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GEOMETRY IN CASTLE ARCHITECTURE

GEOMETRY IN CASTLE ARCHITECTURE. Nikola Ćulumović. CASTLE?. CASTLES & FORTS IN CROATIA. FORT MINCETA. DUBROVNIK STRONG MERCHANT TIES WITH BIZANTINE EMPIRE ORIGINALLY BUILT WITH A RECTANGULAR BASE IN THE 1300. OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1500. PLAN WAS SET IN MOTION TO CONVERT IT INTO A ROUND FORT.

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GEOMETRY IN CASTLE ARCHITECTURE

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  1. GEOMETRY IN CASTLE ARCHITECTURE Nikola Ćulumović

  2. CASTLE?

  3. CASTLES& FORTS IN CROATIA

  4. FORT MINCETA • DUBROVNIK • STRONG MERCHANT TIES WITH BIZANTINE EMPIRE • ORIGINALLY BUILT WITH A RECTANGULAR BASE IN THE 1300. • OTTOMAN EMPIRE • 1500. PLAN WAS SET IN MOTION TO CONVERT IT INTO A ROUND FORT

  5. MORE EXAMPLES

  6. WHY? • DEFENSIVE STRUCTURES • EFFECTIVE RANGE OF 150m • INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SIDES CORELATES TO AN INCREASE OF OVERLAPING AREAS OF FIRE

  7. COMPARISON • OVERLAPPING AREA OF FIRE OF A RECTANGULAR FORT IS • ANDTHEOVERLAPPINGAREAOFFIREOFAHEXAGONALFORTIS

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