The name of Evangelista Menga, a military engineer in Charles V’s employment, is numbered in castle historiography among those who took part in the renovation of the defence structure of the Kingdom of Naples. However, his biographical profile and his contribution supplied in the layout of certain defence works are still not well-known. In this brief study, we intend analysing and comparing two castles ascribed to this engineer, the first site in the town centre of Barletta (1532-37) and the second one on the outskirts of the built-up area of Copertino (1540) whose installations, rather regular, have many similarities in dimensions and elevations. They are two war machines built on pre-existing works of the Middle Ages period, whose redesign and realization renewed the image of the respective places.
Renaissance geometry in the Evangelista Menga castles
TUNZI, Pasquale
2012-01-01
Abstract
The name of Evangelista Menga, a military engineer in Charles V’s employment, is numbered in castle historiography among those who took part in the renovation of the defence structure of the Kingdom of Naples. However, his biographical profile and his contribution supplied in the layout of certain defence works are still not well-known. In this brief study, we intend analysing and comparing two castles ascribed to this engineer, the first site in the town centre of Barletta (1532-37) and the second one on the outskirts of the built-up area of Copertino (1540) whose installations, rather regular, have many similarities in dimensions and elevations. They are two war machines built on pre-existing works of the Middle Ages period, whose redesign and realization renewed the image of the respective places.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.