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lNTRODUCTION TO THE RESEARCH OF THE MEDlEVAL FORTRESS OF ZADVARJE (Part One-Bejore the Turkish Conquest)
Ivan Alduk
; Ministarstvo kulture - Konzervatorski odjel Split
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The paper combines a preliminary report made in the beginning of the researches of the fortress of Zadvarje and the first scientific attempt of evaluation of the fortress. Zadvarje is a particularly important strategic point of the Dalmatian hinterland. lnitially, the fortress was built in the second half of the l5'" century. as a defence from the incoming Turkish invasions. as well as one of the centres oj the medieval district of Radobilja. Traces of settlements in this area are even older, and they are related to the ·communications between the coast and the hinterland. ln the middle Ages. this area was partially under control of the nobility from the Bosnian kingdom. Due to its strategic position, Zadvalje played a minor role ill the economic development of this medieval state (at the end of the 14'" and the first half of the 15'" century). Zadvarje was mentioned far the first time as " .. .Iocum Duarum ... " in a 1408 gift deed of the Bosnian king Stjepan Ostoja. The period when these lands were under the rule of the duke (herceg) Sipan Vukčić Kosača (from 1440 to 1466) is of a great importance. The contemporary sources recorded an increased building activity (fortijication building) near Zadvarje. as a reaction to the tense relation between the duke and the Venetian Republic that ruled the neighbouring Poljica. The very fortress was probably built between 1478 and 1482, that is, when the Venetian power crossed the Cetina River and took over the lands that formerly belonged to duke Stipan and his successors. Building of the north western tower (together with the rest of the fortress) is related to the approaching of the Turks (the fall of Bosnia in 1463) as well as to the fortification tendencies in the late 15'" century resulting from the growing use of the artillery. In 1482. the Statute of Poljica mention " ...grad Zadvarje ... "referring actually to the present-day fortress.It stood the Turkish attacks. till most probably aboutl502. when the peace treaty made between Venice and Turkey gave it to the latter. Some rebuilding of the fortress were made in the second half of the 16'" century. and it was probably reinforced with a new tower on the bulwarks and with detached towers around the fortress. Translated by: D. Kečkemet
Ključne riječi
Middle Ages; Zadvarje; jortress; Radobilja; roads; Poljica; Bosnian kingdom
Hrčak ID:
81856
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Datum izdavanja:
29.12.2005.
Posjeta: 2.936 *