PROCEEDINGS of the International Conference on Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast. FORTMED 2020, Granada, 26th, 27th and 28th of March. The International Conference was postponed to 4th, 5thand 6thof November 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic., The main objective of FORTMED conferences is to exchange and share knowledge for a better understanding, assessment, management and exploitation of the built Cultural Heritage. The focus is on defensive architecture in the Mediterranean area, from the Antiquity to the present day, although it does not exclude other fortifications built overseas but high influenced by those on the Mediterranean., This publication has been developed in the frame of the R & D projects led by Luis José García-Pulido and Jonathan Ruiz-Jaramillo: “The watchtowers that defended the Nasrid kingdom of Granada. Scientific analysis and documentation” (NAZALAYA, reference HAR2016-79689-P, 2017-2020), National Program for the Promotion of Scientific and Technical Research, 2016 call, supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, Government of Spain, co-financed with FEDER funds; “Graphic documentation of the medieval castles preserved in Andalusia.
Knowledge update and heritage legacy dissemination” (ALCAZABA, reference UMA18-FEDERJA-257), financed by the Operative Program FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020, University of Malaga 2018 call.

Comunicación presentada en The International Conference on Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast. FORTMED 2020, Granada, 26th, 27th and 28th of March. The International Conference was postponed to 4th, 5thand 6thof November 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic., [EN] This article deals with the analysis of the conserved remains of the water storage system of the Castle the Rock or the High Fortress of Martos (La Peña or Fortaleza Alta de Martos), which constituted the castle and main headquarters of the Master of the Order of Calatrava at the Commander of Martos between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries. The elements that compose it make a unique hydraulic complex that still allows to be recognized and documented.
Due to its importance and meaning, this castle is one that better shows the constructive techniques and the polyorcetic typologies developed and updated by this Order in its Commands in Castile-La Manche and Andalusia. The hydraulic system to supply water to this rocky fortress is a reflect of these technology, and it is unique in its design and layout., Este trabajo ha sido realizado como parte de la investigación doctoral de Fernando Ortega Camacho y en el marco del Proyecto I+D+i “Las atalayas que defendieron el reino de nazarí de Granada. Análisis y documentación científica (Nazalaya)” (Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia del Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Compe-titividad, HAR2016-79689-P, 2017-2020), convocatoria de 2016, cofinanciado con fondos FEDER; así como en el proyecto I+D+i en el marco del Programa Operativo Feder Andalucía 2014-2020, de la Convocatoria de la Universidad de Málaga para proyectos retos y frontera, convocatoria de 2018, titulado “Documentación gráfica de los castillos y alcazabas medievales conservados en Andalucía. Puesta al día del conocimiento y difusión de este legado patrimonial” (UMA18-FEDERJA-257).

Comunicación presentada en The International Conference on Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast. FORTMED 2020, Granada, 26th, 27th and 28th of March.The International Conference was postponed to 4th, 5thand 6thof November 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic., [EN] The castle of Montefrío (Granada) was one of the fortresses that formed the last line of defense of the Nasrid kingdom. After its surrender, in 1486, the castle served as a Castilian border stronghold until the fall of the Nasrid capital, Granada, six years later, which put an end to the Christian conquest of al-Andalus.This work tries to analyze the evolution of the hill were the castle is, from the implantation of the Nasrid fortress to the present day, through the continuous transformations from a citadel, a military fortress, a church and, today, a centre of interpretation. This place is a territorial and landscape landmark that has shaped the environment of Montefrío and has been a key piece in its history and in its urban development. The study focuses on the analysis of the evolution of the constructive techniques developed by the Nasrid and the Castilian for the defense of this stronghold, through the archaeological remains preserved in the site. The preliminary study of this castle is a starting point for a deeper investigation that will be extended to other fortresses in the mountainous region between Córdoba and Granada. The study of the castle of Montefrío is therefore a methodological approach that will serve as the basis for a more extensive territorial research., Este trabajo ha sido realizado como parte de la investigación doctoral de Rafael Moreno Guerrero y en el marco del Proyecto I+D+i “Las atalayas que defendieron el reino de nazarí de Granada. Análisis y documentación científica (Nazalaya)” (Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia del Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, HAR2016-79689-P, 2017-2020), convocatoria de 2016, cofinanciado con fondos FEDER; así como en el proyecto I+D+i en el marco del Programa Operativo Feder Andalucía 2014-2020, de la Convocatoria de la Universidad de Málaga para proyectos retos y frontera, convocatoria de 2018, titulado “Documentación gráfica de los castillos y alcazabas medievales conservados en Andalucía. Puesta al día del conocimiento y difusión de este legado patrimonial” (UMA18-FEDERJA-257).

Comunicación presentada en The International Conference on Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast. FORTMED 2020, Granada, 26th, 27th, and 28th of March 2020. The International Conference was postponed to 4th, 5th and 6thof November 2020, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic., [EN] The Spanish coast preserves many watchtowers as an important cultural heritage. They testify the insecurity of this maritime border in different historical periods, especially during the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, when it was attacked regularly by what has come to be known as Berber piracy. The territory of Vélez-Málaga was not alien to this process and, after the Castilian conquest of the Axarquía region in the late fifteenth century, the western border between the Christian and the Islamic kingdoms of the western Mediterranean moved to the southeaster coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The municipal district of Vélez-Málaga has an important architectural and archaeological heritage from different origins, including its defensive structures. They belong to a broader military system in the territory that consisted of coastal and inland watchtowers, farmstead towers, fortified enclosures in addition to the castle and the urban walls of Vélez-Málaga. This paper presents the first data obtained from the diagnosis of this heritage in the frame of the programme of conservation of the defensive architecture from the municipality of Vélez-Málaga.

Conferencia y posterior visita guiada a la exposición “Las torres y atalayas conservadas en el entorno de Huéscar y en la provincia de Granada”, martes 2 de noviembre de 2021 a las 19:00h en la Sala expositiva del antiguo Convento de San Francisco situado en C/ San Francisco, 42, Huéscar (Granada). Exposición y conferencia organizadas por el Ayuntamiento de Huéscar., Análisis del estado de conservación de las torres y atalayas del entorno de Huéscar en el contexto de la provincia de Granada, La investigación que avala el contenido científico de la exposición ha sido realizada en el marco de los proyectos: Las atalayas que defendieron el reino nazarí de Granada: análisis y documentación científica NAZALAYA) (HAR 2016 - 79689 - P) y Documentación gráfica de los castillos y alcazabas medievales conservados en Andalucía. Puesta al día del conocimiento y difusión de este legado patrimonial (ALCAZABA) (UMA18-FEDERJA-257).

Conferencia en línea en el Canal de la Madraza de Youtube: La defensa del reino nazarí de Granada. Presente de las torres conservadas en la provincia, miércoles 26 de mayo de 2021 a las 19:00 h. Actividad organizada por la Cátedra de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad de Granada, dirigida por el catedrático del Departamento de Construcciones Arquitectónicas, Juan Calatrava Escobar (Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Vicerrectorado de Extensión Universitaria de la UGR)., Estudio de las defensas nazaríes existentes en las provincias del sudeste peninsular y el estado actual en el que se encuentran, La investigación ha sido realizada en el marco del proyecto I+D+i de Excelencia del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades: Las atalayas que defendieron el reino nazarí de Granada: análisis y documentación científica (NAZALAYA) (HAR 2016-79689-P), cofinanciado con fondos FEDER y dirigido por Luis J. García y Jonathan Ruiz, así como por el proyecto I+D+i titulado Documentación gráfica de los castillos y alcazabas medievales conservados en Andalucía. Puesta al día del conocimiento y difusión de este legado patrimonial (ALCAZABA) (UMA 18-FEDERJA-257), financiado por el Programa Operativo FEDER Andalucía 2014-2020, de la Convocatoria de la Universidad de Málaga para proyectos retos y frontera de 2018.