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The ruins of the town belted with walls (size about 10 ha) is situated on the southern slope of Gradine, on the western and eastern side are the graveyards Martvilo and Vlaška Njiva. On the Pirova Peninsula lie the remains of the Roman theatre (where the Franciscan Monastery was later erected). To the east side along the sea was the main town square (agora - forum), and the monumental thermals on the west side. Issa is the first city of antiquity on the Croatian coast built upon the regular urban matrix. Numerous valuable finds: inscription of the hero Calius from the 4th century (oldest inscription in this region), bronze head of the goddess Aphrodite or Artemis from the Praxitelean circle, collection of vases (southern Italian red figural, Gnathia, vases of local Issa production). Archeological collection ‘Issa’. |