Roman grave on the hill south of the Poreč Elementary School.

On the hill south of the Elementary School, several pines have been blown over by the storm of the past few days. Archaeological research has established, through the discovery of burnt remains, bones and objects, that under one of the trees near the roots there was a grave from the 1st century.

 

 

first century.

 

Name: Roman grave on the hill south of the Poreč Elementary School.

Place: Poreč

Coordinates: 45.22355 N – 13.60335 E.

Archaeological research Square Marafor in Poreč.

Archaeological research has been carried out in the first quarter of 2023. on the square Marafor. This former Roman forum is located at the end of the main street Maximus Decumanus in the town of Parentium. Several temples were also located here.
After the removal of the current pavement, the former deeper paving of the forum was found with a prehistoric layer below with findings such as ceramics that indicate an age of 4000 years. In the center of the square is a large cistern, which was built here at the beginning of the 15th century. The male skeleton found during this research is believed to be from the Middle Ages, and was located near the site of an earlier church of St. George from the Middle Ages.

Name: Archaeological research Square Marafor in Poreč.

Place: Marafor – Poreč.

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Ruins St. Agnes and St. Andrew.

St. Agnes, built in the 5th century on the place of a former mausoleum, and those of the monastery and basilica of St Andrew built in the 5th century, rebuilt in the 7th and 9th centuries and abandoned in the 13th century due to a plague epidemic.

 

 

Name: Ruins St. Agnes and St. Andrew.

Place: Betiga – (Vodnjan).

Coordinates: 44.99478 N – 13.74971 E and 44.99766 N – 13.75273 E.

Roman quarries on the hill Monte del Vescovo – (Biškupovi Vrhi).

Characteristic of these quarries was that the stones with a length of up to 2 meters, a width of 1 meter and a thickness of 80 cm were extracted here with a hammer with two spikers. The groove between the stones was 20 to 30 cm. The blocks of stone were presumably used for the manufacture of sarcophagi.

 

Name: Roman quarries on the hill Monte del Vescovo – (Biškupovi Vrhi).

Place: Near Flengi – (Vrsar).

Coordinates: Entrances hill: 45.15270 N- 13.64983 E, 45.15017 N – 13.64948 E.