About author
My name is Gorazd Žagar and am a systems engineer by profession, age 34. My interest in medieval period began when I was in secondary school. Source of this interest is unknown to me but it might be related to the music - black metal, that I had been listening during that time. I still strongly associate black metal to medieval period. More academic exploration of gothic period and especially demystifying related myths (distinction between fact and fiction/fantasy) began with the mediaeval society »Celjani« from Celje. Facts are even more interesting and attractive from fiction or fantasy anyway. During many years of performing as a knight I learnt to appreciate the late gothic era (around 1470 - 1500) the most. I am a member of European mediaeval fight school Schola pugnatoria Celeiana led by mr. Igor Sancin and medieval society "Zlate ostroge" from Ljubljana. With the latter we study art, culture, craft and anything related to the late gothic period. I spend most of my time studying medieval architecture, art, arms and armour, fighting style and thought patterns of that era. In the year 2010 collaborator Aleš Hotko has joined the project and has been contributing english translations as well as reviews since. I currently live and work in Malta. 1. At the presentation of the book "SVET VITEŠTVA", where I "stole" 5 minutes of mr. Stopar's valuable time. 2. Matej (Celjani), David Cvet (AEMMA) in myself, lectures at the national museum, Ljubljana. 3. Matic, Gregor, mr. Cvet and myself. Workshop Fiore, 2007. 4. MYself, Matic, Renee, Volk, Eleonora, Irena in Gregor, castle Podsreda, Sept. 2009. Projects
I like to sleep in the rest of my spare time ;-) About the site As being very interested in castles, I decided to create this web site, especially as I have not come across similar sites on the Web so far. In future, the main difference between this site and the others available on the Web will be the immense quantity of photographs from sites. Even humble ruins will be entered among other sites. At every entered site I list not only basic information, but also turist info, useful links and information on possible mediaeval ževents on site or in its vicinity, as well as information about organisers. The web site gradovi.net was launched on 28th June 2004, the contents were programmed in php script, for processing HTML Notepad word processor has been used. The database run on mySQL server. Translation into English by Aleš Hotko Translation into German by Blanka Prezelj Photos of the sites All the photos of the sites and their surroundings are taken by the author, with exeption of scanned images, where due authors are named. The photo material is not copyright, however, the author expresses his desire to be acknowledged if the material is published or used elsewhere. The author uses a digital camera Sony DSC (Minolta DiMAGE S304 in the past). The original sized photographs at 5M px and newer 7M px can be obtained upon request (suitable for print). Literature The main source of literature are the works of Dr. Ivan Stopar, Art-historian, and now also a book "Vitez in grad" (A Knight and a Castle) by Dr. Dušan Kos. At every entered site all sources are acknowledged. Usually, I use only the basic information, therefore I suggest the listed literature to be used for more in-depth analysis. Visitors are welcome to send me comments, corrections and other data (eg. legends) regarding reviewed sites. |