Project team members M. Čaušević Bully, S. Bully and M. Jurković together with I. Marić and S. Gioanni have organized a scientific meeting which has presented results of twelve campaigns of archaeological research conducted on the monastery of St Peter in Osor (island of Cres, Croatia).
The meeting, carried out under French-Croatian collaboration, was seventh in the series of scientific events »Monastic study days«. During the three-day program, presenters from Croatia, France and Italy have presented and discussed case study of the Monastery of St Peter, its phases, development and historical and geographical context, as well as the development of the monasticism in the Adriatic region. Besides historians, art historians and archaeologists, representatives of local and regional institutions related to the research and protection of heritage have participated, as well as the Ambassador of France.
As a conclusion of the meeting, public presentation of the project has been organized, where the local community has had an opportunity to get an insight into the project, its results and future plans for the complex, and the research of early period of monasticism in Adriatic region in general. Furthermore, in collaboration with the local community, town of Osor and the Museum of Lošinj, project of the Archaeological park of Osor has been presented, together with a visit to the site.
This final colloquium has served to get a new insight to one of the topics of the CROMART project – island monasticism, and the transfer of forms and functions within the Benedictine order.