Published: 2014-01-01

Czytanie Twierdzy Kraków

Renata Hołda

Abstract

Reading and analysing the city can be considered to be a process of decoding, during which the meaning of its parts, such as the planning assumptions, streets, squares, etc. is revealed. Such a meaning is created by the recipients by means of various forms of cultural memory. The subject of my interest is the Cracow Fortress, the remains of a vast fortress built by the Austrians in the second half of the 19th century. Despite the architectural and historical value of structures comprising the fortress, only little information about them can be found in guidebooks and they are not included in tourist trails linking Cracow’s most valuable attractions. In my opinion, this is caused by the fact that the thinking about Cracow and the reading of the city is dominated by patriotic discourse, which began to develop in the second half of 19th century and it still defines the unique role of this city as a remembrance of the past and a testimony of Polish history. The unambiguously military character of the fortress is at odds with the dominant image of the city and therefore the fortress is not analyzed with respect to the above-mentioned meanings

Keywords:

Cracow Fortress, cultural memory, reading the city

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Hołda, R. (2014). Czytanie Twierdzy Kraków. Journal of Urban Ethnology, 12, 25–40. Retrieved from https://journals.iaepan.pl/jue/article/view/658

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