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10 Kazun,
komarda, Istra Peninsula, Krk Island; Croatia
Kazun is very interesting object, located in the central
part of Istra peninsula. The name comes out from Italian:
'casa'; and kazun means 'little house'.
Kazun has typical elements: the body (circular or rectangular)
and the roof. The roof has distinctive frieze, on the slated
roof there is capstone as important element of accent, somewhere
there are four stones to define the basic points of the roof
edge.
Kazun has not very interesting entrances or other designed
details: its appearance in the green and red flat fertile
fields is so remarkable.
It is mostly in use for sheltering people: with a lot of practical
built-in elements as benches, hearths, niches or slings.
On the island of Krk, not far from Istra peninsula,
the stone shelter is named komarda.
Its construction is mostly different from the kazun: with
gravelled roof and often ramp to the top, with location in
the wall frequently.
There can be found very small shelters: for one man only (laying
or sitting).
Construction is typical corbell, outer face is not so important,
it depends on the walls and terrain.
The same construction is in use at the water-permeable roofed
wells, where the inner part is corbelling, outside seems like
an oval, built mound.
| model
of kazun from Smoljanci near Kanfanar |
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| kazun,
Smoljanci near Kanfanar (Istra) 1985 |
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| the
top stone on kazun's roof, 2ooo |
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| komarda
on the island of Krk, 1999 |
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| komarda
on Krk Island, 1999 |
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| kazun
near Kanfanar, Istra 2oo1 |
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| kazun
near Kanfanar, 2oo1 |
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| Kazun
near Peroj (Istra) 1997 |
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