Case Study Rab – public lecture, June 17th 2015

The first campaign of archaeological excavations on the island of Rab – the forgery and a part of city walls in the town of Rab, and the church of St Lawrence in Banjol – raised quite an interest of the local population. In order to disseminate the activities of the CROMART project, a public lecture was given on June the 17th 2015 in the Town Hall of Rab. Continue reading Case Study Rab – public lecture, June 17th 2015

Presentation of the CROMART project, Perpignan, France, June 2015

During the 27th annual meeting of the Association pour l’Antiquité tardive, that took place in Perpignan, France, it was agreed that the next, 28th meeting will be in Croatia, in Zadar, and will be hosted by the IRCLAMA. Miljenko Jurković, explaining the possibilities of hosting that meeting of the Association, presented the ongoing research in Croatia, linked with the CROMART project. The audience was this time composed of experts in late antiquity from all over Europe.

Presentation of the CROMART project, Zagreb, February 27th 2015

The project Croatian medieval heritage in European context: mobility of artists and transfer of forms, functions and ideas (CROMART), financed by the Croatian Science Foundation, was presented to the public in the premises of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, on February 27th 2015. Continue reading Presentation of the CROMART project, Zagreb, February 27th 2015

Monastery of St Mary the Great near Bale, Istria – excavations 2014, October

The monastery of St Mary the Great near Bale in Istria is a rare example of systematic research of a Carolingian monastery. In the first phase (1995-2000) the church and the south western chapel were excavated, in a French – Croatian partnership (J.-P. Caillet, P. Chevalier, I. Matejčić, M. Jurković). The third partner, the Museum of Croatian national monuments – MHAS (A. Milošević), joined in the second phase of the project, when the eastern and southern parts of the monastery, outside the perimeter of the walls were excavated (2002-2012). The ongoing third phase concentrates on the outer perimeter of the western side of the monastery, and is incorporated in the CROMART project. Continue reading Monastery of St Mary the Great near Bale, Istria – excavations 2014, October