ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXHIBITION "OSTROVICA NEAR BRIBIR" OPENED

PULA, Nov 28 (Hina) - As part of the International Archaeological seminar taking place in Pula (north Adriatic), an exhibition was opened on Saturday called "Ostrovica near Bribir" by Vedrana Delonga and Tonci Buric, two archaeologists from the Croatian Archaeological Monuments Museum in Split. The exhibition consists of very valuable archaeological finds from several Ostrovica graves, from the Neolithic age through the iron age and to the Greek and Roman ages. These findings are typical for the old-Croatian archaeological heritage, Buric said. The village of Ostrovica connected two Croatian noble families - the Subici's and the Zrinski's. The authors also presented Ostrovica's history from the beginning of the 16th century. At the time the region had been occupied by the Turks and the remains of a former mosque have been found at the location. Opening the exhibition, Croatian representative at the UNESCO, Vesna Girardi-Jurkic, said the archaeological localities from the north towards the south were very similar, adding that the tribes who had in the past resided the area had been the inheritors of great cultures -- from the Greek and the Roman age to the Middle ages. (hina) lml