ARCHITECTURE OF AMBIENTAL STREETS IN PRCANJ
Waterfront in Prcanj in particular the old historical street of Lukovic family features luxurious palaces overlooking the sea , the Captain ’ s house with as many as 12 baroque balconies , and the ancient stone paving along the entire street front , according to numerous historians is at the very top of the artistic expression of the baroque profane architecture of streets in the South Adriatic . Lukovic Street is named after the Lukovic family houses , which have exceptionally elegantly decorated stone balustrades ; the palaces follows the sea line , merging into the street front , and making a unique and indivisible ambient unit in a functional and aesthetic domain . Opposed to the houses towards the sea , so-called ‘ ponta ’ were made over the time , for accessing sailboats with a plateau on which cargoes from ships were landed , as well as small ports for binding family boats .
The coastal belt was an indivisible private space and made up a whole with the palaces . In the later period , around 1805 , when this region was already under the Austro-Hungarian empire , the emperor had the first coastal road built along the sea for military needs , thus completely interrupting the continuity of family gardens from the sea to the houses . This act changed forever the character of space , dividing it into two parts , one made up of family ports for boats with berths along the sea , and another made up of a paved street of the Lukovic family . The seafront , including ponta and boat bindings , were private properties in the 19th century , characterized by traditional stone bindings , stone paving and stone sea-shores , with small gardens rich in Mediterranean vegetation . On the opposite side of the houses , there are elegant courts ( avlije ) with greenery , authentic stylish furniture and paved paths . Each ‘ avlija ’, or , artistic yard , has its own water well with a baroque stone hood ; the pavement from the house to the well features square plates of red and white stone , and each yard shows parts of artistic gardening masonry such as stone sinks and verandas on the stone pillars with capitals .
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