The research of the disappeared rotunda in Brno on Vídeňská continues

Brno - Archaeologists will continue their research on Brno's Vienna Street for another month, where they discovered the foundations of a lost Romanesque rotunda from the mid-11th century. It is one of the oldest church buildings in Moravia. However, there are many unanswered questions about the building's past. The upcoming research in the lowest part of the foundations may help, said the head of the research, David Merta from the company Archaia, to ČTK today.
     The discovery of the rotunda is considered a scientific sensation by experts. It belongs to the important church buildings from the earliest period of Moravian history. Alongside the three-nave basilica of the Great Moravian site of Valy in Hodonínsko, it also includes the rotunda of Saint Catherine in Znojmo and the rotunda of the Virgin Mary in Old Brno.
     The researchers are trying to find out to whom the newly discovered object was dedicated and what its interiors looked like. The newly discovered rotunda was located near the castle of one of the ruling Brno princes.
     There is no indication that it burned down or was violently demolished. "We believe that the center of the city later shifted to the current location, that is, under the Petrov hill. As a result, the rotunda became obsolete by the end of the 11th century," emphasized the archaeologist.
     From the building, its foundations, pieces of mortar, fragments of pottery, and several tools were found on site. Archaeologists discovered a cemetery with about 50 remains near the rotunda.