Kranj Archaeological Site

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Arheološki spomenik, Kranj
Glavni trg, Sl-4000 Kranj
Phone386 (0) 4 201 3950
Barbara Ravnik Toman, Director



Phone386 (0) 4 201 3956




Kranj Archaeological Site is placed at the north of the parish Church of St. Cantius, Cantianus, Cantianilla, and Protus. The excavations carried out in 1953-1973 gave a proof of very rich site cultural history. The archaeological site was opened to public in 1981.


History

From 1953 to 1973 excavations were carried out on the large Old Slavic burial place beside the parish church in Kranj. In the following years an archaeological site was organised north of the church and opened in 1981. In an underground area the excavated material can be viewed under cover in chronological order, with photographs and illustrations. Also visible are the masonry foundations of a baptistry or memorial together with the semicircular base of the wall of a round ossuary dating from the late 13th century. Also on view are the remains of a cemetery chapel with a 15th-century tomb that belonged to the Counts Eghk, the owners of Brdo Castle near Kranj, plus a more recent ossuary that contains carefully-stacked layers of skulls and bones of the deceased.

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The Kranj Archaeological Site or the Ossuary, opened to the public in 1981, is located at the north of the Gothic parish Church of St Cantius, Cantianus, Cantianilla, and Protus in Kranj. +
The Kranj Archaeological Site or the Ossuary, opened to the public in 1981, is located at the north of the Gothic parish Church of St Cantius, Cantianus, Cantianilla, and Protus in Kranj. +
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