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Remains of the Neglected Past. Ottoman Forts on Planinica Hill, Montenegro

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Bugaj U., Lutovac P., Trzeciecki M., Bogacki M., Chwiej M., Novak M., Polak Z.

Sprawozdania Archeologiczne

2014

vol. 66

385–398

Planinica — a hill situated on the edge of a vast mountain range delimited to the south-east by the Zeta Plain. It is a part of historical region known as Malesija inhabited mainly by the Albanians. During the field research on Planinica in 2012–2013 a group of stone structures was documented. It consists of circular stone tower surrounded by quadrilateral wall, several small enclosures of trapezoid or pentagonal plan and a network of roads leading to the top of the hill. The arrangement of the buildings indicates that the most likely function was military. They can be described as an observatory tower surrounded by small auxiliary forts. The complex of stone structures on Planinica was most probably built by the Turks after 1878 as a part of system of fortifications guarding newly established Turkish-Montenegrin border. The border survived until the Balkan War in 1912. After that Planinica was no longer been a point of military interest and the forts on its top have undergone progressive destruction. The stone structures on Planinica are not mentioned either in archaeological or historical publications in Montenegro, except the watchtower, which is interpreted as a prehistoric burial mound destroyed by the Turks. The buildings on Planinica hill remain “in the shadow” of the prehistoric stone tumuli, which represent a positively valorised, very distant past.

The room above the porte cochère of the Kwidzyn castle in the times of the Pomesanian chapter

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Piwek A., Jażdżewski T.

Architectus

2021

issue 3 (67)

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W artykule przedstawiono historię budowlaną pomieszczenia nad przejazdem bramnym w skrzydle północnym zamku w Kwidzynie w czasach kapituły pomezańskiej. Prezentowane ustalenia uzyskano na podstawie wyników badań architektonicznych, stratygraficznych oraz analizy materiałów archiwalnych, które przeprowadzono w 2017 roku. Według nich pomieszczenie powstało w pierwszym etapie wznoszenia zamku. W kolejnych wiekach podlegało architektonicznym zmianom odpowiadającym nowym potrzebom mieszkańców zamku. Zachowane ślady świadczą, że od XIV do XVI wieku pełniło ono kilka następujących po sobie funkcji, dotąd nie w pełni rozpoznanych i umotywowanych: strażnicy, kancelarii bądź izby sądowej, a nawet kaplicy. Znaczną część wiedzy o nich zawarto w rozwarstwieniu ścian i rekonstrukcjach historycznych przekształceń z okresu średniowiecza. W późniejszych czasach wnętrze uniknęło znacznych zniszczeń i do dziś stanowi cenne źródło wiedzy o historii zamku.

This article presents the history of the construction of the room above the porte cochère in the northern wing of the Kwidzyn castle in the times of the Pomesanian chapter. The findings presented here were derived from the architectural and stratigraphic research and analysis of archival materials conducted in 2017. According to these findings, the room was built in the first stage of erecting the castle. In the following centuries, it underwent architectural changes corresponding to the new needs of the castle’s inhabitants. The preserved traces testify that it had several successive functions from the $14^{th}$ to the $16^{th}$ century, so far not fully recognised and explained: a watchtower, court office or chamber, or even a chapel. Much of the knowledge about it is contained in the stratification of the walls and the reconstructions of historical transformations from the medieval period. In later times, the room was spared significant damage and still constitutes a valuable source of knowledge about the castle’s history.

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Remains of the Neglected Past. Ottoman Forts on Planinica Hill, Montenegro

The room above the porte cochère of the Kwidzyn castle in the times of the Pomesanian chapter