page_title: Mikulčice Archaeopark
section_title: Comparable sites to Mikulčice in Moravia
hierarchical_section_title: Mikulčice Archaeopark / Comparable sites to Mikulčice in Moravia
caption_attribution_description: English: Archaeological Outdoor Museum in Modrá, Czech Republic - entrance Čeština: Archeoskanzen v Modré - vstupní brána
context_page_description: The Mikulčice Archaeopark is centred on the site of Valy or Na Valech, which is to the east of Mikulčice and immediately adjacent to the river Morava, which forms the boundary between the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The site of the Acropolis would have been a low-lying island in the Morava, which has now been canalised. The Acropolis, was surrounded by a stone faced rampart, which would have been reached by a wooded bridge from the Outer bailey. The ramparts of the Acropolis enclosed an area of about 6 hectares. There are further extramural settlements surrounding the site. Settlement started possibly in the 8th century A. D. and continued until the demise of the Great Moravia Empire into the early part 10th century.)The excavations started 1955 and have progressed, almost continuously, until the present time. The Archaeopark is a branch of the Masaryk Museum in Hodonin and an archaeological research institute of Czech Academy of Science in Brno is also on the site. Mikulčice is currently being considered by Unesco for designation as a World Heritage Site.
context_section_description: Modrá Archeopark or Skanzen is a reconstruction of a village of the Great Moravian Empire, drawn from examples of buildings with have been excavated on neighbouring sites in the valley of the Morava. Considerable care has been taken to use original building techniques in the re-constructions. The Archaeopark lies to the south of Modrá village and immediately to the south of the foundations of the Great Moravian church, which was uncovered Jan Nevěřil (1911) and by V Hruby (1935–1936). The church was surrounded by 37 burials, which were studied by J Cibulka in 1958. A replica of the stone church was built close to the original foundations in 1998–2000. The site is very close to the Velehrad monastery, which is associated with Saints Cyril and Methodius and to the west of Uherské Hradiště and Staré Město.
  The Archaeopark is partly surrounded by a wooden box framed rampart and the park is entered through a wooden framed gateway. Inside the enclosure there are reconstructions of the Palace (presumably based on that at Miculcice), Houses, and sunken floored buildings, used as workshops. There are stalls and byres for the animal on the site.
caption: Reconstructed gateway at Modrá
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