Abstract
Beas de Segura is an ancient village located in the valley of the Sierra de Segura, at the gateway to the Sierra de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas (Jaén, Spain). This territory has been inhabited by different cultures, from the Palaeolithic to the present day, giving rise to a complex urban fabric in which relevant architectural and archaeological elements still survive. The coexistence of these heritage structures with the inhabited domestic architecture has generated significant conflicts of coexistence, resulting in an accelerated process of physical and social deterioration of this increasingly impoverished area. Drawing, together with all the techniques that derive from it, is a necessary and precise source of knowledge and communication for understanding the territory, however complex it may be. This potential, applied to a heritage and social reality such as that of the Castle and Fortress of Beas de Segura (Jaén), allows for processes to be revealed, actions to be ordered, and interventions to be proposed. This article brings together the results of research carried out in this area of the Sierra de Segura, in which graphic expression, combined with the study of materials, has enabled us to identify original elements of the castle and medieval fortification. This system of knowledge discovery has been decisive in establishing a criterion for heritage intervention, seeking a sustainable balance between the development of life in this area of the city, the recovery of the collective memory of the surviving elements of the castle and fortress, and the conservation of the protected historical remains.
Highlights
It was proposed to develop research to determine: what heritage elements remain; what elements have been incorporated in successive phases; what structures can coexist with the social fabric that inhabits this area of the municipality; and how to make a working plan that would allow the heritage to be in accord with the resident population
After obtaining the data and reading the graphs taken from the photogrammetry, we were able to establish a series proposals
Its location on a promontory has conferred it a special topographic, landscaped, and heritage uniqueness, being a place inhabited from its origin to the present time
Summary
The municipality of Beas de Segura, located in the extreme north-east of the province of Jaén, has preserved the structures of the castle and fortress to this day, with significant losses and deterioration which have been largely due to the attempted coexistence of the heritage elements, with the generations that have been populating it This problem of coexistence was detected by the municipal council, which set out to develop research that could organise all the interventions in a precise and well-documented manner. In this way, it was proposed to develop research to determine: what heritage elements remain; what elements have been incorporated in successive phases; what structures can coexist with the social fabric that inhabits this area of the municipality; and how to make a working plan that would allow the heritage to be in accord with the resident population. This article summarises the section referring to data collection and graphic analysis
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