Blažena Ozana (Sveta Ozana), Crkva Sv. Marije Koledjate, Kolegijalna crkva Sv. Marije, Sancta Maria de Flumine, Sv. Marija na Rijeci, Блажена Озана (Света Озана), Колегијална црква Св. Марије, Св. Марија на Ријеци, Црква Св. Марије Колеђате
End between 31.12.1221 and 31.12.1434
Properties
ID | 122465 |
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System Class | Place |
Place | Existing Church |
Case Study | Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška , Tabula Imperii Byzantini , TIB 17 |
Dedication | Blessed Virgin Mary , Saint John the Baptist |
Denomination | Mixed Orthodox-Latin , Joint Christian prior to 1054 |
Evidence | Existing Monument |
Ground Plans | Three Nave Basilica , Single Nave Basilica with a Dome |
Stylistic Classification | Late Antique and Early Medieval before 900 AD , Pre-Romanesque , Romanesque |
Administrative unit | Montenegro |
Description
The Church of St. Mary Collegiata is located in the old town of Kotor on the Northern side. The first building was erected in the 6th century and was a three nave basilica with vaulted side naves, three semicircular apses on the Eastern side and a synthronon. The church fits typically into the Early Christian basilica architecture in the Eastern Adriatic. It was remodelled in the early 9th century. In the time of the Serbian King Stefan Radoslav (reigned 1228-1234) and the Bishop of Kotor in 1221, a new Romanesque single-nave church with an apse on the Eastern side and a dome over the middle aisle was built in the area of the middle nave of the original basilica. In the 14th century the building was fresco painted. Also fragments of plaster were found (both from the first and the second building phase). There are entrances (portals) on the Western and Southern side. On the lintel on the Southern entrance is an inscription in Latin. In 1434 the Chapel of St. John the Baptist was built on the Northern side of the church. A bell tower, situated on the North-Eastern side of the church, was erected in 1771, according to the Latin inscription placed on its Southern side. Relics of the local Saint Ozana are kept in the Church.