Archaeological Site Dedića Punta, Bilice

Dedića Punta is a cape on the southeastern shore of Lake Prokljan, in the municipality of Bilice, Šibenik-Knin County. The foundations of an early Christian church can be seen here, of interest to anyone who likes to follow how late antiquity was built on the eastern Adriatic coast.

In its first phase the church was a single-nave building with three apses in the sanctuary, and its outer walls were divided by shallow lesenes. In the second phase, rooms of various purposes were added beside the nave, to the north and south; it is assumed that one of the southern ones was a baptistery. A narthex was added on the west. Because of this extension it belongs to the type of so-called complex churches. Both phases are dated to the 6th century. During the excavation numerous late antique burials, a sarcophagus and two medieval graves were uncovered.

The site is a protected cultural property, entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-5430.

Data: Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Culture and Media), Open Licence; coordinates: DGU (centre of the settlement).