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 17^th 2015 in the Town Hall of Rab. Continue reading → Case Study Rab – public lecture, June 17th 2015

From June 4^th till 21^st June 2015 the first archaeological campaign incorporated to the CROMART project was conducted on the island of Rab, involving team members A. Chavarria, G. P. Brogiolo, M. Jurković, R. Starac, as well as a group of students from Zagreb and Padova Universities and G. Bilogrivić, archaeologist. Continue reading → Case study Rab – excavations 2015, June 4th-21st

During the 27^th annual meeting of the Association pour l’Antiquité tardive, that took place in Perpignan, France, it was agreed that the next, 28^th 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.

The second presentation of the CROMART project (Croatian medieval heritage in European context: mobility of artists and transfer of forms, functions and ideas) took place in Poreč, on May the 23^rd 2015, in the beautiful hall of the “Istarska sabornica”. Continue reading → Presentation of the CROMART project, Poreč, May 23rd 2015

The 21^st issue of Hortus Artium Medievalium, scientific journal of the International Research Center for Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, University of Zagreb, has been presented to the public on May 21^st 2015, during the Center’s 22^nd annual colloquium held in Poreč. Continue reading → Presentation of Hortus Artium Medievalium 21, May 21st 2015

In order to discuss some of the methodological issues, and more, to discuss the implementation of new technologies in our research, a workshop was organised in Padova from the 12^th to the 15^th April 2015. Four of the members of the CROMART team participated (A. Chavarria, G. P. Brogiolo, P. Marković, M. Jurković). Continue reading → Case Study – Rab: Workshop, Padova, April 12th-15th 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 27^th 2015. Continue reading → Presentation of the CROMART project, Zagreb, February 27th 2015

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