Archaeological Discovery

Volume 7, Issue 2 (April 2019)

ISSN Print: 2331-1959   ISSN Online: 2331-1967

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The Pillboxes of Lanzarote (Spain)

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DOI: 10.4236/ad.2019.72004    1,006 Downloads   5,372 Views  

ABSTRACT

The visit of Lanzarote took place on November 2018 and allowed to note that its defensive military structures were composed by pillboxes, truncated, pyramidal bases, ground emplacements and artillery bases. This article describes the Playa Blanca and Punta del Papagayo coastal defences and the artillery bases of Mirador del Rio for concluding that today, at about seventy years from the WWII end, they appear in good preservation state and their integrity not particularly menaced by possible further expansions of touristic and residential centres. In addition, their study provided examples of WWII Spanish military architecture and gave hints about the defence concepts involved in the WWII Lanzarote defence.

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Tomezzoli, G. (2019) The Pillboxes of Lanzarote (Spain). Archaeological Discovery, 7, 54-74. doi: 10.4236/ad.2019.72004.

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