La Isla Plana, intervenciones recientes en sus murallas

Abstract

Nueva Tabarca is a foundation created on the island Plana. In order to solve the settlement of the Christian captives rescued from the Moors of North Africa. The new city has conceptual aspects that we can consider of a built urban utopia. It is protected by a very complete system of fortifications according to the military techniques of the moment. On the other hand, its military establishment intended to act as defense of the Alicante and Elche cities´ coastal territories. The paper, in the first place, presents and analyzes the architectural project´s characteristics that were constructed, with its own peculiarities. Although the specific content corresponds to the study of the most recent actions, namely, those corresponding to restorations made from the second third of the twentieth century to the present. The study ends with the state of conservation that the wall has been offering over time. As well as its particularity of belonging to the Historical-Artistic Ensemble´s category, analyzing to what extent the Guardianship´s Administration has been involved.