Welcome to the website of the International Scientific Society for Mediterranean Fortifications, FORTMED. You will find here a comprehensive source of information about the Society’s many activities, including our publications, our annual conference, and other activities.

The defense of the Mediterranean coast is a subject area approached by many researchers and scholars, resulting in a significant amount of progress reflected in the substantial quantity of existing historiography. History from this area is truly extraordinary: humanism, technological advances, new roles for engineers and architects, progress in maritime cartography and naval engineering and all of this added to new land discoveries, flourishing empires and, of course, piracy and wars. All these factors are present in an undiluted way in the Mediterranean, which also played a vital role as an extensive myriad of borders for kingdoms and religions.

The main aims of FORTMED are exchange and advancement of knowledge, dissemination of research, valorisation, management and preservation of Culture and Heritage that developed on the Mediterranean coast, taking also into account the phenomena that took place overseas.

Society has an interdisciplinary aim where architects, engineers, archaeologists, historians, geographers, cartographers, heritage managers, tourism experts, experts in restoration-conservation and promotion of heritage will participate. The idea is to provide more inclusive, more solid and more up to date views, leading us to the highest point of the investigations on this subject in the twenty-first century.

Do you want the support of FORTMED in any cultural or research activity? Do not hesitate to tell us. Please, present new research, exchange ideas, propose collaborations. All academics, scholars and researchers are welcome.

Executive Committee

President. Pablo Rodríguez-Navarro. Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)

Vice-President. Giorgio Verdiani. Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy)

Secretary. Teresa Gil-Piqueras. Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain)

Scientific Committee

Almagro Gorbea, Antonio. Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Spain
Bertocci, Stefano. Università degli Studi di Firenze. Italy
Bevilacqua, Marco Giorgio. Università di Pisa. Italy
Bragard, Philippe. Université Catholique de Louvain. Belgium
Bouzid, Boutheina. École Nationale d’Architecture. Tunisia
Bru Castro, Miguel Ángel. Instituto de Estudios de las Fortificaciones – AEAC. Spain
Cámara Muñoz, Alicia. UNED. Spain
Camiz, Alessandro. Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti – Pescara.
Campos, João. Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura Militar de Almeida. Portugal
Castrorao Barba, Angelo. Escuela de Estudios Árabes, CSIC. Spain
Cherradi, Faissal. Ministère de la Culture du Royaume du Maroc. Morocco
Cirafici, Alessandra. Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. Italy
Cirillo, Vincenzo. Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. Italy
Cobos Guerra, Fernando. Arquitecto. Spain
Columbu, Stefano. Università di Cagliari. Italy
Coppola, Giovanni. Università degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa di Napoli. Italy
Córdoba de la Llave, Ricardo. Universidad de Córdoba. Spain
Cornell, Per. University of Gothenburg. Sweden
Corniello Luigi, University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Italy
Daci, Entela. Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës
Dameri, Annalisa. Politecnico di Torino. Italy
Eppich, Rand. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Spain
Fairchild Ruggles, Dorothy. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaing. USA
Fatta, Francesca. Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria. Italy
Faucherre, Nicolas. Aix-Marseille Université – CNRS. France
García Porras, Alberto. Universidad de Granada. Spain
García-Pulido, Luis José. Escuela de Estudios Árabes, CSIC. Spain
Georgopoulos, Andreas. Nat. Tec. University of Athens. Greece
Gil Crespo, Ignacio Javier. Asociación Española de Amigos de los Castillos. Spain
Gil Piqueras, Teresa. Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Guarducci, Anna. Università di Siena. Italy
Guidi, Gabriele. Politecnico di Milano. Italy
González Avilés, Ángel Benigno. Universitat d’Alacant. Spain
Hadda, Lamia. Università degli Studi di Firenze. Italy
Harris, John. Fortress Study Group. United Kingdom
Islami, Gjergji. Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës. Albania
Jiménez Castillo, Pedro. Escuela de Estudios Árabes, CSIC. Spain
León Muñoz, Alberto. Universidad de Córdoba. Spain
López González, Concepción. Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Marotta, Anna. Politecnico di Torino. Italy
Martín Civantos, José María. Universidad de Granada. Spain
Martínez Medina, Andrés. Universitat d’Alacant. Spain
Mazzoli-Guintard, Christine. Université de Nantes. France
Mira Rico, Juan Antonio. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Spain
Navarro Palazón, Julio. Escuela de Estudios Árabes, CSIC. Spain
Orihuela Uzal, Antonio. Escuela de Estudios Árabes, CSIC. Spain
Parrinello, Sandro. Università di Firenze. Italy
Pirinu, Andrea. Università di Cagliari. Italy
Piscitelli, Manuela. Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. Italia
Pompejano Federica, Università di Genova, Italy
Quesada García, Santiago. Universidad de Sevilla. Spain
Rodríguez Domingo, José Manuel. Universidad de Granada. Spain
Rodríguez-Navarro, Pablo. Universitat Politècnica de València. Spain
Romagnoli, Giuseppe. Università degli Studi della Tuscia. Italy
Ruiz-Jaramillo, Jonathan. Universidad de Málaga. Spain
Santiago Zaragoza, Juan Manuel. Universidad de Granada. Spain
Spallone, Roberta. Politecnico di Torino. Italy
Toscano, Maurizio. Universidad de Granada. Spain
Ulivieri, Denise. Università di Pisa. Italy
Veizaj, Denada. Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës
Varela Gomes, Rosa. Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Portugal
Verdiani, Giorgio. Università degli Studi di Firenze. Italy
Vitali, Marco. Politecnico di Torino. Italy
Vokshi, Armand. Universiteti Politeknik i Tiranës
Zaragoza, Catalán Arturo. Generalitat Valenciana. Spain
Zerlenga, Ornella. Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli. Italy

Activities of the Society

The main activity is our annual International Conference on Fortifications of the Mediterranean Coast and its proceedings, edited in a series called Defensive Architecture of the Mediterranean.

Others activities of the society:

– Facilitate exchanges and stays of professors, PhDs and students in other universities.

– Facilitate synergies between different research groups to jointly promote research projects or investigations.

– Organize workshops, summer schools, learning events, etc… with inter-university participation.

– Direct European Ph.D.