Laying Out Land Parcels and the Oldest Boundary Stone in Croatia from the 4th Century BC
Geographical position of the Chora Pharos (nowadays Starogradsko polje), climate conditions and brief historical development of colonization on the island of Hvar are described in the paper. Also described is how Greek from the island of Paros established the town Pharos (today’s Stari Grad) and how...
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doaj-81e0320d19d049cda68d431b87a994a72020-11-24T21:40:22ZengCroatian Cartographic SocietyKartografija i Geoinformacije1333-896X1848-07132009-12-018125877189Laying Out Land Parcels and the Oldest Boundary Stone in Croatia from the 4th Century BCMiljenko Solarić0Nikola Solaric1University of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy, Zagreb, CroatiaUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of Geodesy, Zagreb, CroatiaGeographical position of the Chora Pharos (nowadays Starogradsko polje), climate conditions and brief historical development of colonization on the island of Hvar are described in the paper. Also described is how Greek from the island of Paros established the town Pharos (today’s Stari Grad) and how they constructed Chora Pharos (today’s Starogradsko polje). They divided the field Starogradsko polje into rectangular parcels with dimensions 1 Greek stage × 5 Greek stage (181 m × 905 m). The large project “Starogradsko polje” demonstrated that one Pharos foot equals 0.3026 m. They used the groma for pegging out orthogonal angles. Finally, there is a photograph of the boundary stone from the Chora Pharos (Starogradsko polje) from the 4th century before Christ which is deposited in the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. This is the oldest boundary stone in Croatia and as geodesists, we can consider it a geodetic monument.http://kig.kartografija.hr/index.php/kig/article/view/217choraagerStarogradsko poljeFaros (Pharos)Stari GradHvargromakálamos (pole)Greeksisland of PárosPythagoras’ theoremGreek footGreek stageright angleboundary stoneRomans |
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Miljenko Solarić Nikola Solaric Laying Out Land Parcels and the Oldest Boundary Stone in Croatia from the 4th Century BC Kartografija i Geoinformacije chora ager Starogradsko polje Faros (Pharos) Stari Grad Hvar groma kálamos (pole) Greeks island of Páros Pythagoras’ theorem Greek foot Greek stage right angle boundary stone Romans |
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Laying Out Land Parcels and the Oldest Boundary Stone in Croatia from the 4th Century BC |
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Laying Out Land Parcels and the Oldest Boundary Stone in Croatia from the 4th Century BC |
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Laying Out Land Parcels and the Oldest Boundary Stone in Croatia from the 4th Century BC |
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Laying Out Land Parcels and the Oldest Boundary Stone in Croatia from the 4th Century BC |
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Laying Out Land Parcels and the Oldest Boundary Stone in Croatia from the 4th Century BC |
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laying out land parcels and the oldest boundary stone in croatia from the 4th century bc |
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Croatian Cartographic Society |
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Kartografija i Geoinformacije |
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Geographical position of the Chora Pharos (nowadays Starogradsko polje), climate conditions and brief historical development of colonization on the island of Hvar are described in the paper. Also described is how Greek from the island of Paros established the town Pharos (today’s Stari Grad) and how they constructed Chora Pharos (today’s Starogradsko polje). They divided the field Starogradsko polje into rectangular parcels with dimensions 1 Greek stage × 5 Greek stage (181 m × 905 m). The large project “Starogradsko polje” demonstrated that one Pharos foot equals 0.3026 m. They used the groma for pegging out orthogonal angles. Finally, there is a photograph of the boundary stone from the Chora Pharos (Starogradsko polje) from the 4th century before Christ which is deposited in the Archaeological Museum in Zagreb. This is the oldest boundary stone in Croatia and as geodesists, we can consider it a geodetic monument. |
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chora ager Starogradsko polje Faros (Pharos) Stari Grad Hvar groma kálamos (pole) Greeks island of Páros Pythagoras’ theorem Greek foot Greek stage right angle boundary stone Romans |
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