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The Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Bela Crkva, Eng. White Church) in Moslavačka Gora was founded in the second half of the 13th century. It is the oldest Pauline monastery in the territory of present-day Croatia. Research, accompanied by conservation construction works of this monastery in Moslavina and one of the most important late medieval sacral buildings of continental Croatia, has been conducted by the Croatian Conservation Institute since 2009. Research has so far included the monastery church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, located in the northeastern part of the monastic complex. On its western front, two Late-Gothic portals were discovered in situ: the richly-carved main entrance to the church and a more simple entrance to the cloister. The main portal was conserved at the Department for Stone Sculpture of the Croatian Conservation Institute, and is to be permanently displayed at the Museum of Moslavina in Kutina, beginning from the “Night of the Museums” on 25th January 2013.
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Croatian Conservation Institute conducted a survey of the site of Crkvišće in Bukovlje near Generalski Stol. A church that was researched stands on top of a Bronze Age hill fort settlement. The entire plateau with the hill fort, stone ramparts and the church is situated in an excellent geostrategic position of the Mrežnica River bend opposite the Old Town of Zvečaj.
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A rich underwater site was discovered in 2006 in the local waters of the Island of Mljet, near the St. Paul Shallows. Some 40 metres below sea level, exceptionally preserved remains of an early-modern shipwreck were discovered, among them eight bronze cannons and scattered fragments of ceramic ware, glass and metal artefacts. Surveys revealed they came from a 16th-century merchant ship transporting luxury cargo on a route between the merchant ports of the Eastern Mediterranean and Venice. Next year, the employees of the Department for Underwater Archaeology of the Croatian Conservation Institute initiated the first of five campaigns so far, in order to complete the picture of the circumstances of the shipwreck, gain insights into the production, the economic context, trade sea routes and perils of sea fare in the turbulent times of the cinquecento.
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Fragments of wall paintings from the first quarter of the 12th century have been preserved in the belfry of St. Mary’s Church in Zadar. An exceptional monument of Romanesque art, they were discovered during conservation work which ensued after the church had suffered damage in the World War II.