Lifting machinery of the time
Lifting machines can be divided into two groups: complex and simple. The complex ones were born later and are so…
Lifting machinery: levers
Archimedes was one of the most important scholars regarding the levers and the conditions of equilibrium of bodies. If two…
Demographic effects of the plague and COVID
PLAGUE – Demographic effects It is believed that, in the 14th century, in Europe, a third of the population (estimated…
Territory: changes caused by epidemics
Over the centuries, Europe, and beyond, has been hit by numerous epidemics of varying intensity, such as the Black Death…
Covid in movies and TV series
Covid-19 and movies Throughout history, cinema has always managed to best represent difficult moments such as the Second World War,…
The artillery of the XVI century
The word artillery is a collective name given in the beginning to every gitto machine and every war device used…
Modern fortification
Military architecture Military architecture as a discipline was born and developed in Italy in the last years of the fifteenth…
Lockdown: streaming boom
The implementation of social distancing and quarantine measures for the coronavirus pandemic is transforming the digital habits of people around…
Discovering the Venetian walls: the materials
One of the centers most affected by COVID in this period was Bergamo, a city that, despite having gone through…