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A CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMPARISON OF ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE ON THE COAST AND IN CONTINENTAL CROATIA

Andre Mohorovičić ; Zagreb, Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti


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Abstract

The study of the development of Romanesque and Gothic architecture on the coast and in the continental part of Croatia has led to a number of relevant conclusions based on geographical and historical conditions. In urban centres of Istria and Dalmatia continuity of life from the Antiquity was not broken, in contrast to the continental Croatia where urban centres were destroyed during Early Mediaeval migrations. That is why not only their urban but also administrative an religious continuity was broken. From the 8th to the 12th centuries, during the time of Croatian sovereignty, numerous fortresses and castles were built on the coast. In continental part fortified settlements were built. Through the Middle Ages the latter ones evolved into urban centres and achieved the status of a free city. They developed as trade centres and were fortified with walls and towers. Romanesque and Gothic architecture on the coast was rich and in the interior it was limited on city fortifications, castles and settlements. On the coast both monumental and modest churches and convents were built from Romanesque to Baroque. They usually combined characteristics of different styles. In continental Croatia, where Early Christian remains are more scarce, Romanesque religious architecture is sporadic, and only with the founding of free cities Gothic style could flourish.

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Hrčak ID:

117867

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/117867

Publication date:

10.2.1992.

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