Plot of Nyen Fortress / Sigismündh
Weider. 1681.
1 p. Manuscript. Illuminated. 437,6?566,4 mm. Swedish.
Scale [1:], graphic scale in … East-oriented. Decoration:
Two windmills east from Nyen Fortress. Territory:
The place by the confluence of the Neva and its right tributary
Black Stream (now Okhta River). Shown:
Nyenskans Citadel built in 1658-1661, Nyenskans Crownwork, the
construction was begun from 1675, fortifications around the town
(semicircular, six-bastion) erected in 1658-1666 and to the moment
of realization of this project they considered out-of-date. On
the town territory are rectangular blocks of buildings existed
and designed. Three temples are marked- Swedish cathedral in the
town and two designed churches in the Crownwork. Out of town ramparts
two mills are shown. On the left bank of Neva a separate building
on the place of Russian settlement Spasskoye is marked. Abrupt
shores are dotted. Annotation:
New designed version of the town fortifications and Crownwork.
The plot is connected with inspection trip in 1681 to Ingermanland
of the Royal fortifier E. Dahlberg. Literature:
Munte, Lappo-Danilevsky, Hipping.
