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PECULIARITIES OF GENESIS, DEVELOPMENT AND VALUES OF HISTORIC SUBURBS IN LITHUANIAN TOWNS (KAUNAS, KLAIPĖDA, KĖDAINIAI)

2006; Vilnius Gediminas Technical University; Volume: 30; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3846/13921630.2006.10697080

2029-7955

Dalia Dijokienė,

Urban Development and Cultural Heritage

The object of investigation is the historic suburbs of Kaunas, Klaipėda and Kėdainiai. The investigation includes an analysis of the following urban structure elements of the suburbs: the network of streets; the structure of land holdings; the type of building–up of squares, streets and land holdings; complexes and ensembles of buildings; peculirities of natural setting; panoramas and silhouettes; compositional links with the old town’s kernel; urban and architectural pecularities of the studied historic suburbs preserved up to now. The investigation also provides the reasons of the genesis of the suburbs and a summarized description of their formation period, singles out factors that determined urban peculirities of the suburbs and sets out their types. The dispersion of the most valuable elements of the urban structure of the historic suburbs, that have preserved the highest number of authentic features, is illustrated.