{"id":1937,"date":"2026-10-14T12:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phpstack-1451965-6319681.cloudwaysapps.com\/the-mechanics-of-the-fortresses\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T23:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T21:01:55","slug":"the-mechanics-of-the-fortresses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/the-mechanics-of-the-fortresses\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mechanics of the Fortresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Venetian engineer Giulio Savorgnan (Palmanova), the scientist Leonardo da Vinci (Gradisca d\u2019Isonzo) and the engineer, mathematician and astronomer Edmond Halley (Gorizia) guide visitors through the main technical solutions used in the construction of the respective fortresses.<\/p>\n<p>A late 19th-century noblewoman accompanies visitors on a journey of discovery across the Castle of Gorizia, the Fortress of Gradisca d\u2019Isonzo and the UNESCO-listed bastions of the star city of Palmanova.<\/p>\n<p>The experience is composed of 12 short narrative videos that, through images and dialogue, tell the story of these three locations and the evolution of defensive fortification techniques from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance. A cultural and educational route connecting three cities of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Project funded by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region \u2013 Public call for scientific dissemination initiatives (2023).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cLA MECCANICA DELLE FORTEZZE\u201d di Palmanova, Gorizia e Gradisca d\u2019Isonzo.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r7AIcjFaOKI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/meccanica2-1200x496-1-300x124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1283\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/meccanica2-1200x496-1-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/meccanica2-1200x496-1-1024x423.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/meccanica2-1200x496-1-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/meccanica2-1200x496-1-600x248.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/meccanica2-1200x496-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1283px) 100vw, 1283px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Project partners<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Municipality of Palmanova (leader)<br \/>\nMunicipality of Gorizia<br \/>\nMunicipality of Gradisca d\u2019Isonzo<br \/>\nHistorical Group City of Palmanova<br \/>\nJaufr\u00e9 Rudel Academy of Medieval Studies<br \/>\nIo ci vado APS<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Historical research and scripts <\/strong><\/em>\u2013 Alberto Prelli<br \/>\n<em><strong>Historical research<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 Vinicio Quassi<br \/>\n<em><strong>Video production<\/strong><\/em> \u2013 BELS Movie by Barbara Favaro<br \/>\n<em><strong>Director <\/strong><\/em>\u2013 Emanuele Flangini<br \/>\n<em><strong>Illustrations <\/strong><\/em>\u2013 Elena Craba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Venetian engineer Giulio Savorgnan (Palmanova), the scientist Leonardo da Vinci (Gradisca d\u2019Isonzo) and the engineer, mathematician and astronomer Edmond Halley (Gorizia) guide visitors through the main technical solutions used in the construction of the respective [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/meccanica-fortezze.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"argomenti":[],"class_list":["post-1937","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2048,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1937\/revisions\/2048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"argomenti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitpalmanova.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/argomenti?post=1937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}