Article source: radionica arhitekture / Goran Rako

The ancient forum of the Roman city of Narona was buried for more than a thousand years. Barbarians came down the valley, destroying temples and decapitating statues. Then the river that descends from the high mountains piled up the sand and buried the ruins. On the site of the civic centre of the once sizeable ancient city, village houses were built, fields were sown and olive groves planted.

Image Courtesy © Boris Kragic

• Architects: radionica arhitekture / Goran Rako
• Project: Narona Archaeological Museum
• Location: Vid, Metković, Croatia
• Photography: Boris Cvjetanovic, Miljenko Bernfest, Boris Kragic, Goran Rako
• Project Team: Mario Beusan, Blanka Gutschy, Goran Rako, Nenad Ravnic
• Structural Engineering: Branko Galic

Image Courtesy © Boris Cvjetanovic

• Project Area: 1,200 sqm
• Project Year: 2001.-2004
• Construction Year: 2004.-2008
• Awards: Vladimir Nazor Award(annual award given by the Croatian Ministry of Culture to Croatian artists for highest achievements in various artistic fields)
• text: Krunoslav Ivanišin

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