AGUILAR CIVERA, Inmaculada (coord.), Luces y faros del Mediterráneo. Paisaje, técnica, arte y sociedad. De Torrevieja a Vinaròs, Valencia, Conselleria d’Infraestructures, Territori i Medi Ambient, 2014.
ISBN: 978-84-482-5984-6
This publication, coordinated by Inmaculada Aguilar Civera and entitled Luces y faros del Mediterráneo. Paisaje, técnica, arte y sociedad. De Torrevieja a Vinaròs introduces the reader to various aspects of lighthouses and their development over history: their beginnings, in the shape of the legendary Lighthouse of Alexandria and the testimonies and remains of the Roman Tower of Hercules in A Coruña; the lighthouse construction process initiated by the Tabarca Lighthouse exactly 160 years ago; the innovative technology used by La Maquinista Valenciana in the twentieth century; their social context, the jobs they entailed and the isolated yet endearing figure of the lighthouse keeper; the endless legends and visual and literary images that saturate lighthouses with cultural and symbolic meaning; lighthouses’ relationships with new port infrastructures and adaptation to their development and scope of action; and their role in the Valencian cultural landscape as unique, strategic milestones linked to the land, the port space and the urban environment.
Content:
- JULIANA COLOMER, Desirée, “Iluminación y sistema defensivo de la costa valenciana”.
- AGUILAR CIVERA, Inmaculada, “El alumbrado marítimo en el siglo XIX. La costa valenciana”.
- CLIMENT VIGUER, Susana, “Empresas y evolución tecnológica: los planos del siglo XX”.
- CARRERES RODRÍGUEZ, Manuel, “Los torreros de faros. Trabajo, vida y futuro de un oficio dedicado al mar”. [pdf]
- DOMÉNECH GARCÍA, Sergi, “El faro en el imaginario visual. Manifestaciones artísticas y legado cultural”. [pdf]
- BOLINCHES MARTÍNEZ, Laura, “Origen y evolución de las antiguas luces y faros de carácter portuario”.
- HERNÁNDEZ LAMAS, P., RUBIO GAVILÁN, A., SARABIA ÁLVAREZ-UDE, A., RAMIRO NUÑO, M.J., “Los faros en el paisaje de la costa valenciana”.
