ASCLEPIADES Posted July 30, 2007 Report Share Posted July 30, 2007 Salve, guys! "At its annual meeting, held in early July in Wellington, New Zealand, UNESCO added the complex located 11km east of Zajecar to the world list of the protected sites under the name "Gamzigrad -Romuliana, Palace Of Galerius"... Galerius was born in the then Romanian province of Dacia Aureliana to a mother named Romula, after whom the palace was named... The complex at Romuliana sprawls over six-and-a-half hectares, surrounded by a defensive system of 20 towers, within which lie the remains of vestibules, atriums, hot baths, multi-coloured floor mosaics, marble panels and objects and sculptures made of purple granite and green porphyry from the Peloponnese." The whole story in UNESCO Puts Spotlight on Eastern Serbia's Lost Palace. Cheers and good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ASCLEPIADES Posted July 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Salve, guys! Here is an extract of the expedient of the World Heritage List (UNESCO) about this place: Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius - Eastern Serbia - N43 53 57.5 E22 11 10 - ref: 1253 Selection criteria: III. to bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared; IV. to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history; Brief Description The Late Roman fortified palace compound and memorial complex of Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius, in the east of Serbia, was commissioned by Emperor Caius Valerius Galerius Maximianus, in the late 3rd and early 4th century. It was known as Felix Romuliana, named after the Emperor's mother. The site consists of fortifications, the palace in the north-western part of the complex, basilicas, temples, hot baths, memorial complex, and a tetrapylon. The site offers a unique testimony of the Roman building tradition marked by the ideology of the period of the Second Tetrachy. The group of buildings is also unique in its intertwining of ceremonial and memorial functions. The relation between two spatial ensembles in this site is stressed by the tetrapylon which is placed on the crossroads between the worldly fortification and palace on the one side and the other-worldly mausoleums and consecration monuments on the other. The nominated property consists of the following: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASCLEPIADES Posted July 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2007 Salve, guys! And here is an aerial view. Cheers and good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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