FORTE CULTURA Tourist Guide Book

18 \\ TOURIST GUIDE BOOK EXPERIENCE CULTURAL HERITAGE TRAVEL ARCHITECTURE THE ART OF FORTRESS CONSTRUCTION & ARCHITECTURE IN THE MODERN ERA The art of fortress construction and fortress architecture of the modern era Fortress Gavi [IT] I t is no exaggeration to speak of the art of fortified construc- tion, since the architecture of the fortifications was in strict accordance with historical discoveries on the effectiveness of weapon technology in order to defend effectively against all attacks. The architects made use of nature’s help, for example by installing flooding channels and dams on rivers. An astonishing variety of new worlds, both over and below ground, reveal themselves to tourists. This chapter highlights various types Perfected fortification construction of the Habsburg monarchy: plan of the fortified ideal city of Josefov [CZ] “An army on the defensive without fortresses has a hundred vulnerable spots; it is a body without armour.” Carl von Clausewitz