Les sites de l'église Sainte-Cécile et de l'ancienne agglomération de Guran en Istrie (Croatie) : Dixième campagne de fouilles archéologiques

The main results of the 2011 excavations campaign on the site of Guran in south Istria are presented in this article. These concern the fortified early medieval settlement the origin of which is dated to the Carolingian period and which is abandoned in the late Middle Ages, and the church of St Cecilia situated some few hundred meters to the north of the settlement. The results of the excavations of St Cecilia were particularly rich, revealing at least six phases prior to the existing church. Main objectives of this international project are the analysis of the origin and the architectural development of the church erected on the site of a roman villa, as well as that of the settlement, combined with the study of the territorial and ecclesiastic organisation of this part of Istria during the late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.