Ars Adriatica, No. 5, 2015.
Pregledni rad
New Contribution to the Study of the Fort of St Michael on the Island of Ugljan
David Štrmelj
; samostalni istraživač
Sažetak
The fort of St Michael on the island of Ugljan is the most important example of medieval fortification architecture in the region of Zadar. Unfortunately, the fort was badly damaged during the Second World War and its pre-war appearance is known only from written descriptions, the sketches of the painter Franjo Salghetti-Drioli and two early twentieth-century photos. This article presents new evidence about the appearance of the fort before it was bombed. A short film of 13 June 1941 and published by the Italian institute Cinecittà Luce contains an aerial shot of the fort. This short sequence reveals the now lost architectural elements: the fort’s donjon, the church of St. Michael and the perimeter walls but also a number of details such as embrasures. It appears that the church, the donjon and western towers started to deteriorate even before the actual bombing and that the space between the walls, the donjon and the church was levelled with rubble after the war; this action altered the spatial relations between the original architectural structures.
Ključne riječi
Zadar; island of Ugljan; fort of St Michael; fortifications
Hrčak ID:
149643
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Datum izdavanja:
18.12.2015.
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