Monkodonja Traditional Cache
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Hill-fort settlement Monkodonja is situated about 5 km south-east of Rovinj and was discovered in 1953 when the first excavations were carried out.
Since 1997 comprehensive research has been carried out as well as the partial reconstruction of the architecture. The settlement, girded by strong dry walls, is located on the leveled top and wide terraces that originate back to the period when stone blocks were dug out and used for construction. It was inhabited in the period from 2000 to 1200 B.C.
Monkodonja is only one of the 350 fort hills so far registered in Istria. The settlement was encircled by defensive walls 1 km long, 3 m wide and more than 3 m high - built in stone wall technique of blocks weighing more than a few tons. The settlement was divided into three parts. On the very top of the hill there was the settlement acropolis encircled ba defensive walls. That there lived the richer families show the remains of bigger buildings made of stone and wood. Outside the acropolis there was the upper and the lower city with simpler houses and buildings for craftsmen's workshops. It is estimated that 1000 people inhabited the settlement - quite a number for a prehistoric settlement of that kind. During the exploration, which is still in course, many peaces of ceramic articles for everyday use along with a certain number of metal objects have been found.
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Ybbx sbe n fgbar cvyr