The excavations of the fortified settlement Guran in southern Istria continued from the 19^th to the 29^th October 2015. The aim of this campaign (mostly financed by the Croatian Ministry of Culture) was to continue the tracking of the western rampart wall towards south, and document its connection to the inner layout of the settlement. Continue reading → Carolingian fortified settlement Guran, Istria – excavations 2015, October 19th-29th

On October the 3^rd 2015 a public lecture “Presentation of the research and display of the new application: Rab – a Walk through the Past” was given by project team members A. Chavarria, G. P. Brogiolo and M. Jurković in Rab. Continue reading → Case study Rab – Public lecture, October 3rd 2015

The International summer school “Digital recording, study and public sharing of historical architectures: the city of Rab (Croatia)”, organised by A. Chavarria, University of Padova, is a continuation of former activities in different projects (The transformation of the historical landscape of the island of Rab, University of Zagreb grant, 2014, and the LLP Erasmus Intensive programme: IntSYSTEM, Integrated systems of sources, technologies and methods – remote sensing of historical landscape funded by the EU commission, 2014), and archaeological excavations conducted on the island since 2005 (Kaštelina, Sv. Damjan, Rab, Banjol). Rab has thus become a case study for the implementation of new methodologies and new technologies in research. The summer school is strongly embedded in the CROMART project, involving three project members (A. Chavarria, G. P. Brogiolo, M. Jurković). Continue reading → Case study Rab: “International Summer School: Digitizing, Studying and Sharing Architectural Heritage” – September 27th – October 4th 2015

From September 27^th till October 11^th 2015 the second archaeological campaign incorporated to the CROMART project was conducted on the island of Rab, continuing the excavations of the late antique church of St Lawrence in Banjol (funded partly by the Croatian Ministry of Culture), and the structures in the inner courtyard of the „Kuća rapske torte“ (funded partly by the University of Padova). In parallel, further research was conducted on urbanism of Rab, within the International summer school (organized by the University of Padova), and the project The transformation of the historical landscape of the Quarnero islands (University of Zagreb grant 2015). Those activities involved project team members A. Chavarria, G. P. Brogiolo, M. Jurković, R. Starac, P. Marković, M. Bradanović, as well as a group of students from Padova and Zagreb universities, and G. Bilogrivić, archaeologist.

Continue reading → Case study Rab – excavations 2015, September 27th –October 11th

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