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Notice (permalien)
Réf.
41421
Type
conference item
Titre
The Naval town of Karlskrona, Sweden – changes in continuity in a living world heritage.
Langues
English
Auteurs
Stenholm, Leifh
Date
2008
Pages
8 p.
Titre de conférence
16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Finding the spirit of place – between the tangible and the intangible’
Lieu de conférence
Québec, Canada
Date de conférence
29 sept – 4 oct 2008
Mots-clés
World Heritage List / military heritage / fortifications / historic monuments / historic towns / ports
Pays mentionnés
Sweden
Monuments et sites
Naval Port of Karlskrona, Sweden
N° Patrimoine mondial
871
Résumé en anglais
In 1998 Karlskrona became item no. 560 on UNESCO´slist of irreplaceable World Herritage Site. In an international
context, the city is of major importance, representing as it does anunrivalled illustration of how a fortified naval town and base from
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was planned andestablished.
In the eighteenth century developments in Karlskrona in the fields ofshipbuilding, architecture, town planning, military construction and
engineering, attracted widespread notice and recognition from thecontinent.
For more than a century the distinctive architecture and specialisedinstallations at the navy yard served as a hub of military technology
and industry in the Baltic region. Both the naval base and thedockyard have been in continuous operation from the time they were
first established until the present day.
context, the city is of major importance, representing as it does anunrivalled illustration of how a fortified naval town and base from
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was planned andestablished.
In the eighteenth century developments in Karlskrona in the fields ofshipbuilding, architecture, town planning, military construction and
engineering, attracted widespread notice and recognition from thecontinent.
For more than a century the distinctive architecture and specialisedinstallations at the navy yard served as a hub of military technology
and industry in the Baltic region. Both the naval base and thedockyard have been in continuous operation from the time they were
first established until the present day.
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