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Batería Napoleónica(Gabarda)

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It is a masonry and brick structure built on the rock of the terrain. It has a square ground plan, with circular turrets or drums on the corners, and buttresses.

As for its construction, it is a masonry and brick structure built on the rock of the terrain. It has a square ground plan, with twin circular turrets or drums at the corners, and buttresses 0.95 m high and 0.62 m wide at the base and 0.30 m wide at the top. The average width of the walls is 0.60 m.
There are remains of brick embrasured battlements (30 x 14 x 4 cm, identical in size to the bricks of the smaller vaults of the King's Bridge, indicating the use of the same module in both cases) and masonry: internal spill width: 1.07 m lateral: 0.73 m wide. External width: 0.10 m.

It is currently located next to the new town of Gavarda, next to the large tower where the municipal water tank is located. At the foot of the hill runs the Valencia to Albacete 430 motorway.
This masonry and brick structure sits on the rock of the terrain.
It has a square ground plan, with circular twin turrets or drums at the corners, and buttresses 0.95 m high and 0.62 m wide at the base and 0.30 m wide at the top. The average width of the walls is 0.60 m.
There are remains of brick embrasured battlements (30 x 14 x 4 cm, identical in size to the bricks of the smaller vaults of the King's Bridge, indicating the use of the same module in both cases) and masonry: internal spill width: 1.07 m lateral: 0.73 m wide. External width: 0.10 m.
An unfortunate restoration affecting the entire structure, based on masonry and grey cement, may have obscured its internal layout.

This construction has been restored, affecting the entire structure, based on masonry and grey cement, which may have concealed its interior layout.

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