Stručni rad
The King Zvonimir's coronation Basilica. The Church of SS. Peter and Moses (The Hollow Church) in Solin
Mate Zekan
; Muzej hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika HR -Split 21 000
Sažetak
In the paper the author states reasons that brought to the first archaeological excavations at this site, in 1927 and 1928. When it was established that there were no remains of the Croatian kings' mausoleum (St. Stephen's Church) there, excavations were continued in 1931, aimed to establishing the location of the St. Moses Monastery. Archaeological finds confirmed this thesis, and also indicated that the then discovered early-Romanesque three-vesseled basilica was dedicated to St. Pete" the one in which king Zvonimir was crowned in 1076. In spite of splendid results, systematic excavations at the site were interrupted till as late as 1989, when they were continued firstly by revision works and then by researching of a wider area around the church.
New researches showed that the early-Romanesque church was built within a large paleochristian basilica of the cross ground plan, taking space just a bit wider than its nave. Walls of the earlier basilica, erected in the 61h century, preserved up to 3.5 m high, surrounded the walls of the later one, creating a kind of ambulatory in the filled up and leveled space between them. Under it, burials into Single-layer, walled, graves took place. Among the grave goods found, left with the buried persons, stand out a pair of 11h century spurs.
Although the excavations have not been completed, the archaeological finds indicate that the medieval church next to the St. Peter's was dedicated to the Old-Testament prophet Moses.
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Hrčak ID:
92738
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Datum izdavanja:
28.9.2000.
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