Prehistoric Hillfort Monbrodo.

Monbrodo a prehistoric hillfort near the bay Cistern south of Rovinj. This settlement originated in the Copper Age, the 2nd millennium BC and used until the Iron Age. In the current situation, the three terraces and the plateau (30 meters a.s.l.) with the wide defensive walls are easily recognizable. In addition, hidden in the dense forest are the stone walls – executed in the dry technique – of several buildings. The height of this is approximately 1 meter above ground.

 

 

Name: Prehistoric Hillfort Monbrodo.

Place: (Rovinj).

Coordinates: Entrance; 45.04111 N – 13.69584 E, Top plateau 45. 03481N – 13.69237 E.

Prehistoric settlement Kaž.

Here is established from archaeological research that stone buildings also existed in the copper age. In the current situation, the defensive wall of the upper plateau is still clearly recognizable, which consists of wide double loops of cube-shaped stones, within which a filling with stone remains. The upper plateau is located at a height of 172 meters.

 

Name: Prehistoric settlement Kaž.

Place: near Pižanovac – (Bale).

Coordinates: Start: 45.07540 N – 13.75885 E, entrance to gradina 45.08032 N -13.74720 E , top Kaž 45.08003 N – 13.75005 E.

Hiking trail from the village Bačvari through the “Jadrankin put” to the Kožljak castle.

The castle is built on a steep cliff on a southern slope of the Učka Mountains. From written sources it appears that the castle already existed in 1102 and was then called Losilach or Giosilach and later Wachsenstein. Inhabited by Counts of Gorizia, Venetians, the Patriarch of Aquiliea and by Austria. The name of the Romanesque church is St. Hadrianus.

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                             Name: Hiking trail from the village Bačvari through the “Jadrankin put” to the Kožljak castle.

Place: Kožljak – (Kršan).

Coordinates:  Bačvari 45.18767 N -14.18471 E, Kožljak castle 45.19469 N – 14.19221  E.