Narva is an ancient city located on the border of Estonia whose exact founding date is unknown but was first mentioned in 1171. Through the 16th century it served as an important trading hub between East and West. The city saw much construction and development of fortifications in the 17th century when it was part of the Russian state. Notable landmarks included the medieval castle and defensive structures, the Gothic-Baroque style old town centered around the large Town Hall square, and six large bastions surrounding the city with underground tunnels and casemates for defenders. The old town of Narva was destroyed in a 1944 Soviet bombing campaign during World War II.

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Narva
Elizaveta Fisher
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3. Table Of Contents
• History
• History
• Medieval fortifications
• Town Hall
• The Bastions
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5. History
Narva arose many centuries ago, but the exact date of its Foundation is not
known. Some incline to 1171, when the Narva under the name Rugodiv was
mentioned in the Novgorod Chronicle, the other lead date 1240, when Danish
appraised book referred to the village of Narvia, but now the city is considered the
founding year 1256, the city was throughout its history on the border. By the 16th
century, after the annexation of Novgorod to Moscow to Narva goes its role in
trade relations between East and West. during the Livonian war is part of the
Russian State. But the flourishing of Narva came in the 17th century, when the
city was intensive construction of civil buildings and fortifications.
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7. History
Narva was famous for its versatile style, where the mixture of
Gothic, Baroque and classicism. "the old town became known as
Old Narva. Her story began after the terrible fire of 1659, when
there were only three houses and a castle. After this, in the
central part of the city were allowed to build only stone buildings.
for two decades, approximately 20 hectares of new stone is located
city center. The heart of the old Town was located at the Town
Hall Square. The old town of Narva was destroyed by
bombardment Aviation of the Soviet Union and 6 March 8,
1944.
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9. Medieval fortifications
Somewhere in the 13 winning Northern Estonia, the Danes built a wooden fortress on the spot of
crossing the Narva River and the old road after several conflicts with the Russians at the beginning of
the 14th century, the Danes began to build stone defensive Castle. It was a castle with a tower and walls
the height of 40 metres, which was the predecessor of today's German Castle. At the beginning of the
14th century in the northern part was built a small outside courtyard. Already in the middle of the
century to the western part of the castle was built a large external courtyard, which in case of war were
allowed to hide local residents. In 1347, the Danish King sold North Estonia including Narva, the
Livonian order, which have re-designed the building to house the Convention. The Castle has preserved
a part of the first floor, large halls and courtyard. Construction of the tower by Herman as well was
completed during the rule of the order.
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11. Town
Hall was the most representative
Built in the late 60 's, Narva Town Hall
public building in Narva. Ordered city authorities to build the town hall
was given to the Swedish King Karl XI. construction began in 1668,
and three years later, 1671, the building was ready-when the top of the
tower was placed a gilded wrought-iron weather vane in the form of a crane
of the wizard Grabbena. Internal finish lasted another four years. In the
following years on the pediment were installed to watch construction of the
stairs in the Hall and is brought from Stockholm. The latest were ready
stair forged grille (at the time it was a gilded) and knocker. Inside the
Town Hall galore decorated painting. ►.
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13. The
Bastions reinforce similar to
The Swedes built six bastions and
bastion, called Spes, which was located in front of the southern
wall of the Castle. Narva bastions have high and powerful front
wall. within the walls of the bastions were vaulted tunnels or
Casemates for the defenders of the city. The Casemates Narva
bastions on two floors: two meters in width. Svett enters the
Dungeon through the openings in the wall, which occur every
seven metres, with wide openings for cannons and narrow-for
firearms. Each casemate had vent pipe so that it could be smoke
from firearms. The exterior walls of Casemates around three
meters. tunnels and Casemates bastions of a total length of 1.5
kilometers. The ramparts were surrounded by a moat.
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15. Thank you for
attention!
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