A Field Visit to the Remains of the Church of St Andrew
As part of the planned activities of the project “Material, Interpretation, Communication, Memory: Early Medieval Stone Monuments of the Northern Adriatic – MIKOM,” a field visit was conducted to the remains of the Church of St Andrew at the Betiga site in Istria. The site was examined by Associate Professor Danko Dujmović, PhD, Nikolina Belošević, PhD, and Toni Ivetić from the Conservation Department in Pula. Together with Dunja Martić, PhD, from the Archaeological Museum of Istria, they also reviewed the photographic documentation of stone sculpture fragments uncovered during archaeological excavations of the church at Betiga, which are preserved in the collection of the Archaeological Museum of Istria.
The field visit was also attended by undergraduate art history students from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Rijeka (FFRI) enrolled in the elective course Professional Practice 3, as well as Stjepan Petković, a graduate student of art history at FFRI. Drawing on their on-site observations, the students completed a practical assignment involving the selection, processing, and analysis of material from Betiga as part of the preparations for an exhibition, one of the project’s planned outcomes.
In addition to gaining an understanding of the historical context and development of the Church of St Andrew complex and completing their practical work, the students also acquired basic skills in drone operation and aerial recording under the mentorship of Stjepan Petković.
