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ARCHEOLOGICAL SITE ANDAUTONIA 

Today's Ščitarjevo is located on the right bank of the Sava river, 12 km south - east of Zagreb and 8 km north of Velika Gorica, within the Zagreb' range, along the Turopolje and Posavina flat ground's borderline. 
The village extends across main axis' western and eastern side, the north - south direction road; it is on the mild elevation, about three meters higher than surrounding grounds. The elevation stretches from the "Gradišće" location in the north to the "Kutelo" location in the south. 
The heart of the village is in the southern end of Gradišće. In the eighteenth century the parish church was built there and reconstructed in the other half of the nineteenth century. 
For the first time, Ščitarjevo parish church was mentioned in 1334. in the Zagreb diocese's list of parishes as "Ecclesia beatissimi Martini de Chicaria", while the village itself was known since 1217. as one of the Kosnica property's border. 
Because of the permanent flood danger, the described raised position was the most suitable one for the settlements. 
Roman city Andautonia was founded in the antic times on the today's Ščitarjevo grounds, that covered the most of its remains. 
The city was built in the first century on a very convenient traffic position that enabled a perfect connection with surrounding environs and Siscia (today Sisak), city that used to be the center of Pannonian province. 
One of the Roman national roads Siscia - Petovio (Sisak - Ptuj) traversed Andautonia, and the other one, Emona - Siscia (Ljubljana - Sisak) was in the immediate vicinity. 
The earliest urbanization of Zagreb's part of Posavina (in the end of the fourth - beginning of the fifth century) represented the actual building of Andautonia; since that time, there was not  any significant urbanization until the middle of the twentieth century. In that time, (from the first to the fourth century) Andautonia was the administrative, political and cultural center of undivided territory bounded by Medvednica in the north, Vukomeričke gorice in the south, Stenjevec in the west and the Sava river in the east. 
From 1969. to 1980. the probe archeological exploration of the supposed city range was carried out; systematic exploration in vestry's garden and its courtyard started in 1981. (The Archeological Museum's Antic department from Zagreb in cooperation with the Museum of Turopolje from Velika Gorica). In 1994, on the occasion of the 900 years of the Zagreb diocese, the opening ceremony of the Archeological park took place. 
Those long - standing explorations provided and insight in the Roman city's looks and organization. 
Archeologists rediscovered then roads, city streets, public structures, private houses and the sewage system of the city. We have the most data about the city's public baths (terme) that consisted of corner swimming pool, row of quadrilateral premises, corridors, water canals 
and the heating system (hipokaust). 
Different types of archeological material were found during the explorations: wall pictures, mosaic cubes, marble wall wainscot, grindstones, ceramic and vitreous vessels, bronze jewelry, Roman money and other different things for daily use.  Roman tombs, city's cemetery 
remains and other such structures were also unveiled. But, all in all, just a small part of the Roman city was dug out. Therefore there is a need for further exploration that would help us to grasp the idea of life in those days and that would enable its further presentation. 
In the future, the Archeological park would have to include some other finds and elements of the Roman city that can enrich Zagreb and Velika Gorica's cultural and tourist contents. 

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