Analysis of the State of Preservation of the M Edieval Fortification Elements, in the C Ontext of Landscape a Ttractiveness Base
Key words: fortifications, Middle tem. They resembled a little military Ages, Lower Silesia, military organizations where every member xample xample architecture had to have his own helmet, spear andscape E L and sword. They were responsible Introduction for provision of weapons, their repair reservation reservation and each of them was in charge of P In many cities in Lower Silesia a selected part of fortification. For medieval fortifications are preserved instance, in fortified towers managed to various extent. Most of them were by guilds there were rooms used for subject to research that took place in storage of weapons [Widawski 1973, the 60’s and 70’s of the twentieth cen- p. 55]. As we can see, the whole ortification ontext of ontext tury and was conducted by Edmund system was specifically constructed F tate of Małachowicz, Mirosław Przyłęcki, and ensured full readiness of the city C ased on an or Mieczysław Zlat. This article pres- to defence. S B ent results of contemporary research Until now, in 15 cities in Lower ities of Lower Silesia ities of Lower involving the quantitative assess- Silesia there are preserved fragments C ment of the preserved elements of of medieval fortifications of at least the Lower Silesian city fortifications 30% of their original size. This in the context of contemporary city resource has been analysed in the edieval edieval landscape attractiveness, their role following study. The following figure and participation in the recreation presents the general state of preserva- M space, or creation of the visual iden- tion (Fig. 1). tity of the city.
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