{"id":364,"date":"2017-04-07T16:23:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T16:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/attractions\/archaeological-sites\/"},"modified":"2017-05-29T07:25:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T07:25:54","slug":"archaeological-sites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/attractions\/archaeological-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Archaeological sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2502&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Maklavun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maklavun tumulus lies on the top of the same name hill, near village of So\u0161i\u0107i (between Kanfanar and Rovinj). It is believed that this tumulus 3 500 to 4 000 years old. Its constructions is similar to the old Mikena buildings. Besides the funeral chambers (<em>tholos<\/em>), there is also an entrance hall (<em>dromos<\/em>). It is believed that this was the first solar observatory in Croatia because the <em>dromos <\/em>position is directed to the winter solstice.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;1587&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Kastelir<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever since the prehistorical times caves and semi-caves of Lim Valley have served as natural sanctuaries for the first hunters and gatherers, while the fruitful valley with numerous water springs made this area convenient for living.<\/p>\n<p>Ka\u0161teljir is a fort near Kanfanar with a sequence of smaller water springs nearby, as well as with the ruins of the St. Jacob the Apostle church and the church of st. Agatha. In the past, the location of Ka\u0161teljir was of interest because it was situated on the road of strategic importance, which led through the Lim Valley, from the sea (Lim Channel), towards the inland of Istria.<\/p>\n<p>The oldest archaeological finds &#8211; \u00a0some pieces of pots &#8211; \u00a0are the major proof that the area of Ka\u0161teljir used to be inhabited in the Roman times. According to the finds, life returned again in the end of the 9th century, when a Benedictine convent was founded nearby.<\/p>\n<p>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;2502&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Maklavun Maklavun tumulus lies on the top of the same name hill, near village of So\u0161i\u0107i &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":22,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3206,"href":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions\/3206"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/visitkanfanar.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}