{"id":19728,"date":"2025-03-17T11:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/others\/historical-pieces\/bronze-gun-carriage\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:37:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T10:37:23","slug":"bronze-gun-carriage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/en\/others\/historical-pieces\/bronze-gun-carriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronze Gun Carriage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 40%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><p data-start=\"118\" data-end=\"249\">Artillery has always been a focus of special attention and care for Portuguese monarchs, particularly D. Jo\u00e3o II and D. Manuel I.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"251\" data-end=\"511\">Following the success of breech-loading artillery mounted on \u201cescort\u201d ships, initially forged in iron in the late 15th century, this technology evolved into cast bronze artillery, which was far more elastic and resistant to the effects of seawater than iron.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"1254\">In a letter dated 22 March 1515, Estavam Paes, head of the Lisbon Foundry, reported to King D. Manuel I the success achieved with the pieces invented by the monarch: \u201c\u2026and that the cradle-shot guns, which Your Majesty invented [\u2026] fired from Cata-que-Far\u00e1s [now the Cais do Sodr\u00e9 area] to the Almada point [Cacilhas] [\u2026] which in my opinion are the swiftest shots and artillery that can be made for the ships and deserve blessings\u2026\u201d. The range of these guns, considered remarkable at the time, reached 1,750 metres. This, combined with the high rate of fire these pieces allowed\u2014thanks to breech-loading with pre-charged powder chambers\u2014explains the widespread use of bronze gun carriages on various 16th- and much of 17th-century vessels.<\/p>&#13;\n<p data-start=\"1256\" data-end=\"1444\">This gun carriage, on display in the exhibition <em data-start=\"1304\" data-end=\"1350\">From Sea and Land\u2026 a History in the Atlantic<\/em>, is part of the <strong data-start=\"1367\" data-end=\"1404\">Militaria and Weaponry Collection<\/strong> of the Museum of Angra do Heroismo.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-95.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12723 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-95.jpg 629w, https:\/\/museu-angra.cultura.azores.gov.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/banner-95-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artillery has always been a focus of special attention and care for Portuguese monarchs, particularly D. 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