Ricerc@Sapienza

The ruins of a rectangular stone construction are visible in the old city of Kyrenia; the tower was part of the walled urban defensive system. The city had been already fortified in Byzantine times but during the Longobard war, before the city seize, Frederick II’s party, under the direction of Captain Philippo Genardo improved the defences. It is in this phase that we hypothesised the construction of the round southwest corner tower of the city walls (1211-1232).

On the walls of Motya. Stratigraphy and Chronology in light of renewed Sapienza excavations (2014-2019) · During the last six seasons

This examination proposes a critical interpretation of some restoration and rehabilitation works of the fortifications constituting the Terminio – Cervialto’s defence line, in the southern region of Italy called Alta Irpinia (AV): the castles of Quaglietta, Volturara, Castelvetere sul Calore and Taurasi.

The extensive excavation programme of the defensive system of Ebla (rampart, fortresses and city-gates) indeed provided one of the most complete sets of archaeological data for what concerns the architecture and use of the defensive elements of a Middle Bronze city of northern Levant.