May 2026 – MICOM

“UNIRI for the People of Cres” programme

May 15, 2026Marina Vicelja Matijašić

Two lectures related to the theme “Stories Behind the Interlace – Research on the Early Medieval Sculpture of the Kvarner Islands” were held on 7 May 2026 at Moise Palace in the town of Cres as part of the University of Rijeka’s “UNIRI for the People of Cres” programme. The lectures presented the results of research conducted within the project “Material, Interpretation, Communication, Memory: Early Medieval Stone Sculpture of the Northern Adriatic – MIKOM.”

Dr. Nikolina Belošević presented new insights into the early medieval sculpture of the Kvarner region, while Dr. Tea Zubin Ferri discussed the methods and results of archaeometric research on the stone materials of the northern Adriatic.

“UNIRI for the People of Cres” programme

May 15, 2026Marina Vicelja Matijašić

Members of the project team “Material, Interpretation, Communication, Memory: Early Medieval Stone Sculpture of the Northern Adriatic – MIKOM,” Associate Professor Danko Dujmović and Dr. Katarina Šprem (Udruga Petra), held educational workshops on 7 May 2026 at Moise Palace for lower primary school pupils from Frane Petrić Primary School.

The workshops were organized as part of the University of Rijeka’s “UNIRI for the People of Cres” programme. The theme was “Reading Stories from Stone,” and the pupils explored the origin, types, and structure of stone in a geology workshop, as well as the decorative motifs and function of early medieval interlace stone sculpture from the islands of Cres and Lošinj in an art workshop. A total of around eighty pupils participated in the eight workshops that were conducted.