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Vrutci, Church of St. Stephen

Crkva Svetog Stefana u Vrutcima, Црква Светог Стефана у Врутцима

Begin between 01.01.0870 and 01.01.0900
End between 12.12.0920 and 12.12.0940

Properties

ID 120292
System Class Place
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Dedication Saint Stephen
Evidence Ruins
Ground Plans Single Nave Basilica
Place Abandoned Church palaioekklesia crkvište
Stylistic Classification Pre-Romanesque
1 km
3000 ft
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Description

The Church of St. Stephen is situated in the village of Vrutci, in the vicinity to the Bosna's source. It was built in the second half of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century. At the time the village of Vrutci was probably a strong political and cultural center of which testifies this Church.
It is a single nave longitudinal edifice with a rectangular apse on its eastern end. Many fragments of pre-Romanesque low relief sculpture have been discovered that were once part of altar screens, ciboria, ambones, etc.
An the end of 13th and the beginning of the 14th century a necropolis was added.

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