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Results of Archaeological Excavations of Early Byzantine Fort of Tureta on the Island of Kornat, Croatia

Archaeological heritage of the Kornati archipelago is still poorly explored. However, comprehensive archaeological excavations in the Tarac field on the island of Kornat have been conducted during the last decade around the church of St. Mary and in the Early Byzantine Tureta fort which is situated on a hill overlooking the church. The church is only a part of a larger architectural complex. This was probably a monastery complex whose fort was used to store food, control the estate, and hide in case of danger. Monastery towers were usual phenomenon in the Byzantine world, and they functioned as an important link in Byzantine defensive system, regardless of their modest dimensions.

Tureta, Kornati, Byzantine fort, 6th century

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