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A bulwark, also called bastion, It is a work of fortification, generally of a pentagonal figure, which is projected towards the outside of the main body of a strength, almost always erected in the corners of the walls to act as an impenetrable point in the defending against him assault enemy troops.

In the case of having a pentagonal figure, it will be made up of two faces, two flanks and the gola line through which the work will be entered.

The objective of the special design to stand out from the body of the fortress is that it covers the other bastions and the corners of the walls by means of fire crossed.

The bulwark It was first developed in Italy, towards the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the following century as an integral part of the call Italian trace, which was a style fortification that was born in the aforementioned period in the peninsula Italic as a consequence of the French invasion attempts and the inefficiency of the traditional fortifications, high and thin walls. Then and thanks to his

effectiveness, it would spread throughout Europe.

There are different types of bastion, some of them are: bastion gripped (whose flanked angle forms a recess), bastion of dried apricots (whose convex and withdrawn angles appear covered towards the center by the extremity of the box designated as the ear), severed bulwark (presents the flanked angle replaced by one or two incoming angles), prominent bulwark (bastion-shaped redoubt), double bulwark (It is typical of amphitheaters and when the surface allows it, it is combined with others), irregular bulwark (absent of symmetry), full bulwark (it is filled inside), middle bulwark (It has a face and a flank, among others).

And the other of the uses of the term allows to designate that individual who assumes the responsibilities of protection and defense of something or someone.

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