SPLIT, Dec 1 (Hina) - Archaeologists from Split have discovered the walls of a medieval Croatian chapel, St. Benedict's, dating back to pre-Romanesque times, in one of the bays along the southern Croatian seaport.
SPLIT, Dec 1 (Hina) - Archaeologists from Split have discovered the
walls of a medieval Croatian chapel, St. Benedict's, dating back to
pre-Romanesque times, in one of the bays along the southern
Croatian seaport. #L#
The archaeologists were led to the chapel by drafts from Split's old
cadastral records and the toponym of the Bena bay. The north and
lateral walls that have been discovered recently indicate that the
chapel is St. Benedict's, a saint deeply revered in the early Middle
Ages.
The chapel dates back to the period between the ninth and eleventh
centuries, according to Tomislav Marasovic, who heads the
research.
The lateral walls were discovered two metres below the sea surface
and indicate that the chapel was 4.5 m wide.
There are some 40 sacral objects in the Split area which date back to
the early Middle Ages.
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