Cronaca e propaganda. Immagini di fortificazioni anatoliche nel primo decennio del XVII secolo

Among the amphibious enterprises that engaged the Order of Saint Stephen at the beginning of the 17th century, those targeting some fortresses on the southern Anatolian coast had great resonance: Namur, Laiazzo and Finica in 1606, to which was added, in 1608, the failed attack on the citadel of Alanya and again in 1613, the conquest of Acliman. The original images contained in diaries and reports drawn up by the protagonists of the operations, together with the engravings that accompany the printed pamphlets and aimed mainly at illustrating the theater of war operations, contain numerous information on territorial arrangements and fortified structures. Although, at times, the celebratory or propaganda needs or even just the difficulty of observation condition the reality of the places, forcing graphic licenses or free interpretations, they are still important documents, especially because they are filtered by the eye of those who know the systems well. and the means of Western defense and is thus able to identify their differences, strengths and weaknesses.