SITE PLAN OF KREMENETS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY: IDEALISED IMAGE AND REALITY. THE MAP OF 1846

Abstract

The article examines the features and approaches to the formation of the urban planning of the city of Kremenets in different historical periods based on site plans of 1846. The article is devoted to the analysis of the idealized planning structure of the city, which is recorded on the project map of the mid-nineteenth century.
 The relevance of the research topic is determined by the relatively limited array of cartographic sources capturing the features of Kremenets planning pattern in the past, despite a long history of its development.
 This publication aims to substantiate the evolution of Kremenets urban planning pattern from the few preserved plans and maps, with iconographic sources (drawings, photos of the town) dating from different historical periods.
 The analysis of the method and quality of pattern drawings, composition and morphology of the city centre, downtown and surrounding areas, the determination of the stylistic features of the planning pattern form the most accurate picture of architectural and urban planning history, specify the nature of the architectural and spatial organisation and strategies for further urban development.
 A comparative analysis of the found documents makes it possible to identify features of urban development of Kremenets under the influence of various factors: spatial and landscape situation, social and cultural context, trends in urban development in the relevant periods of European history.
 The article deals with the research source documents capture two different epochs when a particular city for a certain period belonged to the Russian Empire and later became a part of the Polish state with a capitalist system. Considerable attention is paid to the architectural value of its historic centre and its structure of urban development. The characteristic features of architectural space compositions of the historic town centre and the factors that influenced the transformation of the master plan of Kremenets are determined.