Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.31953/sz.51.1.7
ARCHITECTS DENZLER, VILIČIĆ, MOHOROVIČIĆ, SEKULIĆ-GVOZDANOVIĆ AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE NEHAJ FORTRESS IN SENJ IN THE 1960s
Helena Knifić Schaps
Abstract
The Nehaj Fortress is a built cultural heritage of the Republic of Croatia, which has been written about extensively and from several professional perspectives. An aspect of this work is the role of individuals, experts and notable people in their field of activity, especially the architects Andre Mohorovičić, Juraj Denzler, Melita Viličić and Srebrenka (Sena) Sekulić-Gvozdanović in the construction-conservation reconstruction of the fortress and the creation ofconditions for its new, museological purpose. Reconstruction began immediately after World War II and lasted until 1975. The first phase of reconstruction at the end of the 1950s and 1960s was the time of consolidating and redefining the organisation, establishing and beginning new institutions and services from the spectrum of conservation, protection of cultural heritage, museology, and others. It is greatly marked by the new socio-political organisation of the state and the division of authority. All of this did not put off the initiative and action of the enthusiasts and experts, at that time, the most respected and competent for the reconstruction of monuments whose significance and symbolism crossed national, republican and federal borders. The paper analyses the course of changes that happened in the body of the building throughout history. The focus is on the facts about the work of the architects J. Denzler, M. Viličić, A. Mohorovičić and S. Sekulić-Gvozdanović, about their commitment, contribution and merits that are insufficiently known about even in expert architectural circles. The significance that these architects give to the valorisation, visibility and reconstruction of the Nehaj Fortress itself is a continuation of the initial work of Dr Vuk Krajač and, from the beginning to the very end, the active participation of the main actor, Professor Ante Glavičić. The museum display is not the subject of this work.
Keywords
Nehaj Fortress; reconstruction; Juraj Denzler; Melita Viličić; Andre Mohorovičić; Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović
Hrčak ID:
324300
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Publication date:
24.12.2024.
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