Since ancient times, city gates and walls, which defined urban space architecturally, legally, and administratively, have been the quintessential symbols of the pre-modern European city. Beyond their defensive function, city gates represented the city in many ways: they were stages for urban self-expression and its elites, they were symbols of identity, neighborly rivalry, and political partisanship, commemorating urban history and triumphs. They marked magical-religious thresholds and regulated security, fiscal, transport, and supply connections to the surrounding area; they shaped the paths of performative acts and provided locations for concentrated everyday communication.
Author
Steuernagel, Dirk/Dietl, Albert/Cigaina, Lorenzo (Hrsg.)
Title
Stadttore und Stadtmauern in der Vormoderne
Details
256 pages.
State
new
Subtitle
Funktionale, repräsentative und mediale Aspekte
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