Presentation on military architecture manuscript
Denis De Lucca, director of the International Institute for Baroque Studies at the University, was recently invited to read a paper at an international conference recently held at the University of Palermo. Prof. De Lucca’s paper focused on the...
Denis De Lucca, director of the International Institute for Baroque Studies at the University, was recently invited to read a paper at an international conference recently held at the University of Palermo.
Prof. De Lucca’s paper focused on the contribution of the Collegium Melitense in Hospitaller Valletta to the dissemination of Jesuit knowledge on the fortification of Baroque cities.
The conference was organised by the Department of Urban Studies of the University of Palermo.
Delegates came from the universities of Palermo, Paris-Sorbonne, Coimbra, Lyon, Malta, Vienna, Dresden, Torino, Rome, Cagliari, Chieti-Pescara, Messina, Reggio Calabria, Valencia, Seville, Naples, Clermont-Ferrand and Munich.
The participants presented papers outlining their most recent research work on various subjects concerning the growth of fortified cities in history.
Prof. De Lucca’s paper provided new information concerning the contents of a forgotten Jesuit manuscript on military architecture entitled Trattato dell’Architettura Militare Defensiva et Offensiva.
The manuscript which formed the basis of a course of studies on military architecture and town planning, run by a Sicilian Jesuit who was active at the Collegium Melitense in Valletta in the mid-17th century.
The full text of Prof. De Lucca’s paper, which also contains detailed biographical notes on the author of the Jesuit manuscript, will be published in as part of the proceedings of the Palermo conference.