Original scientific paper
Converted Bastion-type Fortifications in Koprivnica Model for Research on Conversion of Bastion-type Fortificationsbin North Croatian Towns in 19th and 20th centuries
Damir Krajnik
Abstract
As Turkish war threat was withdrawn and the defense line moved eastwards in the second half of the 18th century, the bastion-type fortifications in North Croatian towns were no longer needed. As a result the need to maintain them died out over time. Fortifications thus became a major block to urban development. In the early 19th century a need was felt to integrate them into the rest of the urban fabric. By the mid 19th century their conversion in North Croatian towns was seen as an opportunity to create high-quality urban spaces as well as to erect public buildings at the boundary between the town nucleus and the suburbs. The bastion-type fortifications in Koprivnica are here analyzed with the aim to present a model for research on the conversion of town fortifications.
Keywords
bastion; fortifications; Koprivnica; urban development
Hrčak ID:
10721
URI
Publication date:
15.12.2005.
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