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June 28, 2024
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The spiral staircase attached to the so-called Gothic Wall of the Cathedral of Jaen (Andalusia, Spain) and its relationship with Mediterranean cases

Publicated to: 841-848 - (), DOI: 10.3218/4166-8

Authors: Alberto Sanjurjo Álvarez Rocío Carvajal Alcaide

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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Author
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales - Author

Abstract

On the eastern façade of the cathedral of Jaen, attached to the so-called Gothic wall, there is an open-well stonebspiral staircase, probably built in the early years of the 16th century. In the northern area of the tower, we also find another spiral staircase, built in the first third of the 18th century, with very similar characteristics. The originality of both staircases lies in their intrados surface that presents some helicoidal grooves. There are very few built examples of this type of spiral staircase and those known so far have been linked to Mediterranean Gothic architecture. In this work we have analyzed from a geometric and constructive point of view the Gothic staircase of Jaen, as well as similar examples, especially the one located in the Lonja de la Seda of Valencia. This study of stereotomic analysis has allowed us to deepen our knowledge of the construction process of the cathedral of Jaen, establishing two clear stages in the construction of the Gothic wall and the spiral staircase. We have confirmed the direct relationship between the Valencian example and that of Jaen, confirming the theories of a transfer of knowledge between the Mediterranean area and Andalusia in the last years of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century.

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Sustainable cities and communities

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 45.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 58 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.25.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 2 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, with a probability of 75% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: France.