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The paper presents results of GPR measurements in three sites in Nitra “Lower Town”. In two cases they included perished medieval sacral architectures (Church of St. Jacob, Church of St. Michal), while the third one is the still standing, and in use, object (Church of St. Stephen). All the mentioned churches fulfilled an important function in the life of the medieval Nitra. However, there are no relevant written sources for any of them, which would provide satisfactory explanation of the time of their origin. In case of the two perished sacral objects (Church of St. Jacob, Church of St. Michal) not even their exact localisation is known. Therefore the aim of the measurements was mainly to verify possibilities how to identify the architectures and, at the same time, to explore their wider surrounding, with a possibility of detecting the presence of other archaeological objects. The measurement in the area of Svätopluk Square detected the presence of a marked anomaly in places where the tower of St. Goerge´s Church (pulled down in 1882) is assumed to have been standing. The other anomalies which could be associated with the walls of the remaining parts of the church (pulled down in 1786) were not detected. The measurements in the vicinity and in the interior of St. Michael´s Chapel (built in 1739) indicated the presence of older masonries at two areas, probably connected with the perished medieval Church of St. Michael. The measurements carried out in the interior and exterior of St. Stephen´s Church detected the remains of two perished sacristies at the church´s south-eastern side, the existence of a larger crypt in the church´s aisle, foundations of built empore, and indicated the presence of the foundations of the altar mensa.
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The non-destructive exploration (GPR measuring, geodetic surveying) of the perished medieval church in Práznovce identified a ground plan of the All Saints´ Church consisting of a smaller aisle with a rectangular ground plan, a sanctuary and a prebuilt tower. The coins found through a metal detector indicate that the little church had perished already before the mid-16th century.
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In the summer of 2009 a GPR survey was carried out in the interior of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Socovce which was part of the rescue archaeological research. According to some historians, the church in Socovce belongs to the oldest sacral buildings in the Turiec Basin. The construction-historical exploration confirmed its latest existence in the first half of the 13th century; unearthing older foundations archaeological exploration shifted this dating to the period before the 13th century. Such dating is also supported by the finds of stone monolithic grave stones, such as occur in Slovakia mainly from the 11th to the 13th century. GPR survey completed the information obtained through the architectonic historical and archaeological exploration. A marked anomaly measured in the western part of the sacristy perhaps reflects the presence of Baroque(?) crypt of the Rakovský family. The most important outcome of GPR survey was the measuring of the anomaly indicating the presence of older masonries under the floor of the present presbytery and sacristy. The shape of the anomaly indicates the presence of an assumed older quadratic presbytery. Such interpretation, however, may be verified only by planned archaeological exploration in the church´s interior.
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