![]() It remained in the Nugent family until nearly the end of the Second World War when the general's great-granddaughter, Countess Nugent, died at the age of 82. He had it restored in Neo-Gothic style and built a mausoleum adorned with the coat of arms of the Nugent family. The general was later honoured by the Austrians and presented with the castle at Trsat as his residence. The situation in Trieste soon drew him away, but in 1826 he had the satisfaction of handing the castle over to Field-Marshal Nugent, an Irishman then commanding the Austrian troops in the vicinity, for the purpose of conferring on him the rank of an Austrian noble. In the year 1811, during the Napoleonic wars, Captain Hoste in pursuit of the French, arrived with his frigate at Fiume where he made himself lieutenant-governor. Its decline was accelerated by the earthquake of 1750. In the 17th century the castle fell into decay due to the receding threats from Venice and the Ottoman Empire. This notable episode is the sole event which links Rijeka with Venice, and consequently with Italy, during the whole of its history from the 7th century on. In October 1509, the Venetians withdrew for good and Rijeka returned to the possessions of Maximilian of Habsburg. The capture of the Castle of Trsat compelled the Ban of Croatia, Andrew Bot of Bajna (Bajna is a village in Hungary, near Esztergom), to intervene in the Austro-Venetian war, and in June 1509 he first recaptured Trsat with his Croatian army and then entered Rijeka after expelling the Venetians. It was owned by Frankopan family who built the present castle in the 13th century. It is thought that the Trsat castle lies at the exact spot of an ancient Illyrian and Roman fortress. According to Cenev, a stone block with a marking on the upper platform marks the direction of sunrise on summer solstice when viewed from one of the seats.References: Four stone seats or 'thrones' are placed in a row on the lower platform. The observatory used the method of stationary observation, marking positions of the Sun at the winter and summer solstice, as well as the equinox. According to this interpretation, the site includes special stone markers used to track the movement of the Sun and Moon on the eastern horizon. The claim of the site representing an astronomical observatory was made by Stankovski and by Gjore Cenev in 2002. The claimed archaeoastronomical site has a combined area of about 5000 square meters and consists of two platforms with an elevation difference of 19 meters. ![]() The Kokino 'megalithic observatory' should be distinguished from the wider Kokino archaeological site. The remains of vessels filled with offerings were found deposited in cracks in the rocks, which gave rise to the interpretation of the site as a 'holy mountain'. An agglomeration from the Iron Age was discovered in 2009. 16th to 14th centuries BC) are the most numerous (mainly ceramic vessels, stone-mills, a few molds, and a pendant). It shows signs of occupation for the period from the 19th to the 7th centuries BC. The oldest archaeological finds date from about the 19th century BC, corresponding to the early European Bronze Age. The wider Kokino archaeological site covers about 30 hectares. Kokino is a Bronze Age archaeological approximately 30 km from the town of Kumanovo. ![]()
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