Original scientific paper
THE BURG OF TROGIR AT THE END OF THE 13 th AND THE BEGINNING OF THE 14 th CENTURY – THE INFLUENCE OF FRANCISCANS AND DOMINICANS ON THE FORMATION OF THE URBAN SPACE
Irena BENYOVSKY
Abstract
The burg of Trogir is placed on the west from the old city. Its formation started in the thirteenth century. Documents that date from the mid thirteenth and beginning of the fourteenth century witness legal circumstances regarding the land possession in the burg. Foundation of the churches of St. Mary de burgo and St. Michael caused great changes in the urban tissue of this part of the city. Equally, mendicant orders (Franciscans and Dominicans) played a significant role in the urban organization of this part of city. The first notion of Franciscans in Trogir can be traced already in 1224. Soon after, it can be traced that they placed themselves on the terrain, which was given to them by Trogir’s patricians, on the west from the center of the city. At the same time, Dominicans also gained an approval to settle in the burg, and they gained control over the church of St. Francisco. This situation, as well as the rules about the distance between monasteries within medieval city, caused a constant competition between these two orders. In this competition Dominicans managed to stay and found monastery of St. Dominic; this monastery will dictate urban organization in the south-east part of the burg as well as the further planning of the urban development in the west part of the island in the centuries to come.
Keywords
Dalmatia; Trogir; ecclesiastical history; architecture; urbanism; Franciscans; Dominicans; the Middle Ages
Hrčak ID:
11910
URI
Publication date:
10.12.2003.
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