Prezenţe ale arhitecturii ecleziastice autohtone în Cetatea Albă şi Chilia
Presence of Local Ecclesiastical Architecture in Cetatea Albă and Chilia Towns

Summary/Abstract: The article reefers to a more precisely dating of churches from fortress towns from Eastern Moldavia, which were under ottoman occupation. The method which has been chosen for dating churches is that of comparative architecture, (the structural numbering model) which is recognized as a creation principle of a multitude known by works. The model’s formula contains the buildings proportions; these were the elements which constituted the calculation basis of the master constructor. With the help of this model we demonstrated that churches from fortress towns of Eastern Moldavia have been build in 14th and 15th centuries. On the basis of these results we can state that Chilia town has been build on the left side of the Danube in a previous period of building the fortress of Ştefan cel Mare. We have also proved that Cetatea Albă town had already existed in the 14th and 15th centuries, being placed at 300-400 m downstream by the fortified promontory. In the 14th century the episcopal church has been built here, which is specific to balcano-danubian region.

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