“Patrimonio Cultural y Defensa” is a series of publications of the Instituto Universitario de Urbanística of the University of Valladolid linked to the “Royal Palace of Valladolid” Chair of Cultural Heritage and Defense, created within the Institute by the agreement signed on April 18, 2023 between the Ministry of Defense and the University of Valladolid.

The aim of the series is to publish the results of research, papers, scientific meetings and seminars promoted by the Chair, as well as the research of other specialists in relation to the cultural and urban heritage of defense culture in Spain, with special attention to Valladolid and the building of the Royal Palace of Valladolid, headquarters of the Chair.

Thus, two main areas converge in its editorial line. The first is the broad theme that establishes the interrelation between Defense and Heritage, open to both material and immaterial expressions, sequenced scales (from the architectural to the urban and territorial) and equally open chronologies (from historical manifestations to the present). Secondly, the historical and patrimonial relevance of the Royal Palace of Valladolid, both locally, nationally and internationally, justifies the interest in researching and disseminating the building and its impact on society, architecture and urban planning, as well as the contexts and manifestations that help to understand its attributes and values.