The geophysical survey of the tomb of Sigismund of Luxembourg in Oradea
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | INTERFEREN?E. TRECUT, PREZENT, VIITOR: Lucrările Sesiunii Interna?ionale de Comunicări ?tiin?ifice a Muzeului ?ării Cri?urilor Oradea – Complex Muzeal 12-13 octombrie 2023 |
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| Web | odkaz na onlive verzi sborníku |
| Keywords | Sigismund of Luxembourg, 15th century, tomb, non-destructive archaeology, geophysical survey, Oradea |
| Description | This study deals with the results of a geophysical survey that was carried out in March 2022 on the site of a defunct church situated inside fortress courtyard in the city of Oradea. The work was initiated by the activity of an interdisciplinary team composed of experts from the Brno City Museum, the Department of Archaeology and Museology of the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University and the Department of Auxiliary Historical Sciences and Archival Studies of the same university. This study summarises the existing knowledge about the location of the grave of the Czech and Hungarian king and Roman emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg, buried in the former church in 1437. The study presents the results of geophysical survey and explains why this method was not successful enough in the fortress area. At the same time, it proposes further directions of research on how to proceed in locating the tomb of Emperor Sigismund in the future. |