Medieval Russian Fortresses AD 862-1480 by Konstantin Nossov

Author:Konstantin Nossov
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medieval Russian Fortresses AD 862–1480
ISBN: 9781780969862
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 2012-04-16T16:00:00+00:00

The rampart and a reconstruction of the gate in Truvor’s gorodishche. The gate is on one side of the rampart and the road leading to it ran between the rampart and a precipice. Flanking the gate are the remains of a stone layer that was once 3m thick and 3m high and served as a base for a wooden wall.

The Lukovka Tower, Izborsk fortress. Built in 1303, it was the only stone tower in the fortress at this date; all the other fortifications were still wooden. In the course of the modernization of the fortress in 1330 the wooden walls were replaced with stone ones and the Lukovka Tower found itself inside the fortress walls, becoming a donjon.

Today all that remains of Truvor’s gorodishche is a rampart, a ditch, and some fragments of stone walling. The stone fortress of Izborsk is well preserved, except for the Nikolski zakhab and two towers, which lie in ruin. Decorative crosses and other ornaments can be seen on the walls and towers of the fortress.

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