Zaštitni radovi na lokalitetu crkve sv. Franje u Senju
Conservational archaeological investigation at the site of the church of St Francis in Senj

Summary/Abstract: In a programme of the Ministry of the Republic of Croatia from 2017, financial funds were allocated to the Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary for the protection of the site of the former Church of St Francis in Senj. On the basis of the previous approval of the Ministry of Culture, of the Conservation Department in Gospić, the Senj Town Museum carried out archaeological supervision and protective investigation over the initial works of preservation –the cleaning of the site of the former Church of St Francis in Senj (Stage 1). The church is located between the cultural-historical whole of the town of Senj – a cultural asset listed in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the number of Z-4186. With a resolution of the Ministry of Culture, the Conservation Department in Gospić issued on 14th September2017 the Department gave the conditions for the implementation of protective archaeological investigations – the archaeological supervision over works on the protection of the site and its initial archaeological cleaning. With the resolution it was determined that the archaeological supervision – and if necessary archaeological investigation - be carried out by the Senj Town Museum, in other words, Professor Blaženka Ljubović, the director of the museum. The initial works in the preparation stage of the site lasted from September to November in 2017.The subject of this paper is the works regarding the preservation of the former Church of St Francis in Senj and its initial archaeological cleaning. The archaeological supervision of the cleaning works was carried out with the purpose of gathering all the important information about the cultural levels and archaeological finds at the site. This cleaning stage, along with the archaeological supervision, was carried out with the aim of establishing the dimensions of the church and the protection of graves within the church from further collapse and ruin.

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