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30 Pamiatky | Historical monuments
Centrum mesta | Around city center
Mestské
hradby
The town fortification
SK
Mestské hradby v Trnave
patria k najstarším stredovekým
opevneniam
slovenských miest.
The town fortification in Trnava is one
of the oldest medieval town fortifications
in Slovakia.
i
Rozmer opevnenia | Fortification dimension
800 x 700 m
Po ich výstavbe v 13. storočí vymedzovali plochu
s veľkosťou približne 56 hektárov, čo spravilo
z Trnavy jedno z najväčších miest v Európe.
Výstavba hradieb bola v tom čase najväčším
stavebným projektom v Uhorsku. V prvej fáze
sa budovali drevozemné valy a štvorhranné
obranné veže s takmer dva metre hrubými
stenami z pálených tehál. Ku každej zo štyroch
mestských brán následne viedol most ponad
vodnú priekopu, ktorú okolo hradieb umelo
vyhĺbili.
Zaujímavým je určite aj takmer pravidelný
obdĺžnikový tvar opevnenia s rozmermi približne
800 x 700 metrov. Časom funkcia hradieb
zanikla, a tak sa k nim začali pristavovať rôzne
malé objekty, pričom sa, bohužiaľ, samotné
opevnenie rozoberalo ako stavebný materiál.
Napriek zbúraniu ďalšej časti hradieb kvôli výstavbe
ciest a chodníkov, veľká časť opevnenia
sa zachovala dodnes.
EN
After its construction in the 13 th century, it
defined an area of approximately 56 hectares,
which made Trnava one of the biggest towns
in Europe at the time. The construction of the
fortification was the largest construction project
in the Kingdom of Hungary. First, wood-ground
ramparts and square defense towers with
almost two-meter-thick brick walls were built. To
each of the four town gates led a bridge over
the water ditch excavated artificially around the
walls. An almost regular rectangular form of
fortification with dimensions of approximately
800 x 700 meters is also very interesting.
Over time, the purpose of the fortification vanished
and various small objects were added.
Unfortunately, the fortification was demounted
as a construction material. Notwithstanding the
demolition of another part of the fortification
due to the construction of roads and sidewalks,
a large part of the fortification has been preserved
to this day.