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Situated in the south Serbia near the town of Lebane

“CARIČIN GRAD” under the protection of low as an archeological site of great importance for the Republic of Serbia (1949/1979)

UNESCO world heritage sites -tentative list

СРБИЈА*Serbia

Built byIVSTINIAN I (527-565)the Byzantine Emperor

Destroyed with the invasion of Slavs inthe VII century and abandoned after only a several decades of existence

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*The view from the East

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• a unique fortified settlement built “EX NIHILI”

• reflects the approach of ancient Roman builders towards building plans and their implementation

• the new seat of both the state and ecclesiastic authorities (province of Illyricum)

- clearly indicates how a selection of an appropriate location and a manner of planning and building can emphasise the importance and rank of some architectural units and complexes

• among many other buildings and structures it has 8 churches, quite different in their construction design (representative examples of early Byzantine sacral architecture esspecially for the interior decorations)

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Registered at the end of the XIX century(1844)

First excavations started in 1912. Continued from 1936. to 1940. From 1947. till present (conducted by The

Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade) From 1978. till present proceeded with the

participation of the Ecole Francaise de Rome

Followed the first exavations From 1966. under the territorial jurisdiction of

the Institute for cultural heritage preservation Nis which conducts the conservation works

Largest projects - from 1974. to 1984. Conservation & presentation continues from

2006. till present

Exavations•The Instittute for Archeaology - a part of a NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROGRAMME•Serbian government, French government

Conservation and Presentation •Institutes for cultural heritage preservation (Belgrade and Nis)•Serbian government, EU founds

Site management•National Museum of Leskovac•Municipality of Lebane

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Research and Excavations were not followed immediately by the Conservation projects for a several decades

Some of the findings in situ were completely neglected for the same period of time

In practice it is very hard for the National museum from Leskovac to maintain the site in another municapility

It is impossible to provide a physical protection for such a large area

approximately 60 % of the total area of the town discovered so far was researched

approximately 30% of the excavated structures were under some kind of conservation activities

only 5% of them is in satisfactory condition

Project“Preservationof cultural heritage

and tourism presentation of

archaeological and historical site

"CARIČIN GRAD“, financed by EU

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Project “Ljubljana Process II –

Rehabilitation of Our Joint Heritage”, financed by EU

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(FS, MP, BP, etc.)

- Conservation Projects (acropolis)

- The new building for a Research center

was erected in 2004.- Working on

urbanistic plans for the site and its

surroundings, etc.

Completely Uncovered in terms of conservation

Mosaic floors

Decorative stone elements

5 buildings

400 m2 of floor

mosaics

Conservation

proceeded in three

buildings

1. Basilica with the Baptisterium

- Conservation works were done in 1980. on a concrete bedding!!!- Revealed partially on several ocassions since the conservation-The state of mosaics on an unreversible bedding-has to be carefully examinated

2. The Cruciform church

- Conservation works were never done on the fragments of the mosaic floors found there during the excavations in the 60’s- The ecxavations were never completed- The state of the mosaics-UNKNOWN

3.Basilica with the Transept- Conservation works were never proceeded-Reburied since 1977-The state of mosaics -UNKNOWN

3.Basilica with the Transept

local semiprecious stonespolychromatic glass paste

3.Basilica with the Transept

4.Basilica with the Triconhos

- Conservation works were done in 1970’s, by the “rolling technique” and than reburied-The state of mosaics – UNKNOWN, but expected to be solid

5.Termae

- Conservation works were done in 1970’s, by the “rolling technique” and than reburied-Last time revealed in 2004.-The state of mosaics at that time – GOOD