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

The main results of the 2012 excavations campaign on the site of Guran in south Istria are presented. These concern the fortified early medieval settlement the origin of which is dated to the Carolingian period and which was abandoned in the late Middle Ages, and the church of St Cecilia situated some few hundred meters to the north of the settlement. The presented results of the excavations and the restoration of St Cecilia shed some light on the dating of at least two of 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 territorial and ecclesiastic organisation of this part of Istria during late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages.