Review article
https://doi.org/10.32728/h2021.01
Results of archaeological works adjacent to the polygonal tower on Carrara Street in Pula in the year 2021
Kristina Gergeta Sotončić
Abstract
In February 2021, the space in the middle of the width of the polygonal tower adjacent to the entrance to the Zerostrasse tunnel and the entrance part of the tunnel on Carrara Street in Pula was archaeologically excavated. The reason for this was the replacement of the cable line for the elevator that is going to connect the network of underground tunnels and the fortress Kaštel. The research established the phases of construction of the tower: the late-antiquity polygonal tower, whose structure is visible at todayʼs walking level, leaned on the ancient circular tower, which is based on a square tower from the earliest phase of Pulaʼs city defence system. Remains of a late-antiquity rampart were discovered at the entrance to the tunnel. The research determined the way in which the late antiquity rampart was connected to the polygonal tower: by re-layering the square tower and adding a layer of paving, and using the round tower as support, which was added to the line of the earliest city rampart.
Keywords
Pula; Zerostrasse; archaeological excavations; city wall; tower; antiquity; late antiquity
Hrčak ID:
274262
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Publication date:
30.12.2021.
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