Ecclesiae, Coemeteria et Loci (saec. VIII-XI). Sancti Hilarii de Breda, Sancti Cirici de Colera, Sidillanum, Olerdola. Projecte ECLOC

The civitas Olerdola was a strategic city for the control of the Penedès plain and the route to the coast, located to the south of Barcelona. It was founded at the beginning of the 10th century when the County of Barcelona began conquering lands to the south of the Llobregat River. Its castle quickly became the principal fortress of the new territory, on the frontier with al-Andalus. Expanding rapidly both infra and foris muros, the medieval city occupied the old Roman Republican fortifications, as well as outside them, in the suburbium of Santa Maria and along the slopes of the valley. The long-term research project on the city infra muros, as well as the topographical and archaeological fieldwork carried out foris muros as part of the project ECLOC Ecclesiae, Coemeteria et loci (saec VIII-XI), will focus on defining the urbanism, as well as the articulation and functionality of the different urban areas.

Mir Geribert, Príncep d’Olèrdola, Mil Anys després -Context social i polític de la Catalunya del segle XI Josep Maria Salrach i Marès – 1:08’ -La casa comtal de Barcelona al segle XI José Enrique Ruiz-Domènec – 42:46’ -Mir Geribert. Un personatge i el seu temps Rosa Lluch Bramon – 1:08’ -Olèrdola. De la civitas dels textos a la civitas arqueològica Núria Molist, Xavier Esteve i Gisela Ripoll – 1:09’ -Mir Geribert. La dimensió comunicativa del personatge Enric Calpena i Ollé – 1:07’ -Taula Rodona. Jornada d'estudi Mir Geribert - Príncep d'Olèrdola, Mil anys després Enric Calpena i Ollé, Xavier Esteve, Rosa Lluch Bramon, Núria Molist, Gisela Ripoll i Josep Maria Salrach i Marès – 1:01’

Sidilianum, located on the top of a small hill next to the bank of the river Ter, offers a unique opportunity to learn about the various transformations of the territory between Late Antiquity and the medieval world, given that it was clogged and sealed by a fluvial dune. The research strategies, facilitate the chronological sequence from its origin as a villa (end of the 4th century), its occupation as an agricultural agglomeration with a parish church and necropolis (beginning of the 10th century), until its forced abandonment and relocation of the population at the end of the 11th century. The work also includes the consolidation, restoration and adaptation of the site for visits by the public. The interventions are part of the four-year archaeological and palaeontological research project of the Generalitat de Catalunya: ECLOC/Ecclesiæ, cœmeteria et loci (sæc. VIII-XI). Sancti Cirici de Colera, Sidilianum, Sancti Hilarii de Breda, Olerdola.

Sidillà en youtube Sidilianum (Sidillà, Baix Empordà, Girona), de villa romana a aglomeración medieval Gisela Ripoll y Francesc Tuset, Universitat de Barcelona IV Ciclo de Actualidad de la investigación arqueológica en España Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Madrid) Canal Youtube del Museo Arqueológico Nacional / 49:54’ / 22.02.2022 Sidilianum, located on the top of a small hill next to the bank of the river Ter, offers a unique opportunity to learn about the various transformations of the territory between Late Antiquity and the medieval world, given that it was clogged and sealed by a fluvial dune. The research strategies, facilitate the chronological sequence from its origin as a villa (end of the 4th century), its occupation as an agricultural agglomeration with a parish church and necropolis (beginning of the 10th century), until its forced abandonment and relocation of the population at the end of the 11th century. The work also includes the consolidation, restoration and adaptation of the site for visits by the public. The interventions are part of the four-year archaeological and palaeontological research project of the Generalitat de Catalunya: ECLOC/Ecclesiæ, cœmeteria et loci (sæc. VIII-XI). Sancti Cirici de Colera, Sidilianum, Sancti Hilarii de Breda, Olerdola. Keywords: Territory. Church. Settlement. Necropolis. Alluvial dune. Late Antiquity. Early Middle Ages. Continuity. Transformation.

La viticultura i la producció i el consum de vi han estat estretament relacionats amb Olèrdola durant tres quartes parts dels 4.000 anys d'història d'Olèrdola. La vinya constitueix un tret identificador del paisatge del Penedès actual. Es tracta del principal conreu en aquest territori històric i és, de llarg, la zona del Principat on hi ha un nombre més gran d'hectàrees conreades. La vitivinicultura és indissociable del Penedès avui, però ha estat així durant generacions i generacions, segles i fins i tot mil·lennis. http://blog.mac.cat/el-vi-i-la-vinya-a-olerdola-tres-millennis-dhistoria-compartida/

Els resultats del projecte de recerca dut a terme els últims 4 anys a Sidillà (Sant Llorenç de les Arenes, Foixà, Baix Empordà) demostra l’existència d’una ocupació romana, una necròpolis amb enterraments des de finals de segle IV – inicis de segle V fins entrat el segle XI, la construcció de l’església al segle VIII i l’organització d’un poblat al seu entorn en ús fins que la duna al·luvial cobrí tot el jaciment a mitjans de segle XI provocant el trasllat de la població a Sant Llorenç de les Arenes i l’inexorable abandó del lloc. Download: https://www.raco.cat/index.php/RevistaGirona/article/view/348466/439684

The medieval monastery of Sant Quirze de Colera (Girona). Documentary evidence, archaeography and new applied technologies Gisela Ripoll, Francesc Tuset, Josep Benseny, Eduardo Carrero, Daniel Rico & Núria Molist A first, necessary evaluation and interpretation of the monastic complex of Sant Quirze de Colera (Rabòs d’Empordà, Alt Empordà), following numerous excavations carried out during architectural restoration works, were major results of work undertaken over 1997-2012. Subsequently, as part of the ECLOC project (Ecclesiæ, cœmeteria et loci (sæc. VIII-XI). Sancti Cirici de Colera, Sidilianum, Olerdola / Esglésies, cementiris i hàbitats (segles VIII al XI). Sant Quirze de Colera, Sidillà, Olèrdola) (Quadrennial research projects in archaeology and palaeontology 2014-2017, Num. Exp. 2014/100480, Generalitat de Catalunya), further essential steps were established for the understanding of the chronostratigraphical and architectural sequence of the vairious buildings of this benedictine monastery, located on the southern slopes of the eastern Pyrenees. Diverse methods have been employed in order to integrate, recover and interpret data from the previous excavations, resulting in their digitalisation, geo-referencing and vectorisation in a database and GIS platform. In addition, the collection and study of the important, dispersed documentary archive from the 9th to 18th centuries has begun, new plans of the site have been carried out with a CAD system and extraordinary graphic information has been generated through photogrammetry and 3D models obtained from buildings. The first results of this work, by no means completed, have established a new chrono-stratigraphical sequence and provided the means to elaborate a new reading and interpretation of the site. Keywords Architecture; archaeography; chrono-stratigraphy

Sidillà (Girona). From roman villa to medieval settlement Gisela Ripoll, Francesc Tuset, Imma Mesas, Josep Benseny & Núria Molist Sidillà (Sant Llorenç de les Arenes, Baix Empordà) is a site located on a small hill near the River Ter, known from the mid-20th century, with the notable characteristic of having been buried under a fluvial dune by the mid 11th century. As part of the ECLOC project (Ecclesiæ, cœmeteria et loci (sæc. VIII-XI). Sancti Cirici de Colera, Sidilianum, Olerdola / Esglésies, cementiris i hàbitats (segles VIII al XI). Sant Quirze de Colera, Sidillà, Olèrdola) (Quadrennial research projects in archaeology and palaeontology 2014-2017, Num. Exp. 2014/100480, Generalitat de Catalunya), a number of archaeological excavations have been carried out with great success which have radically modified the former interpretation of the site. Excavations in the church, the settlement and the necropolis have been combined with a geophysical survey to establish the extent of the buildings. Numerous radiocarbon dates have been key elements in establishing the chronological sequence of occupation. Sidillà is a good example of the transformation during late Antiquity of the domestic space of a rural villa into a small rural nucleus centred on a parish church. In the far northern section of the hill where Sidillà is situated there is an funerary area associated with the Roman villa, the latter being located on the other side of the hill, opposite. Here there is a large funerary monument – a private family mausoleum – built at the end of the 4th or early 5th century over an earlier necropolis. To the south a church was built prior to the 8th century associated with a necropolis which was in use up to c. AD 1000. Later, this funerary space was taken over by buildings. The entire complex was then engulfed by a fluvial dune around the middle of the 11th century, forcing the inhabitants to relocate to a new settlement. Keywords mausoleum; church; necropolis; settlement

Olèrdola (Barcelona). Sant Miquel and Santa Maria and their interaction with the medieval civitas and the castral territory Núria Molist, Gisela Ripoll, Xavier Esteve The medieval civitas of Olèrdola, located on the top of a geostrategic hill, is organized into a main area inside the roman and medieval walls and an extensive outer neighborhood. Both spaces are endowed with a church, a cemetery and several agriculture, livestock and housing structures. It is dated from the 9th century to the early 12th century. The pre-Romanesque church of Sant Miquel, located in the upper part of the enclosure, had parish functions. It was built over a previous 9th century necropolis. Outside walls, Santa Maria concentrates the cemetery and the urban settlement around it. Both churches are landmarks, in contrast to the other non-visual churches. Located 50 km southern Barcelona, the castral territory of Olèrdola stands as an example of organizational policy of the new conquered area, the Penedès. At the beginning of the 10th century it had been incorporated into the county of Barcelona, having as a main buildings the castle and the parish church of Sant Miquel. This church had eight smaller churches (including Santa Maria) scattered throughout a big terminus castralis around 200 km2. The written documentation regarding the churches has been contrasted with the recent archaeological excavations at Sant Miquel (project for the restoration of the church, 2005-2008) and at Santa Maria, which has work in progress, in the framework of the ECLOC project (Ecclesiæ, cœmeteria et loci (sæc. VIII-XI). Sancti Cirici de Colera, Sidilianum, Olerdola / Esglésies, cementiris i hàbitats (segles VIII al XI). Sant Quirze de Colera, Sidillà, Olèrdola) (Quadrennial research projects in archaeology and palaeontology 2014-2017, Num. Exp. 2014/100480, Generalitat de Catalunya). These actions have allowed to carry out an in-depth study of the construction and chronology of both churches, the necropolis around and its role in the urban articulation in a border place. Keywords Medieval; town; suburban; church; cemetery

Aquesta recerca s'emmarca en el projecte Ecclesiae, coemeteria et loci (saec. VIII-XI). Sancti Cirici de Colera, Sidilianum, Olerdola / Esglésies, cementiris i hàbitats (segles VIII al XI). Sant Quirze de Colera, Sidillà, Olèrdola (ECLOC), dins el Programa de projectes quadriennals de recerca en matèria d'arqueologia i paleontologia 2014-2017 (CVE-DOGC-A-14105047-2014). Les intervencions en els tres jaciments que integren el projecte ECLOC permetran comprendre millor l’estructuració del territori en el moment de transició entre el món clàssic i l’època medieval, sent l’arquitectura eclesiàstica l’element identitari i articulador del paisatge. Aquest és un ens dinàmic i en constant transformació; la seva complexitat radica en l’evolució constant del trinomi església, hàbitat i cementiri. Olèrdola és sense cap mena de dubte un dels conjunts urbans més interessants pel coneixement d’aquesta realitat social, econòmica i religiosa entre els segles VIII i XI.

Sancti Cirici de Colera / Sant Quirze de Colera is a Benedictine monastic foundation on the southern face of the eastern Pyrenees. The various structures that have survived as well as the documentary sources provide a wide chronological range of the 8th to 16th centuries, when the monastic community moved to another location. In the 19th century the site became private property and in the 1990s the first efforts at restoration and archaeological excavation began. Our programme of new research into this very special complex began two years ago with a multi-disciplinary approach focusing on the entire complex and all its aspects: the analysis of written sources and preserved remains in order to understand and outline its principal phases of development, not only structural but also functional and liturgical, using all the most modern instruments and technologies of the various disciplines concerned. In order to achieve the maximum results, our analyses have followed a number of different techniques which include a topographic map, photogrammetry, plans and 3D modelling-reconstruction, as well as chrono-stratigraphical, architectural and liturgical analyses, that have allowed us to define the various historical phases in which this monastic site was founded, developed and finally abandoned. We present here some of the first results which, although preliminary, serve to illustrate the work being undertaken and the consequent reinterpretation of the abbatial church now possible.