Professional paper
THE ISSUE OF PRESERVATION AND REVITALIZATION OF FORTIFICATION ARCHITECTURE ON THE EXAMPLE OF PUSTA BELA, PAKA AND GREBENGRAD
Marijana Korunek
; KOnzervatorski odjel Varaždin
Abstract
This article primarily examines the state and the potential of fortification architecture perceived through three examples in Varaždin County. The first is fort Pusta Bela, where to this day no archaeological excavations or building restorations were done. Due to the inaccessibility of a fort, and lack of additional contents with which it could be linked, it is not likely that any time soon any work will start there. Another example is the fort Paka, which is one of the few examples of this type of architecture that is completely archaeologically researched, conserved and presented, but after research its systematic maintenance was largely neglected, and that could lead to new degradations of its structures. The third fort is Grebegrad, which actually stands somewhere in between the first two examples, because building repairs of its structures started, but due to the volume of work, and extremely high financial investment that they require before building could be even safe for conducting archaeological research, it will take some time until the moment when this fort could be considered as completely explored, repaired and presented like fort Paka. This segment of heritage has great potential for conservation, presentation and popularization of the area where it is located, but at this stage, these resources are still largely neglected and substantially untapped. However, in recent years there is a growing interest for fortification architecture, which will certainly stimulate new research, restoration and revitalization of this type of cultural heritage, and result in their preservation in the future, and that is the primary goal.
Keywords
Varaždin County; fort; Pusta Bela; Paka; Grebengrad; conservation; revitalization
Hrčak ID:
150577
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2015.
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