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Reconstruction of the Orava Castle

current function
culture
address
Hrad, Oravský Podzámok
architects
Chudomelka Karol, Chudomelková Katarína
project
1955
implementation
1970

The project was dealing with the use of individual objects of the caste and determined the circulation of the visitors so as to guarantee the presentation of all the significant spaces. It was equally important to keep the entry to the main rooms in accordance with their original historic entrances and in such a procedure that corresponds to the historical sequence of rooms. The architects based their project on preserved historical facts which they tried to amplify with the new architecture of extentions designed for smooth operation.

Bibliography:

CHUDOMELKA, Karol: Historické stavebné pamiatky v súčasnom živote. Projekt 2, 1958, s. 2 – 11.

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