El refugio en altura andalusí de Vilella (Almiserat, Valencia), un ejemplo de arquitectura defensiva rural en el ámbito centro-meridional Valenciano (ca. 1150-1250)

Abstract

The results of the study of the small rural refuge of Vilella (Almiserat, Valencia), built in rammed earth technique in the last period of the Islamic domination in the Sharq al-Andalus, are here exposed. This work analyses the shape and the defences of the enclosure (access system and western tower) and, above all, the different types of rammed earth fabric and the building traces associated to it. It analyses as well other recorded building techniques. © 2013 CSIC.