could not be alternative for Spannocchi's in terms of function as well as size. This paper discusses his activity of estimating the construction cost as professional aspect of a military engineer and also shows similarity between Cádiz and the city Rojas included in his own treatise

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Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ)

Journal of Architecture and Planning (Transactions of AIJ) 74 (635), 273-281, 2009

Architectural Institute of Japan

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