122971
|
Amantia
|
Place |
The Upper Town of Amantia was probably founded in the 5th century BCE and refortified during the reign of Justinian in the 6th century CE. At the end of the 5th century or at the beginning of the 6th century CE, an early Christian Basilica was built. |
131495
|
Amorphous Tombstones (unknown number)
|
Place |
Bešlagić mentions, that according to the locals, there are several amorphous stećak tombstones at the Jasnića gaj site, about 2 km northwest of Biokovac. |
132601
|
Ancona
|
Place |
None |
122977
|
Apollonija, Shën Mëri Monastery
|
Place |
In the 9th century the Shën Mëri Monastery was founded on the territory of the now deserted town of Apollonia. In the late 13th century the monastery got a church. |
120340
|
Apolonija
|
Place |
The Town of Apollonia was founded in the year 588 B.C. by Greek settlers from Korfu and Korinth. After an earthquake altered the river Vjosë in the 4th century and the repeated invasions of the 4th and 5th century the town got ruined. The extenisve privileges the town received during Roman rule allowed the development of many development and a bishop's see. In the 9th century the Shën Meri Monastery was founded on the territory of the now deserted town. (AA I, 14 (3); AA I, 528 (156-157); JG LT DIPL., 671 - episcopus civitatis Appoloniae, De la Polina, Apud Apolloniam). |
123132
|
Arapaj, Basilica of Shën Mëhill
|
Place |
The Basilica of Shën Mëhill was one of the oldest Christian churches in modern Albania. The Basilica was probably built during the reign of Emperor Anastasios I (491-518). Unfortunately only the foundation walls are preserved. The chapell of the basilica was used as burial site for a man and a women and served as a place of pilgrimage from the 5th to the 12thz century. Anna Komnena writes that Robert Guiscard destroyed Arapaj and the basilica on the 18th of October 1081. |
122979
|
Ardenica Monastery
|
Place |
The Ardenica Monastery was founded in the 13th or 14th century during the Epirote Depostate. The monastery was renovated in the 18th century and it is suggested that Ardenica Monastery was built on an earlier christianised Artemis temple. The monastery had a very rich library which unfortunately was destroyed in a fire in the year 1932. |
119495
|
Arilje, Church of St. Achillius
|
Place |
The Church of St. Achillius is situated in the city of Arilje and was the see of the Eparchy of Moravica (Moravička). The first church was probably built in the 11th century, whereas the present-day church was renewed by the Serbian King Dragutin (reigned 1276-1282) in the year 1296 (Sp. 87), as seen on the inscription in the drum. It is a single nave edifice with a low transept, a semicircular apse and a dome, anarthex and an exonarthex. It belongs to the Raška architectural style. The façade is decorated with lesenes and blind arcades. The exonarthex with a dome was added later. The church was fresco painted with portraits of King Dragutin and his brother the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) as ktetors, Dragutin's wife the Arpad Princess Katalin of Hungary, their sons Vladislav and Urošica and several bishops of the Eparchy of Moravica. The church is a mausoleum of Dragutin's son Urošica. |
120344
|
Armeni
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv. 75 - karye-i Armeni) |
131574
|
Babajići, Čovića Hanovi, Necropolis with 20 Tombstones
|
Place |
There are 20 tombstones of stećak-type near the hamlet Čovića Hanovi in the vicinity of the village of Babajići, some of which were used for a private house building in the 1970s. |
121744
|
Babijane
|
Place |
(MSM GL., XII, 28 - selo Babijane). |
120346
|
Bajice
|
Place |
(PR Čern. II, 1, str. 11 - meždu Baicami) |
122041
|
Bakzi
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 161 - villa clamada Bachxi). |
120348
|
Baleco
|
Place |
The town of Balec is said to be inhabited by the Illyrians and then by the Romans. Being destroyed after the arrival of the Slavs, a new town was build on this site, which became the capital of the region and was incorporated into the kingdom of Duklja (Zeta from the 12th century onwards). Here, the bishopric of Palachium was established before 1067. The bishopric had been alternating its status as a suffragan of Dioclea and of Bar until the 15th century. (Könighaus)
The Town of Baleco lies now in ruins north of Shkodra. The town is located on the Maja Balezit near the confluence of the rivers Rrjollit and Gropes. The town is described as very vital in the year 1363, but already in 1402 it only has the status of a Pronoia and has in 1416 counted only 25 houses. (FC CVen. di Scut. 101 - cita de Belezo). Baleco can probably identified with Skanderbegs Reç Fortress. |
119632
|
Baljevac, Church of St. Nicholas
|
Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas in Baljevac was probably built at the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century (Enc III 72). It is a single nave edifice with a wide altar apse and three bays separated by pilasters, built of large hewn stone, while the window frames are carved from white, most likely Radočel marble. The monumental fresco painting, preserved only fragmentarily and in the lower zones, shows the stylistic features of the painting of the mid-14th century. Protection works were executed in 1935 and 1936, when the church was covered with a structure supported by nine columns, about half a meter away from the walls of the edifice. The conservation of the frescoes was carried out in 1969. |
123280
|
Balldre, Church of St Veneranda
|
Place |
The Church of St Veneranda in Balldre was built in the second half of the 13th century. Like other Northern Albanian churches, this church too shows a mix of Catholic and Orthodox iconography in its frescoes. The inscriptions of the Church of St Veneranda are in Latin. |
122992
|
Ballsh, Unknown Basilica
|
Place |
This unknown Basilica was built in the center of an late antique town (Zindel et al. assume it was Glavinica). Many of the surrounding buildings include spolia of the church. In the ruins of the church, a inscription praising the christening of Tsar Boris and the Bulgarians and the annexation of Albania into the Bulgarian Empire. |
120350
|
Balša
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 87 i nap. 4 - ez vilayet-i Balsa) |
120353
|
Banja
|
Place |
(MD Kar. trg. 141, nap 19 - Moroblachos de Bagna) |
124223
|
Banjska Monastery, Church of St. Stephen
|
Place |
Banjska Monastery is situated by the Banjska river, near Zvečan in the North of Kosovo. It was built by King Milutin in 1313 to 1315, modelled on Studenica Monastery.
Its a single nave edifice with a dome and tripartite altar space. To the North and South of the central part of the Church are choirs with paracclesions next to each. Narthex has two bell-towers on its Western end.
The Church is rich with Romanesque sculptural decoration (it was probably made by the same artisans who worked in the Chilandar Monastery).The most prominent sculptural decoration is the statue of the Virgin with Christ as a child (kept in the nearby Monastery of Sokolica).
Some frescoes have remained, mostly under the dome. |
120356
|
Baošle
|
Place |
(MMS., 151 - u Baošle, Bielu, Kruševicu) |
120359
|
Bar
|
Place |
The Town of Bar evolved out of a castle which was rebuilt during the Reign of Justinian. Bar was the center of the increasingly Slavic principality of Zeta and became the part of the Serbian realm in the 12th century. Šufflay described the town as well fortified and home to monuments analogous to those in Ravenna, Ragusa and Zara (AA I, 50 (11); VĆ ŽSN., 32 - civitati namque ... Avarorum.; gradь slav'ny Barь). |
124311
|
Bar, Church of St. Mark (Franciscan Church)
|
Place |
The remains of the Church of St. Mark (Franciscan Church) is situated in the city of Bar.
Its a single nave edifice with four bays (similar to the Church C in Ratac). In the central bay was a dome. Its apse is rectangular. On the North side of the Church is a sacristy consisted of two bays, and on the Western side is a chapel of unknown purpose. The ktetor was probably the Queen Helen of Anjou. |
120384
|
Barbaruše
|
Place |
FC CVen. di Scut. 133 (villa cmada Barbarossi). |
123038
|
Bashtovë Fortress
|
Place |
The Bashtovë Fortress was built between the years 1456 and 1478 by the Venetians in great haste. The Datin into the 15th century is heavily debated, because of similarities to other fortresses in e.g. Elbasan, some researchers suggest a construction during the Justinian Dynasty. Many Byzantine spolia were used during the construction. The Fortress lies far away of towns. Its purpose was probably to secure the Shkumbin river or a nearby market place. |
119755
|
Batina
|
Place |
The Village of Batina was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the monastery of Žiča (ZSp. 571 - na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь ...). The Village of Batina has not preserved and might be situated within the village boundaries of modern Gotovac. |
123041
|
Bejkova, Tower
|
Place |
The Tower near Bejkova was built in the Late Antiquity. During the Medieval Age the fortification was renovated. It is possible that this fortification is the remain of the ancient town of Kolonja. Kolonja was the administrative centre of a Byzantine Thema during the 11th century and also during the Normano-Byzantine War at the end of the 11th and beginning of the 12th century. In 1259 the region was recaptured by the Emperors of Nicea and again in 1328 by Andronikos II Palaiologos. |
119590
|
Bekova, Church of St. Demetrius
|
Place |
The Church of St. Demetrius in the Village of Bekova was given to the Banjska Monastery (Sp. IV 4). |
119419
|
Bekovo
|
Place |
The Village of Bekovo was given in 1314 by King Milutin to the Banjsko Monastery (Sp. IV 3 - Selo Běkovo...). |
118471
|
Bela Poljana
|
Place |
Bela Poljana was a hamlet of the village of Nosonina. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V (reigned 1355-1371) confirmed the donation to the courtier (čelnik) Musa (OSp. 166/Šuica 2003, 144-145). |
118477
|
Belci u Ibru
|
Place |
The Village of Belco was confirmed to the courtier Musa in the year 1363 (OSp. 167). |
118474
|
Belo Polje (1)
|
Place |
In 1254-65 the village was mentioned (Sp. III 9.). In 1248 a path to the east in Belo Polje was mentioned (Gk XV 300). |
119757
|
Belo Polje (2)
|
Place |
The Village of Belo Polje was given by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp 166). |
118509
|
Belčino u Ibru
|
Place |
At the 15th of July 1363 Tsar Uroš confirmed the donation of the Village of Belčino u Ibru to the courtier Musa (Osp 166). |
118512
|
Benča
|
Place |
The village of Benča is mentioned in ca. 1314 and is localised between Plav and Budimlja (Sp IV 6 - megju Ben'ču sь Gradьč'komь megomь...). |
121748
|
Berat
|
Place |
Berat was probably founded by king Kassander of Macedonia and named after his father Antipatros. Theodosias II renamed the city to Pulcheropolis. The walls of the town were renovated by Justinian and extended with towers. After the Bulgarian conquest in the year 860, the town was named Beligrad/Belograd from which the name Berat derived. Berat was reintegrated into the Byzantine Empire in the year 1018. The lower towns were fortified in the medieval age. After the Fourth Crusade in 1204 Berat became a part of the Despotate of Epirus and it's capital. Michael II gave Berat to Manfred of Hohenstaufen; after his death it formed part of the Regnum Albaniae. In 1280-81 the region and Berat became again part of the Byzantine Empire and lost in 1345 to Stefan IV Dušan. In the year 1417 Berat was conquered by the Ottomans, who then built the citadel, the lower town and a bazar. During his rebellion, Skanderbeg unsuccessfully besieged Berat (AAI, 55 (13-14) - ad episcopatum Belogradensem; GČ KNS, 87 (48-49) - de Belgrado). |
120387
|
Beri
|
Place |
(SLJ List. IX, 408 - quinque catonis ... Beri) |
121751
|
Bes
|
Place |
(MMS 26 - u Virь u Besь). |
132256
|
Beška
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Beška" derived from the Latin word of "basilica". |
119594
|
Beška Island, Church of St. George
|
Place |
The Church of St. George was built before 1442 (Stojanović 395, Starinar 162). (LjS PP I, 400 (395) - svetagō Georgija u Gorice). |
121415
|
Beška Island, Church of St. Mary
|
Place |
(LjS ZiN I, 276 (88) - sьzda se hramь sy prěsvetïe Bogorodice sь trudomь i ōtkupomь blagočьstivoi gospogi Ele dьšteri svetopočivšago kneza Lazara). |
119505
|
Beška, Church of the Bogorodica
|
Place |
The Church of the Bogorodica was built by a certain Jelena the wife of Đurđe Stracimirovič (ZN 276). |
120393
|
Bihor
|
Place |
(DA L. de F., 24, 10 - in loco vocato Bichor). |
118202
|
Bijaći, Church of St. Martha
|
Place |
The Church of St. Martha was built in the first half of the 9th century. It was part of the royal complex of Bijaći and was erected on the foundations of an earlier basilica. The Church was renovated in recent times.
Its a three nave edifice with a rectangular apse and was decorated with reliefs and sculpture. |
120389
|
Bijela (1)
|
Place |
(KA Not. knj II, 588 - Radosti Zulet de Biela). |
120391
|
Bijela (2)
|
Place |
(DA L. de F., 17, 97 - in Biella in Droghgnazi). |
122045
|
Bijela (3)
|
Place |
(KA Not. knj. II, 588 - Radosti Zulet de Biela). |
122336
|
Bijela, Church of St. Peter
|
Place |
The Church of St. Peter in Bijela was probably built in the Early Christian period (probably in the 5th or 6th century). Fragments of plaster indicate that a pre-Romanesque building was erected on the basis of the original church, which has not been researched so far. For these fragments it could be assumed that they belong to the remains of the former Benedictine Monastery of St. Peter de Campo, which is also mentioned in the charter of Pope Clement VI (1342-1352) from 1345. After the demolition of the church, the present-day church of St. Peter was built by the family Burović from Perast, and some parts of the pre-Romanesque altar screen have been preserved and included in it. |
119634
|
Bijelo Polje, Church of St. Nicholas (Nikoljac)
|
Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas in Bijelo Polje was built before the 14th century, probably in the time of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) at the end of the 13th century. It had several phases of development. The current church, which is surrounded by a cemetery, dates to the 16th century. It is a three-nave basilica with a dome and a semicircular apse. It was fresco decorated around 1550. To the North-West of the church is a free-standing bell tower. |
119661
|
Bijelo Polje, Church of St. Peter
|
Place |
The Church of St. Peter is situated in Bijelo Polje, on the Lim River, and was probably founded by the Serbian Prince Miroslav (reigned 1162-1190) before 1161-1162. It was built on an old place of cult, probably from the 9th or 10th century. (SN ZSp., 596 - koga izvoli Svety Petrь Apostolь; MD Kar. trg., 123, nap 14 - usque Limum ad ecclesiam S. Petri). It is a single nave edifice, with three bays skirted by pilasters and arches, and a rectangular apse. The Eastern and Western bays are almost equal in length, whereas the central one is much shorter and has a transverse barrel vault, in the middle of which is a square dome covered by a pyramidal roof. The construction above the vaults gave the church the look of a three-aisled basilica with a transept and a dome. In the second half of the 13th century the Western porch of the church was turned into a narthex and was painted with frescoes at the beginning of the 14th century. Also, bell-towers were added resembling the Churches of St. Tryphon in Kotor, Djurdjevi Stupovi in Budimlja and the Monastery of the Mother of God in Hvosno. The church furnishings, done in a pre-Romanesque style, were taken from the original (older) building. |
120395
|
Bijeloši
|
Place |
(PR Čern., II, 1 str. 11 - ere Běloševiću) |
118227
|
Biograd, Cathedral
|
Place |
The cathedral of Biograd was erected before 1060 and abandoned in 1930. |
118082
|
Biograd, Church of St. John the Baptist
|
Place |
The Church of St. John was founded in 1059/1060 by Petar Krešimir (reigned 1059-1074/75). The church was part of a monastery complex. The monastery was destroyed in the year 1125 during the conquest of Biograd by the Venetians. |
118085
|
Biograd, Church of St. Thomas
|
Place |
The Church of St. Thomas was built shortly before 1061/1062 and was part of the complex of the Monastery of St. John. Maybe it was demolished in 1125 after the conquest of the city by the Venetians. Today's Parish Church of St. Anastasia was erected at the former monastery's place. |
118536
|
Birovo
|
Place |
The Village of Birovo was given by Milutin to the Monastery of Banjsko (Sp IV 2 - selo Byrovo...). The Village is located in Ras, a part of Novi Pazar. |
118211
|
Biskupija, Church at Bukurovica Podvornice
|
Place |
The Church at Bukurovica Podvornice was possibly built in the 10th century. It fell to ruins at an unknown point in time. |
118204
|
Biskupija, Church at Crkvina
|
Place |
The Church at Crkvina was built in the second half of the 9th century. It has inscriptions of an unknown duke, and houses the sarcophagus of a nobleman, who is believed to be Duke Branimir (reigned 879- ca. 892). This church is one of five churches found in Biskupija. During the Middle Ages it was the see of the Bishop of Knin. The church was restored in the 13th century after the Tatar invasion and destroyed during the civil wars in the late 14th and early 15th centuries or by the earliest Ottoman raids in the region. |
118209
|
Biskupija, Church at Lopuška Glavica
|
Place |
The Church at Lopuška Glavica was most probably built in the 9th or 10th century. It now lies in ruins. |
117873
|
Biskupija, Church of Holy Trinity
|
Place |
The Church beneath the Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity (Sveta Trojica) in Biskupija was most probably built before 1088 and is only mentioned in a letter of Rev. Vinjalić in the year 1746. The letter states: "[...] piu al insu verso ostro vi e la villa detta Bikupija, lontana circa tre migla a dritta linea dalla fortezza perche si va cercar li ponti ve ne sonne piu di sette; qui sono tre ruine delle fabriche; la piu vicina e la piu intatta, questa e una rotonda ottongolare, per che sia stata chiesa all'antica [...]".
Based on written accounts from the 18th century, the pre-Romanesque Church had an eight-leaf ground plan (similar to the Church in Ošlje). |
118224
|
Biskupija, Church of St. Cecilia at Stupovi
|
Place |
The Church of St. Cecilia was built before 1088, probably around 1060. It is probably to be identified with the church in front of which King Dmitar Zvonimir (reigned 1076-1089) was murdered. It fell to ruins at an unknown date.
It was a three-nave edifice with three apses, and was probably vaulted. On the Western side was a narthex and a bell-tower and together they formed a westwerk. On the Southern side was a chapel. |
118585
|
Bistrica (2)
|
Place |
The Village of Bistrica was given by King Vladislav to the Monastery of the Mother of God in Bistrica (ZSp. 590 I - ... Ja, pomoštiju i milostiju Božijeju věn'čanny kraalь vsěhь sr'bskihь zemlь i pomorьskihь, Stefanь Vladislavь, naměstьnikь onogo blaženago i oca mi, ponaavljaju i oněhь prьvodan'naja sela i potvrьždaju simь moimь hrisovulomь Bystricu okolo crьkve, Nevyzrake oboje. A tomu selu megja kako je prišьlь rьtь megu Orahovicomь, ptd.). |
121754
|
Bistrica (3)
|
Place |
(LjS Sp., III, 9 - Bystrica; Bv. Ar. MD 544 - Bystrica do Cera). |
123078
|
Blagaj, Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian
|
Place |
The Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian is situated in Blagaj in Zachlumia, near the city of Mostar.
It was built by Župan Djordje, in the time of Stefan Nemanja, as was written on the dedicatory inscription. The Church has been demolished and torn down but the remains of other Churches built in the Ponikve region (Church of St. George in Sparagovići and Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian in Metohija), in the late 12th century, we can reconstruct how this edifice looked like.
It was a single nave edifice with three bays and an apse which consists of three niches in the Eastern wall (the one in the middle was rectangular on the outside). |
119726
|
Blagoveštenje Monastery
|
Place |
The Blagoveštenje Monastery was built somewhen in the 12th or 13th century (Enc I, 214). |
121756
|
Bleništi
|
Place |
(AA I, 565 (166-67) - caznesio Bleuisci). |
120398
|
Bliništi
|
Place |
(PC CVen. do Scut., 136 - San Nicolo de Chacharichi overo Blinisti) |
121759
|
Blizna
|
Place |
(VĐ Iz Ist., 197 - selo Blizno). |
123048
|
Boboshticë, Church of Shen Jovani
|
Place |
The church of Shen Jovani near Boboshticë was built in the 13th century. The church was heavily damaged by an earthquake but renovated and an Narthex was added under Ottoman rule. |
123260
|
Bobovišća, Island of Brač, Church of St. Martin
|
Place |
The Church of St. Martin is situated South of Bobovišća, on the Island of Brač.
Its a single nave vaulted building with three bays and a semicircular apse both on the outside and the inside. On the South and North wall are niches. Gothic bell tower was built in the 15th century. |
120401
|
Bogdašići
|
Place |
(SLj List. VIII, 96; KA. Not. knj. I, 231 - Ego Radoslavus, Petco, Stipan et Juroe fratres filii Bogdasce; Bogdasichi) |
119503
|
Bogdašići, Church of St. Peter
|
Place |
The Church of St. Peter is located in Bogdašići near Kotor. It was built on the fundaments of an older church in the year 1269 by Bishop Neofil of Zeta. It is a single-nave Benedictine Church with Gothic vaults, semicircular apse, rectangular chapels in the North and the South and a bell-tower in the West. In the Southern chapel frescoes in Byzantine style have been discovered. The church represents the simplest form of the Raška style. Inside the church in the Southern wall is a Latin inscription naming the artisan Regolus. Beside the church entrance in the West is a Serbian inscription naming the ktetor Neofil and the year 1269. |
117918
|
Bol, Island of Brač, Church of St. John and Theodor
|
Place |
The Church of St. John and Theodor is situated on the Island of Brač. It was most likely built in the 11th century, above a Late Antique building, and has similarities with other churches on the Island of Brač.
Its a single nave edifice with a rectangular apse both on the inside and the outside. Below the present Church, on the inner East wall
frescoes were found with fragments of red, blue and yellow stripes. Also, numerous spolia were used for the construction of the later Church. |
131278
|
Boljanići, Bijelo groblje, Ten Tombstones
|
Place |
On a small hill near the road, there are ten tombstones of the stećak type on the cemetery called Bijelo groblje. There are several Orthodox crosses on the site as well according to Šefik Bešlagić. |
120419
|
Boljesestre
|
Place |
(DĐ Iz Ist., 198 - selo Boljesestre) |
118614
|
Borikovac
|
Place |
Borikovac was mentioned in 1314 (Sp IV 2 - , kako se kamy valii sěmo i ōnamo u Borikov'cь, ōt Borikov'ca pod planinu uz dělь...). |
131572
|
Boričje, Brvi, Necropolis with Nine Tombstones
|
Place |
On the Brvi hill in the vicinity of the village of Boričje there is a necropolis with 9 stećak-type tombstones. |
131587
|
Boričje, Necropolis with 12 Tombstones
|
Place |
None |
131666
|
Borkovići, Mramorje, 15 Tombstones
|
Place |
There are 15 stećak-type tombstones on the Mramorje site near Borkovići. |
118616
|
Botun
|
Place |
The village of Botun is mentioned in 1314 (SP. IV 5 - . A se megje Botunju zabělu: ...). |
120416
|
Božani
|
Place |
(DĐ Iz Ist., 173 - selo Božani) |
120421
|
Brajići
|
Place |
(PR Čern., I, 464 - i Braičei). |
118619
|
Bratoš
|
Place |
Bratoš was donated by the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314) to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God Ratačka, which was confirmed by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) in the year 1307 (Azь Stefanь Urošь, samodrьžavьnyi kralь srьbьski i pomorьsky ... i sь synomь moimь Stefanomь ... daju talanьtь svetomu hramu tvojemu, ježe jestь u Rьtьčьka, svetoi Bogorodici Rьtьčьkoi, Duboicu, Zьburina, i Brьtošь, i Toplišь, Šaptine i Spilani' i sь megami, kako je obladala gospogja mi mati kralica Jelena, i ona je dala i zapisala, to potvrьdi kraljevьstvo mi i zapisa, da je na pištu starьcemь i na odeždu slěpimь i hromymь i bratii). |
119760
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Brena
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Place |
The Village of Brena was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp. 571 - na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь ...). Purkovic suggests, that Brena is situated within modern Beranovac. |
118667
|
Bresnik
|
Place |
The Village of Bresnik was given in the year 1195 by Župan Stefan Nemanja to the Studenica Monastery. (ZSp. 568 I - Prьveje selo Brezova, i selo Gušterice, i selo Zasadь, selo Ćakovo, selo Poolumirь, selo Cer’e, selo Bresnikь, selo Rastište, selo Savovo, i Glavoči, selo Mlan'ča, selo Mugurice, Selo Mi ... doćje takoo da se pušta, i premo nemu monastirь Pavlica, metohь Studenice sь trimy nurïamy podь Kopaonikomь. |
120423
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Breza
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Place |
(MD Kar. trg., 124 i nap 24 - ad Bresam; ui dicitur Brexa) |
120427
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Breznik
|
Place |
(DA L. de F., 20, 216 - in Briesnik in Piva). |
119423
|
Brezova (1)
|
Place |
The Village of Brezova was given by grand župan Stefan Nemanja to the Studenica Monastery (ZSp. 568 I - Prьveje selo Brezova, i selo Gušterice, i selo Zasadь, selo Ćakovo, selo Poolumirь, selo Cer’e, selo Bresnikь, selo Rastište, selo Savovo, i Glavoči, selo Mlan'ča, selo Mugurice, Selo Mi ... doćje takoo da se pušta, i premo nemu monastirь Pavlica, metohь Studenice sь trimy nurïamy podь Kopaonikomь). |
118661
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Brezova (2)
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Place |
In 1343 the hamlet of Brezova, being part of the settlement Velije Polje, was donated to the Monastery of the Saints Peter and Paul in Lim by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355; Urošь četvrьti, vь Hrista Boga ver'ni i samodrьžav'ni gospodinь vsehь srьbьskihь zemlь i pomor'skihь i grьčkihь ... i priloži kraljevstvo mi crьkvi svetimь apostolomь Petru i Pavlu u Limě selo u Crьn'či Velije Polje i zaselkomь zь Brezovomь i Zagradomь i sь ljudmi, i sь megjami, i sь vsemi pravinami sela toga, i sь mlini). |
118626
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Brezova u Moravici
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Place |
Between 1282 and 1298, the Village of Brezova was given to the Monastery of Hilandar by King Milutin (ZSP. 389 VII / 394 VII). Tsar Dušan confirmed the donation in the year 1348 (ZSp. 389 VII - U Moravicahь Brězova i sь zaselijami. ZSp. 394 VII - U Moravicahь Brězova i sь zaselijami. ZSp. 421 16: Selo Brězova sь zselci i sь vsěmi pravinami sela toga.). |
117871
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Bribir, Octachora
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Place |
Under the parish church of the citadel of Bribir an octachora was traced. By the time of the publication of Goss in 1987 the excavations had not been completed. |
117850
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Brnazi, Church of St. Archangel Michael
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Place |
The Church of St. Archangel Michael was built in the 9th or 10th century on St. Michael's Hill near Brnazi. A fragment of the choir-screen is preserved and shows the inscription: "INDIGNVS PECATOR FIERI R[ogavi?] ... [t]EMPORE DOM[ni]." This inscription is interpreted in such a way that the church was founded by the Croatian rulers who used the term Domnus as title. The church was destroyed during the Mongol invasion in the year 1242. |
120430
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Brodarevo
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Place |
(LjS Srp. rod. i let., 69; MD Kar. trg., 124 i nap. 21 - sь že Davidь sьzida crьkovь (čьsnyi hramь) svetoje Bogojavljenije Gospodně na Lomu vь městě Brodarevě; in Brodarevo). |
124298
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Brodarevo, Davidovica Monastery, Church of Epiphany
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Place |
The Church of Epiphany in the Davidovica Monastery is situated on the river Lim near Brodarevo. It was built by Župan Dmitar as monk David, the son of Vukan Nemanjić (the Grand Prince of Zeta) and brother of the Grand Prince Stefan, who built the Monastery of Morača Monastery (Kancelarski i notarski spisi, 1278-1301, 65-66; LjS ZiH., I, 119 (43) - Prěstavi se rabь Boži Dimitrije a zovomь Bratko).
The builders and artisans of the church came from Dubrovnik, Desina de Risa with his son Vlaho (as stated in the written documents still preserved), who incorporated Romano-Gothic elements into this church. It is a single nave edifice with three bays and a semicircular apse. Above the central bay is a dome, and above the side chapels are two more. The narthex was added later. Fragments of fresco decoration have remained. |
131760
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Broćanac, 20 Tombstones
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Place |
There are 20 stećak-type tombstones on a hill near the Orthodox cemetery in Broćanac. |
131764
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Broćanac, 20 Tombstones on a Tumulus
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Place |
There are 20 stećak-type tombstones on a tumulus about 250 m northeast to the Orthodox cemetery of Broćanac. |
131762
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Broćanac, One Tombstone
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Place |
Outside of a nearby Orthodox cemetery, there is a large solitary stećak-type tombstone. |
131766
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Broćanac, Two Tombstones
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Place |
South to another nearby necropolis, there are two large solitary tombstones of the stećak type in Broćanac. |
121761
|
Brskovo
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Place |
(LjS PP., I, 6 (4) - u Brьskově u trьgu; AA I, 386 (113) - de Brescoua). |
119762
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Brusnica pod Rudnikom
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Place |
The Village of Brusnica pod Rudnikom was mentioned in the year 1354 (ZSp 428). |
131372
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Brvenica, Poda and Donja Brvenica, 40 Tombstones
|
Place |
Near the hamlets of Poda and Donja Brvenica, on a plateau of a hill, together with an active Orthodox cemetery, there is a group of 40 stećak-type tombstones according to Šefik Bešlagić. |
119637
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Brvenik, Church of St. Nicholas
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Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas near Brvenik was probably built in the 14th century (Starinar VIII-IX 285). It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular vault and apse (with proskomedia and diaconicon). The fresco decoration is poorly preserved. |
119579
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Brčeli
|
Place |
In the 14 century a Church in Brčeli was mentioned (Starinar VI 158). |
118675
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Brčeli u Crmnici
|
Place |
The village of Brčeli u Crmnici was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1322-1331) to the Monastery of Sveti Nikola in Vranjina (Ako li se ne omužii, da ima hranu otь crьkve, a crьkvy svetago Nikoli da drьži selo Brьčali). |
119604
|
Budimlja, Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi (St. George)
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Place |
The Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi (St. George) is situated in Budimlja near Berane and was built by Stefan Prvoslav, the son of Tihomir, as his mausoleum between 1170 and 1190. The monastery also served as the see of the Bishops of Budimlja (Rl. 9, 43). (PJ Š Pam., 68 - sьzyda crьkovь ... u Budimlje svetago Geōrgïa; LjS ZiN I, 1029 (286) episkopь Budimlьsky Teofilь ... vь domu svetago velikago Strastotrьpьca Hristova Georgïa).
The church underwent several reconstructions, but its plan remained the same. It is a single nave edifice with three bays and a dome. Later, in the 13th century (certainly by the 1240s), a narthex was added in the West of it with two rectangular-based towers. As most researchers believe, it was built by masters from the Adriatic (as to be seen in the polychromic façade), following the model of Apulian churches. Also, this church is similar in plan with the Church of St. Luke in Kotor. |
124237
|
Budisavci Monastery, Church of Transfiguration of Jesus Christ
|
Place |
Budisavci Monastery is situated in the Budisavci village, 18km South-East of the city of Peć. It was built in the first half of the 14th century. Researchers believe ktetors were either King Milutin (as mentioned in the partially saved inscription) or the sister of King Stefan Dečanski. The Church was reconstructed and fresco painted in the 16th century by Patriarch Makarije Sokolović.
The Church is in the form of an inscribed cross with a dome, an apse which is semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside and a narthex (which was renewed in the 19th century). Frescoes from the 14th century have not survived, and a new layer was made in the 16th century. |
120494
|
Budiša
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 96 - villa clamada Bodissa) |
120497
|
Budoš
|
Place |
(LT St. 379 - castrum Budoch) |
120432
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Budva
|
Place |
(FŠ LPD., 306, 326 - Budua cum Cuceua; Danilo, 251 - vь město rekomo Staryi Gradь). |
124345
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Budva, Church of St. John the Baptist
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Place |
The Church of St. John the Baptist is situated in the old town of Budva and was erected in the 7th century. It was reconstructed multiple times. The church was initially built as a rotunda and later transformed into a single nave edifice. On the Southern side, above the chapels on the ground floor, a two-storey episcopal palace was erected, and on the Northern side, from the square base, rises a bell tower with a clock (refurbished in 1850). The church houses the famous miraculous icon of the Madonna in Punta or the so-called "Our Lady of Budva" (13th to 14th centuries), which was brought to the Church of St. John the Baptist from the Church of St. Mary in Punta. Remains of fresco decoration from the 14th century are still visible on the inner Northern wall. The church has two side chapels, one in the North, the other in the South. The Northern side chapel houses the miraculous icon of the Madonna in Punta. Today the Church of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic church. Immediately to the South of the episcopal palace an Early Christian basilica from the 5th and 6th centuries was excavated. |
122678
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Budva, Church of St. Mary (in the Castello)
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary (in the Castello) is situated in the citadel of the old town of Budva, to the South-West of the Church of St. John the Baptist. It was built in the period of Late Antiquity (remains are still visible) and was later renewed. Several stages of development can be observed. The three-nave basilica was built in the late 5th and the beginning of the 6th century. In the 9th century it was turned into a single nave edifice, and galleries were to be found above the aisles. The remains of the church furnishing from the 9th century prove that the church was still in use at that time. Today the church is in ruins. |
124341
|
Budva, Church of St. Mary in Punta
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary in Punta is situated in the old town of Budva. The edifice was built by the Benedictines in 840 according to the inscription on the inner side of the Northern façade. In the 13th century it became Franciscan. It is a single nave edifice with a rectangular apse and a gothic vault and leans against the city walls of Budva. A bell tower was added later above the apse, which lies in the North. In the 17th century further changes were made. The entrance to the church is in the East. The altar of the church once housed the famous miraculous icon of the Madonna in Punta or the so-called "Our Lady of Budva" (13th to 14th centuries). According to the Greek inscription on the icon it was transferred to the Church of St. John the Baptist in 1807 (prior to the siege by the French army), where the icon is still kept today. It is considered to be a miraculous icon, which is protecting the old town of Budva. |
122923
|
Budva, Church of St. Sabbas
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Place |
The Church of St. Sabbas is situated in the old town (stari grad) of Budva and was consecrated in 1142. At that time, St. Sabbas was a patron saint of Budva, whose cult had come to the Southern Adriatic from the East through the Byzantine dignitaries, who had served in the theme of Dalmatia. It is a single nave building leaning against the town wall, vaulted, with the interior divided into three bays. Its facade is constructed with alternating blocks of greyish and rose-coloured stone. The entrance to the church lies in the West. |
120500
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Bunjane
|
Place |
(MSM Gl., XII, 34 - Selo Bunjane) |
120503
|
Buruze
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 103 - karye-i Buruze) |
123877
|
Butrint
|
Place |
The upper town of Butrint was first mentioned in the 3rd to 4th centuries, it also was mentioned as a bishop's see in 457 and 516. During the reign of Leon VI (886-911) Butrint was part of the archdiocese of Naupaktos. Bishop Arsen of Corfu described the region's wealth in fish and oysters. After the dismantling of the First Bulgarian Empire in 1020 Butrint became part of the Archdiocese of Ohrid. In the 11th and 12th century Butrint was under changing rule and involved of the wars of the Byzantines, Normans and Venetians. After the Fourth Crusade in 1204 Butrint became a part of the Despotate of Epirus and became in 1258 part of the realm of Manfred of Hohenstaufen. After Manfreds death Butrint became again part of Epirus and in 1274 of the Byzantine Empire of Michael VIII Palaiologos. In 1278 Epirus again ruled over Butrint but ceded the town to Karl I Anjou in the next year. Only in 1386 Butrint became occupied by Venice and stayed under Venetian rule until the Coalition Wars in 1798. |
118686
|
Bučije (1)
|
Place |
The Village of Bučije was mentioned in the year 1314 (SP. IV 4). |
118688
|
Bučije (2)
|
Place |
The village of Bučije is mentioned in the border description of the Village of Komaran (DH 75 – uz pьt prětko posrěd bučja). |
123000
|
Byllis
|
Place |
The town of Byllis was founded in the 4th century BCE. Before becoming part of the Roman Empire, Byllis was part of the Macedonian and Illyrian Kingdom and of the Byllian Koinon. In the year 30 BCE Byllis became a Roman colonia and florished until the Attacks of the Visigoth in the late 4th century destroyed the town and it emerged only in the 5th century. In 458 Byllis was a bishop's see and became one of the eight most important cities of Epirus accordikg to Hierokles. The town was destroyed and abandoned after an Slavic attack in 586. Findings of coins of Stefan Uroš IV Dušan allow to assume that soldiers and farmers still have trespassed the towns area. Byllis was home to five basilicas. |
118593
|
Bystrica in Brskovo
|
Place |
The village of Bystrica in Brskovo was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243-1276) to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston (A se selo u Brьskově Prostěnije, Stryčina, Gostilovina, Bys'trica, a zaselije mu Dobrih'nina i Bělojevina.) and a bit later as a hamlet to the Monastery of Saint Peter and Paul in Lim (Selo u Brьskově Prostěnyje, a zaselije mu Bystrica, Dobrihьnina, Gostylovina, Stričina, Plavьkovyna, Selьca, Jasenovo, a planina mu Konь, a megja Prostěnyju otь Tare u stěnu u Pělovynu, ...). |
118534
|
Bzovik
|
Place |
The village of Bzovik is mentioned within the border description of the village of Goražde in 1314 (Sp. IV 4 - i ōt tud prězь brьdo u Bьzovikь u Nikolinu cr(ь)kv'). |
118465
|
Bělojevina in Brskovo
|
Place |
Bělojevina in Brskovo was a hamlet of the village of Prostěnije. In ca. 1253 the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243-1276) donated it to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston (A se selo u Brьskově Prostěnije, Stryčina, Gostilovina, Bys'trica, a zaselije mu Dobrih'nina i Bělojevina.). |
121627
|
Ceklin
|
Place |
(PR Čern., I, 464 - ot ... Ceklina). |
119916
|
Cere
|
Place |
The Village of Cere was given by Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja to the Studenica Monastery (ZSp 598 I - Urošь četvrьti, vь hrista Bog ver'ni i samodrьžav'ni gospodinь vsehь semlь i pomor'skihь i grьčkihь ... i priloži kraljevstvo mi crьkvi svetimь apostolomь Petru i Plavu u Limě selo u Crьn'či Velije Polje i zaselkomь zь Brezovomь i Zagradomь i sь ljudmi, i sь megjami, i sь vsemi pravinami selo toga, i sь mlini). |
121630
|
Cerova
|
Place |
(BvAr MD 544 - selo Cerova). |
119401
|
Cerova Glava
|
Place |
The Village of Cerova Glava was given by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 167). Cerova Glava is a hamlet of the Village of Rudnica. |
119398
|
Cerova na Limu
|
Place |
The Village of Cerova na Limu was given by King Uroš I to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston. A Part of the Village was given to the Monastery of Sveti Peter and Paul in Lim (ZSp. 601 XII - Na Limu selo Cerova i Močila, 594 VI - Selo Cerova, a meda jemu otь Črьnylьne Stěne pravo po dělu više Boroševine). |
118207
|
Cetina, Church of the Holy Saviour
|
Place |
The Church of the Holy Saviour in Cetina was built around 900 on behalf of Count Gastica and his wife Nemira. It fell to ruins at an unknown date. The Church is of great importance, because it has the only surviving bell tower of the era before the Great Schism (1054).
Its a single-nave edifice with three (rectangular, previously semicircular) apses. Narthex has an upper floor, corresponding to the so-called westwork of Carolingian architecture. |
121634
|
Cetinje
|
Place |
(KS KŽStK., 176; MMS., 531 - Zetine; Cetigne; mestě glagolěměmь Cětině). |
131194
|
Cetinje, Vlaška Crkva, Tombstones
|
Place |
Two stećci are to be found in front (to the West) of the Church Vlaška Crkva, which could date to the 15th century. |
119620
|
Church near Brodarevo
|
Place |
A Church near Bodarevo was mentioned in the year 1443. |
121447
|
Church of St. Nicholas
|
Place |
(AA I, 613 (182 - in Drino ad S. Nicolaum). |
121407
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Church of Sv. Aleksandar de Monte
|
Place |
(AA II, 228 (52) - sancti Alexandri de Monte). |
121639
|
Crljenice
|
Place |
(FB TD., 8, (34) - iz sela Crljenice). |
121637
|
Crna Gora
|
Place |
(DA Deb. Not., 36, 14 - Millissauus Miodruxich de Zernigera tabernorius). |
120666
|
Danj
|
Place |
Dagno was probably the ancient greek fortress of Dainaa. This fortification protected the left bank of the Drin river and had a continued usage throughout the whole medieval age. The fortress was damaged in 1452 by a lightning strike and later demolished, probably by Skanderbeg (VĆ ŽSN., 31 - Danь grad(ь)). |
124315
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Danj, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
|
Place |
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary is situated in Danj in the vicinity of Skadar. It was erected in the second half of the 13th century and is a single nave edifice with two bays, a semicircular apse and gothic vaults. |
123147
|
Daula Fortress
|
Place |
The Daula Fortress, in the region also known as Fortress of Skanderbeg, was built in the year 1451 by the Albanian prince Skanderbeg. Archeological excavations only show one Stratum of the 15th century. The fortress was destroyed by the Ottomans in the year 1466. |
123880
|
Delvina
|
Place |
The modern town of Delvina evolved around the medieval fortification of Delvina. Four building phases were identified. |
119741
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Deževa, Nikolina Crkva
|
Place |
The Nikolina Church was located in Deževa (Sp IV 3). |
119703
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Deževa, Spasova Crkva
|
Place |
The Spasova Church was mentioned in Deževa (Sp IV 3). |
118864
|
Deževo u Rasu
|
Place |
In Deževo u Rasu King Dragutin abducted and transferred the crown to his Brother Stefan Uroš II Dragutin (Danilo 25). In the Year 1314 King Milutin donated the Village to the Banjsko Monastery (Sp. IV 3 - I u Rasě selo Děževo, ...). |
118867
|
Dinoše
|
Place |
The village of Dinoše was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) to the Banjska Monastery in the year 1314 (Sp IV 5 - Sela: Dinoše, Hrastije u Podlužii, Godilje, Žaborovo, Gostilje i drugo Gostilja.; LjS ZiN., I. 445 (140) - sela Dinoše). |
132217
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Dioclea
|
Place |
In 431 AD Bishop Constantius of Doclea (Constantius episcopus civitatis Diocletianorum) took part at the Council of Ephesus, together with Bishop Paul of Dardania (Paulus episcopus Dardanorum). 20 years later, at the Council of Chalcedon, we find Bishop Evandrus of Doclea (Evandro Diocliae) among the participants. In the Synecdemus by Hierocles, an administrative and geographic source of the 6th century (ca. 527/28), only three cities (poleis) are listed in Praibalis, namely: Σκόδρα, Λίσσος and Δοκλέα. Among them only Δοκλέα is to be localised on the territory of today’s Montenegro, on the Northern periphery of today's capital Podgorica. Among them, Δοκλέα is to be localised on the territory of today’s Montenegro, being an excavation site on the Northern periphery of the capital Podgorica.
The excavation site is surrounded by the rivers Širalija in the North, Zeta in the West and Morača in the South, was encircled by a city wall and is structured in a Western and an Eastern part. A via triumphalis cuts as central axis through the Western part. At its Western end lies a triumphal arch. Along the via triumphalis, i.e. on its Southern side, a Temple of Roma, an urban villa, a Temple of Diana as well as large and small thermae are to be found (from the West to the East). North of the via triumphalis a Basilica, a Forum and the Capitol temple are located (again from the West to the East). These monuments are roughly dated from the 1st to the 4th century AD. In the Eastern part, which is cut off from the Western part by a modern tarmac road, two basilicae were excavated. Basilica A is a three nave basilica with a semicircular apse in the interior and a polygonal apse on the exterior. It is dated to the 5th century AD and could have been renovated during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (reigned 527-565). To the South-West of Basilica A, a second basilica (Basilica B) was found. It is also a three nave basilica with a semicircular apse in the interior as well as exterior. Basilica B is dated to the period from the 4th to the 6th centuries. Later, a cruciform church was erected above Basilica B, which is dated to the Early medieval period (9th century?). Finally, a necropolis was found to the South-East of the city, outside the city walls, with tombs dating from the 1st to the 4th centuries. Another necropolis to the North-East is dated from the 2nd to the 5th centuries.
Tatjana Koprivica identifies the aforesaid cruciform church (Basilica B) with the Church of St. Mary, which is mentioned in chapter IX of the “Letopis Popa Dukljanina” and in which King Budimir (Svetopluk, Svetopelek) was buried (in ecclesia sanctae Mariae in civitate Dioclitana), while his son and successor Svetolik was enthroned in the same church (ibique consecratus et coronatus est). Martin Homza has argued very recently in a new interpretation of chapter IX that the aforesaid Svetopluk should be identified with King Svatopluk I of Moravia (9th century), that the episode described in this very chapter should be placed on the territory of Pannonia and that it was re-worked for the purposes of the Dioclean ruler Mihailo Vojisavljević (reigned ca. 1046-1081) and his son Constantine Bodin (reigned 1081-1099) in the second half of the 11th century. |
118521
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Display Case
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120660
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Divjaki
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 95 - karye-i Divyaki). |
120663
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Dobra
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 76 - villa clamada Dobrea). |
120669
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Dobra Voda
|
Place |
(AA II, 800 (s46) - de Dobra Voda). |
120671
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Dobratini
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 77 - karye-i Dobratini). |
118874
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Dobrihnina in Brskovo
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Place |
The hamlet of Dobrihnina was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243-1276) to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston (A se selo u Brьskově Prostěnije, Stryčina, Gostilovina, Bys'trica, a zaselije mu Dobrih'nina i Bělojevina.) and a bit later to the Monastery of Saint Peter and Paul in Lim (Selo u Brьskově Prostěnyje, a zaselije mu Bystrica, Dobrihьnina, Gostylovina, Stričina, Plavьkovyna, Selьca, Jasenovo, a planina mu Konь, a megja Prostěnyju otь Tare u stěnu u Pělovynu, ... ; LJS Sp., III 9 - a zaseli jemu: ... Dorbihьnina). |
118871
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Dobrina u Jelcima
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Place |
The Village of Dobrina u Jelcima was given by King Stefan I to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp. 571). |
118273
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Dobrinj, Island of Krk, Church of St. Vitus
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Place |
The Church of St. Vitus was consecrated in the year 1100 and was founded by a local nobleman called Dragoslav. The church was restored in the second half of the 20th century.
Its a single nave edifice with a bell-tower on its Western side (similar to westwork in Carolingian architecture) and a semicircular apse on its Eastern side. |
120674
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Dobrinja
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Place |
(MMS., 11 - sela Dobrin). |
118878
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Dobro
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Place |
The Village of Dobro is mentioned in the year 1485 (ZSp. 778 III - I ešte priložihь što godě su imali Ostonki Ratko zь bratomь i su sinovcima Doně Dobro, ili e zemlja, ili e lozïe, ili gora, ili voda – svekoliko. A nimь dadohь zamenu šь nihь dobromь volomь na Začiru, zemlju za zemlju a lozu za lozu, dubь za dubь u věkь i u baštinu. I ešte imь otověkě darovahь edinu vodenica moju u Obodu, koja e prěma vodenici Komьske Crьkve, da budetь blagoslovenïe zameny; MMS., 531 & 532 - doně Dobro, ... na gorně Dobro). |
120677
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Dobronik
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., 68 karye-i Dobronik). |
120679
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Dobrota
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Place |
(MMS., 151 - Dorota do Ljute) |
131242
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Dobrota, Church of St. Elijah
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Place |
The Church of St. Elijah is situated in Dobrota in the Boka Kotorska. It is located within the Kotor Institute of Marine Biology (Institut za biologiju mora Kotor), the former Radoničić Palace, on the Plagenti Peninsula. It is a single nave vaulted edifice with three bays and a semicircular apse. On the West side, above a simply profiled flat architrave beam, there is a blind arch supported by consoles. In the interior, in the altar zone, traces of fresco paintings are preserved. The church was probably built in the 10th or the 11th century, while some written accounts state that it was built in the 15th century (around 1430). |
123243
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Dol, Island of Brač, Church of St. Barbara
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Place |
The Church of St. Barbara is situated in Dol, on the Island of Brač. It was probably built at the end of the 11th or in the 12th century.
Its a single nave edifice, with a rectangular apse both on the outside and the inside. The Church was renewed several times. |
118280
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Dol, Island of Brač, Church of St. Michael
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Place |
The Church of Saint Michael is situated in Dol, on the Island of Brač and was probably built between at the end of the 9th century or the beginning of the 10th century.
Its a single nave edifice, with interior that is divided into three bays, and has a semicircular apse both on the outside and the inside. It probably had a dome which was later demolished. Doorway on the South side of the Church has been walled up (only a small and narrow window was left). The main door (entrance) on the West side of the Church was made of ancient sarcophagus (with bottom side opened) and has a lunette. |
123250
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Dol, Island of Brač, Church of St. Peter
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Place |
The Church of St. Peter is situated in Dol, on the Island of Brač. It was probably built at the end of 11th and the beginning of the 12th century.
Its a single nave edifice which was modified mostly in the 14th and the 19th century. Bell tower was added in the 14th century (artwork of a certain Nikola), windows were expanded, etc. |
122529
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Dol, Island of Brač, Church of St. Vitus
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Place |
The Church of St. Vitus is situated on the Island of Brač, near the village of Dol, built probably at the end of the 11th century.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse, both on the inside and the outside. Remains of outer walls, traces of an altar partition and a built-in seat along the West inner part of the Church wall are still visible. |
120707
|
Dolac
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Place |
(AS OSp., 166 - selo Dolcь). |
119724
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Dolac, Church of Bogorodica
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Place |
The Church of Bogorodica in Dolac was built between 1441-1451 (ZN 295). |
119433
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Dolna Treskavica
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Place |
The Village of Dolna Treskavica was confirmed by King Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
120709
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Dom
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Place |
(SN ZSo., 389 - karye-i Dom). |
120712
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Domini
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Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 162 - villa clamada Domini). |
131688
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Donja Brezna, Stubline, 33 Tombstones
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Place |
There is a group of 33 stećak tombstones on the Stubline site near the modern Orthodox cemetery. |
131690
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Donja Brezna, Three Tombstones
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Place |
There is a group of 3 stećak-type tombstones situated about 100 m southwest to the Stubline group. |
118303
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Donji Humac, Island of Brač, Church of St. Elijah
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Place |
The Church of St. Elijah is situated in Donji Humac, on he Island of Brač. It was built probably between the 11th and 13th centuries, on the remains of a roman mausoleum.
Its a single nave edifice with an apse that is rectangular on the outside and semicircular on the inside. The building is vaulted, and has niches in the walls on both sides. A lot of antique spolia have been built-in, such as some reliefs, capitals, etc. |
123220
|
Donji Humac, Island of Brač, Church of St. Luke
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Place |
The Church of St. Luke is situated in Donji Humac, on the Island of Brač. It was probably built at the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century.
Its a single nave vaulted edifice with interior that is divided into two bays. Semicircular apse is on the Eastern side of the Church. On the West wall of the church Davor Duvorčić once found a drawing of a ship with sails, engraved in still fresh plaster, dated at the time the Church was erected. Next to the Church is a Early Christian sarcophagus with a cross. |
117854
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Donji Muć, Church of St. Peter
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Place |
The Church of St. Peter in Donji Muć was founded in the year 888. Its founder is a certain Branimir. The date and founder are documented by an inscription on the choir-screen: "BRANIMIRI ANNORVM XRISTI DE VERGINE CARN[em] UT SVMPS[it] S[unt] DCCCLXXX ET VIII VI QVE INDIC[tio]."
In the year 1871 the remains of the Church of St. Peter were found underneath the parish church (Church of our Lady) of Muć. |
118883
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Dosudje in Plav
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Place |
The village of Dosudje in Plav was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) to the Monastery of Chilandar (U Plavě selo Dosuge i sь zaselijemь; U Plavě selo Dosugje i sь zaselïjami, SN ZSp., 390 - selo Dosug). This donation was confirmed by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) in the year 1348 (Selo u Plavě Dosuge sь planinomь i sь megjami) and again in 1355 (i u Plave selo Dosugje sь zaselinami, kako piše hrisovulь svetago kralja). |
119592
|
Dovolja Monastery
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Place |
The Monastery of Dovolja was mentioned in the 15th century (Enc I 616). |
118888
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Draga u Jelcima
|
Place |
The Village of Draga was given by King Milutin to the Banska Monastery (Sp. IV 4 - I na Jelьš'cahь na Drazě zьd'ci i sь svoimь si selomь). |
131774
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Dragalj, Nine Tombstones
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Place |
There is a group of nine stećak-type tombstones on a hill near Dragalj. |
131772
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Dragalj, Podvrsnik, Eight Tombstones
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Place |
There is a group of eight stećak-type tombstones on the Podvrsnik site near the village Dragalj. There are also several graves with crosses. |
118891
|
Dramići
|
Place |
The Village of Dramići was given by King Milutin to the Banjska Moanstery (Sp. IV 4 - Selo Dramiki čьto je Haračugь drьžalь i sь svoimi megjami). |
120715
|
Dranove
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 57 - karye-i Dranove). |
120718
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Dranovice
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 62 - karye-i Dranovice). |
120727
|
Dračovice
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv.,33 i 38 - karye-i Dracovice) |
120730
|
Drenova
|
Place |
(MD Kar. trg. 124, nap. 24 - ad locum qui dicitur Drinova). |
118898
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Drenovac
|
Place |
The village of Drenovac was donated by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) to the Monastery of Chilandar (Selo Drěnovьcь, Brodьcь, Sedlarevo i sь Izbicami, i u gornjemь Polozě selo Štenče i sь Vlьkovnomь). |
118901
|
Drenovo (1)
|
Place |
The Village of Drenovo was given to the nobleman Musa by Tsar Uroš V (OSp. 166 - selo Drěnovo). |
123292
|
Drisht
|
Place |
The fortified settlement of Drisht was first mentioned in the reign of John I Tzimiskes (969-976) but can be traced back to the Roman town of Drivastum; it probably even was an earlier Illyrian fortification. In 1184 the Serbian king Stefan Nemanja of Rashka conquered Drisht, after the fall of the Serbian Empire in the second half of the 14th century the town became independent and minted their own coins. From 1369 to the 14th of April 1396 the Albanian noble family of Balsha ruled Drisht until they had to cede to Venice. During the Venetian rule (1396-1404) an cistern was added to the fortress. In 1476 the Ottomans conquered the fortification and the Christian population fled to other Venetian territories, resulting in Drisht loosing its importance and diminished. |
120732
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Druza
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 119 - karye-i Druza). |
118306
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Dubac, Church of St. Stephen
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Place |
The building time of this church is unknown, and the church itself was destroyed during the construction of the Adriatic Highway. |
120734
|
Dubovo Gaje
|
Place |
(MMS., 11 - Dubovo Gaje). |
132911
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Dubrava, Early Christian Church
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Place |
During a survey in autumn 2022 Mihailo Popović, Johannes Tripps and Bernhard Koschiček-Krombholz came across the excavation of this Early Christian church in Dubrava. Today it is called Svi Sveti ("All Saints"). |
118657
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Dubrovnik
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Place |
Dubrovnik, in Italian Ragusa, port of Dalmatia, in South-Eastern Croatia. Situated on the Southern Adriatic Sea coast, it is usually regarded as the most picturesque city on the Dalmatian coast and is referred to as the "Pearl of the Adriatic".
Dubrovnik (derived from dubrava in Serbian/Croatian, meaning "grove") occupies a promontory jutting into the sea under the bare limestone mass of Mount Srdj. The port's sea fortifications rise directly from the water's edge, and the massive round tower (completed 1464) of the Minc̆eta Fortress dominates the city on the landward side. The old city of Dubrovnik was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979.
The city was founded about 614 as Rausa, or Ragusium, by Roman refugees fleeing the Slav and Avar sack of Epidaurus, just to the South-East. A colony of Slavs soon joined the Romans there, and from an early date the city formed a link between two great civilisations. After the fall of Rome, Dubrovnik was ruled by the Byzantine Empire. From the 9th to the 12th century Dubrovnik defended itself against foreign powers, and in the period 1205 to 1358 it acknowledged Venetian suzerainty, though it retained much of its independence. The city-republic was liberal in character, affording asylum to refugees of all nations. In 1272 the city received a statute that incorporated Roman and local practices. Situated at the seaward end of overland trade routes to Byzantium and the Danube region, it became a great mercantile power. Ragusan land trade flourished throughout the Balkans.
In 1420, when Dalmatia was sold to Venice, Dubrovnik remained a free city in all but name. For centuries the people of Dubrovnik were able to preserve their city-republic by skillful maneuvering between East and West. A strategic treaty with Turkey protracted Dubrovnik’s liberty and maintained the opportunity for a major trading role between the Ottoman Empire and Europe.
In 1667 an earthquake destroyed parts of the city, including the cathedral and many monasteries and palaces, and killed as many as 5,000 residents. The republic did not regain its prosperity until the Napoleonic Wars. From 1800 to 1805, as the only neutral Mediterranean state, it secured a large share of the carrying trade. Napoleon I (reigned 1804-1815) subjugated Dubrovnik in 1808, and the Congress of Vienna (1815) gave Dubrovnik to Austria; in 1918 it was incorporated into Yugoslavia.
(FR D., 401 - urbs Rausium; AA I, 60, nap. 2 (16) - civitate Labusedi (!), archiepiscopus appellatur Ragusinus; FŠ LPD., 320 - Ragusium appellata est. Sclavi vero(eam) Dubrovnich appellaverunt; SN ZSp., 586 - prědь Dubrovьnikomь). |
121685
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Dubrovnik, Church of St. Andrew in Pile
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Place |
The Church of St. Andrew is situated in Pile, in Western part of Dubrovnik, outside the city walls. It was probably built between the 10th and 11th century.
Its a single nave edifice with three bays and a dome. After the establishment of an independent chaplaincy at the parish of St. Michael in 1512, the early medieval church served as the presbytery of a larger church building. Today from the original medieval Church of St. Andrew, the Eastern wall with the apse has been largely preserved while the rest of the building has been remodeled. |
121773
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Dubrovnik, Church of St. Blaise (St. Mary) in Pustijerna
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Place |
The Church of St. Blaise (St. Blaise/Sv. Vlaho is a patron saint of the city) is situated North of Pustijerna in Dubrovnik. It was built in 972 after the saint miraculously saved the city. In the 12th century a new edifice was built (on the grounds of previous one) dedicated to St. Mary, on the request of its ktetor King Richard of England and a first mass was held in 1197.
Under the floor of today's baroque cathedral the remains of the early medieval Church of St. Blaise were found, preserved to a height of about 2 m. Even though researchers disagree over the original plan of the Church it was probably a three nave basilica with a dome, that has been expanded over time. Three phases of construction of the early medieval Church have been established, in 972, around 1020 and in 1060. Later, in 1171 a new Church dedicated to St. Mary was built.
Also, remains of stone furnishings and sculpture have been found, as well as fragments of fresco decoration. |
121788
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Dubrovnik, Church of St. John in Pustijerna (Gospa od Karmena)
|
Place |
The Church of St. John (sancto Johanni de Papiss) as located in the far eastern part of Pustijerna in Dubrovnik (the southeastern fortress is named after the Church) and in the 17th century, over the remains of the Church, a new building was erected - Gospa od Karmena.
Its was a single nave building with an apse (semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside), built probably in the 9th century and in the 11th century, with the addition of lesenes and girdles in the interior, it became a vaulted edifice. In the 13th century the Church was extended on its Western side. In the 17th century, a new building was erected on the grounds of the former, now destroyed, Church of St. Ivan. Numerous fragments of stone decoration were found during archaeological investigations. |
118309
|
Dubrovnik, Church of St. Luke
|
Place |
The Church of St. Luke was probably built in the first half of the 12th century. It is now part of a larger Gothic church. |
117961
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Dubrovnik, Church of St. Nicholas in Prijeko
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Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas is situated on the North-Eastern part of Dubrovnik, in Prijeko, on a very important urban point and on a cliff that rose steeply above the lowland part (campus). It is also known by different names such as Ecclesia S. Nicole de Campo, appresa Doghana, Saneto Nicola de piazza or Saneto Nicola in salinize, because in the 14th century was built another Church dedicated to St. Nicholas.
The Church of St. Nicholas in Dubrovnik is mentioned around 1100 in connection with the war between Dubrovnik and the Serbian King Konstantin Bodin (reigned 1081- ca. 1099).
It's a single nave building with four bays and a dome, similar to the Church of St. Peter in Omiš. Its apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. The walls of the apse and dome were decorated with shallow semicircural niches.
In the course of time the Church was rebuilt several times. The northern lateral nave was annexed to the original pre-Romanesque church and the altar area was rebuilt. The southern side, dome and apse still have shallow decorative niches. |
118118
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Dubrovnik, Church of St. Peter
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Place |
The Church of St. Peter is situated in Dubrovnik,East of the byzantine castle (Castello), and was probably built at the end of the 10th century and is the oldest cathedral in the city. The cathedral complex has not survived, and what has remained is the crypt that now lies underneath the Baroque Church of St. Catherine.
The oldest mention of the Church is in the document from 1386. By the 16th century the Church was altered, especially after the earthquake in 1667 when it was rebuilt and incorporated into the new Church of St. Catherine. During the 19th century the Church has undergone significant changes.
The Church was a three nave basilica with a transept and a dome, with an apse on the East side which is rectangular on the outside and semicircular on the inside, with a crypt bellow the apse and the nave. Some researchers assumed that the narthex on the West side was framed by bell towers. Therefore its an edifice with a strong Byzantine and Western (Romanesque) influence.
The facade was divided by shallow niches. Numerous stone church furnishing including capitals, pilasters, lintels, ciborium, altar screen, etc. has been found testifying the time of the construction. |
117934
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Dubrovnik, Church of St. Stephen
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Place |
The Church of St. Stephen was, according to local tradition, the first Church built in Dubrovnik. This would date its construction to the 8th century.
It was first mentioned by Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus's (reigned 913-959) 'De administrando imperio' in 949, indicating that the Church is situated in the center of the city housing the remains of St. Pancras.
It is a single-nave edifice with an apse semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. It was built probably in the 8th and 10th century, and later in the so-called Romanesque period, 11th and 13th century, the Church was extended on its Eastern and Western part. On the inner side of the north and south walls a clear division between these two construction phases can be seen.
Fragments of stone sculpture has been found and is dated widely - from the 8th to the beginning of the 12th century.
Extensions continued in the late medieval and early modern period changing the overall appearance of the Church.
After a massive earthquake in 1667 the Church was severely damaged and was never restored. |
121781
|
Dubrovnik, Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian
|
Place |
The Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian (today's Church of St. Bartola) is situated within the complex of the Bishops Palace (Palace Sarkočević) in Dubrovnik. It was probably built in the 10th or the beginning of the 11th century. According to an inscription from 1749 at the side entrance of the building near the Church we are familiar with the former dedication of the Church. In the 11th century the Church was given to the Benedictines and was demolished in the 13th century.
The Church was a single nave vaulted building similar to the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Mljet and St. Philip and Jacob in Pelješac. On the west facade of today's church of St. Bartola remained a fully preserved decorated portal that originally belonged to the Church of St. Cosmas and Damian.
At the end of the 18th century, the Sorkočević Palace was built next to the Church of St. Bartola. |
121717
|
Dubrovnik, St. Mary of Castellum (Sv. Marija od Kaštela)
|
Place |
The Church of St. Mary of Castellum (Sv. Marija od Kaštela) is situated in the South-Western part of Dubrovnik.
The original appearance and typical affiliation of the pre-Romanesque church of St. Mary is not known. Based on the decorative features of the pilaster above the entrance door and another with a cross motif, the Church can be dated to the end of the 8th or the beginning of the 9th century.
The Church probably turned into a cathedral when it was built to the South side next to the smaller and older church of St. Sergius and Bacchus (built in the 6th century). Some researchers suggest that it is possible that the current chapel dedicated to St. Mary, in the monastery complex, is actually a former Church of St. Mary.
In the 12th century it became a Benedictine monastery. |
117999
|
Dubrovnik, the Sigurata Church in Prijekom
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Place |
The Sigurata Church is located in the northwestern part of the Prijeko area, in the historic center of Dubrovnik, near the Franciscan monastery. Today it's part of the nunnery of the Franciscan school sisters. The name Sigurata comes from the Latin name for the Transfiguration of the Lord - Transfiguratio Domini.
It was a single nave edifice with a dome. The building was divided into three bays with semicircular vaults and an apse that is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. Today, the Church is a three-nave building as a result of the last major reconstruction that took place after the earthquake in 1667. Two aisles were added and connection with the side aisles was established by removing the walls between the girders in all three aisles.
Research in the 20th century identified two older phases of construction. The first points to the crossroads of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages (from the 6th to the 8th century), the second to the early Middle Ages (9th century), while the pre-Romanesque single-nave building with a dome probably dates from the 10th or the 11th century. The church changed after that, and it probably got three naves even before the great earthquake.
Fragments of fresco decoration probably date in the 14th century.
It recalls characteristics of the Churches of St. Peter in Omiš, St. Nicholas in Dubrovnik and St. Michael in Ston. |
120742
|
Duga
|
Place |
(BĐ Iz Ist., 198 - sa selom Duga). |
120744
|
Dukat
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 39 - karye-i Dukat). |
132462
|
Dumljani
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Dumljani" derived from the Latin "Delminium, Delminum" and the ethnonym "Delmatae, Dalmatae". |
121800
|
Dunave, Church of St. Mary (Male Gospe)
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary (Male Gospe) is located to the East of the settlement of Dunave in the parish of Mrcina. The church was severely damaged by an earthquake in 1979, and a new church was built in its place in 1982. A fragment with Glagolitic letters, carved by a certain Goneslav, was discovered among the building material of the old church, making it the oldest historical source about the church. The original ground plan of the early medieval church, from which the inscription originates, is not known. |
118922
|
Dupila
|
Place |
The village of Dupila is mentioned between the years 1233 and 1242 (MS 26 - medu Dupilou). |
120746
|
Dušmeni
|
Place |
(AA II, 751 (232) - quondam Dusmani). |
118862
|
Dvorište
|
Place |
According to the edition of the charter and the secondary literature it is unclear, whether dvorište is a place name or a farmstead. For the time being, we consider it to be a toponym. The hamlet of Dvorište is mentioned in 1314 (Sp. IV 4 - i nis' potokь u rěku konь dvorišta u Gorije čelo...). |
120857
|
Elbasan, Lower Town
|
Place |
(H. Ruvarac, Stadt Konuch in der Serb. Annalen, Archiv für Slavische Philologie XVII, 1895, 568-572, ĆT TSSp., 142 - gradь rekomi Konjuhь, i sьzida Novi Gradь; una colonia, chiamata Valnia; del sangiaco di Elbasan). |
121967
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Elbasan, Monastery of St. Jovan Vladimir
|
Place |
(AA II, 375 (89) - crьkvu svetago Iōana Vladimira). |
123050
|
Elbasan, Upper Town
|
Place |
Elbasan was probably founded during the 1st or 2nd century on the Via Egnatia. It was fortified in the 4th century and pillaged by the Goths during the 5th century. Also some churches were built during the time. After 519, when Scampis was mentioned as a bishopric, the town fades from sources. It was rebuilt in the year 1466 by Sultan Mehmed II., while the siege of Kruja, and called Il-basan. |
120749
|
Epikaria
|
Place |
The village of Epikaria was situated in the area of the modern Albanian village of Puka (AA I, in the added maps). |
121623
|
Ferca
|
Place |
(AA I, 834 (254) - hibernis ... Pherza). |
123886
|
Fleti
|
Place |
The castle of Fleti was probably built in the 15th century, although some researchers suggest a building in 1281. The castle consisted of two towers connected by walls. One of the towers lays in ruins and the wall has disappered. This castle was used to secure the road to Gjakova. |
122388
|
Fortification of Selo
|
Place |
The fortified settlement of Selo was abandoned during the time of the Roman Empire, but was resettled in the 6th century after the Slavic invasion. |
123127
|
Fortifications on Trajan Mountain and Mok Hill
|
Place |
The fortifications on Trajan Mountain and Mok Hill were probably built in the early iron age and continously used during ancient and medieval periods. It probably could be identified with the town Diabolis which was an important base for the wars of Basileus IV the Bulgar Slayer in his wars against the Greater Bulgarian Empire. Maybe Alexios I Komnenos also used it in his wars agains the Normans of Robert Guiscard in 1108. The fortification was probably abandoned in the late medieval age in favour of the newly founded town of Voskopoja. |
118018
|
Gabrili, Church of St. Demetrius
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Place |
The Church of Saint Demetrius in Gabrili, in the Kanali (Konavli) region, was possibly built in the late 11th century, although it has parts which date back to the 9th century. It makes it the oldest preserved Church in Konavli.
Its a single nave edifice, with a quadrilateral apse on its Eastern side, which makes her similar (in plan) to the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Ston (without a dome). The facade is decorated with rosettes.
The Church fell to ruins at an unknown date. |
120581
|
Gaduči
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 161 - villa clamada Gaduci) |
120584
|
Gebanci
|
Place |
(SLj List., IX, 204 - villa ... Gebanzi). |
120587
|
Genemi
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 103 - karye-i Gönömi). |
121838
|
Gerice
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., - karye-i Görice). |
120589
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German
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., 88 - karye-i German) |
123888
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Gjirokastra
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Place |
Gjirokastra was first mentioned in 1388-1389 because of a rebellion against Byzantine rule. Gjirokastra was part of the faciton which supported Andronikos III (sic! Karaiskaj). In the second half of the 14th century, Gjirokastra was ruled by the Albanian noble family of Zenebisi. In 1399 Despot Esau unsuccessfully besieged Gjirokastra. In 1418 the town was ceded to the Ottoman Empire. |
120591
|
Glavati
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Place |
(RK S KŽSTK., I, 153 - Glavati, Glavaeti) |
118259
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Glavotok, Island of Krk, Church of Saint Chrsysogonus
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Place |
The Church of St. Chrsysogonus (Sv. Krševan) was built at the end of the 11th century. It was a pilgrimage church for fishermen and sailors. The church is still sometimes in use. |
118744
|
Glboko
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Glboko was mentioned in the year 1314 (Sp IV 2 - selo Glьbokō; LjK Sp., IV, 2 - selo Glьbokō). |
131288
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Glisnica, Podglavica, 22 Tombstones
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Place |
According to Šefik Bešlagić, 22 tombstones of stećak type are to be found on a hill near the hamlet Podglavica in the vicinity of Glisnica. There is a modern Orthodox cemetery next to the site. |
131290
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Glisnica, Čardak, Necropolis with Four Tombstones
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Place |
Šefik Bešlagić mentions a necropolis on the Čardak site near the hamlet Rovići with four stećak-type tombstones. |
118746
|
Gluha Vas
|
Place |
The Village of Gluha Vas was given in the year 1314 by King Milutin to the Banjsko Monastery (SP IV 2 - I Gluha vьsь, kolo v'se i sь rudari; i dohod'ke da daju cr(ь)kvi kako su davali kral(jevь)s(t)v(u) mi; LjK Sp., IV, 9 - u Gluha Vьsь; DA L. de F., 21, 294 - Gluchauiza). |
120593
|
Gluhi Dol
|
Place |
(AA II, 274 (63) - de Çetta da Gluchi Dol) |
118749
|
Glušci
|
Place |
The Village of Glušci was given at the 15th of july 1363 by Tsar Uroš to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp 167). |
131739
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Gluščevina, Necropolis with 13 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 13 stećak-type tombstones on a hill near the village Gruščevina. |
131741
|
Gluščevina, Runjava glavica, Nine Tombstones
|
Place |
There are nine tombstones of stećak-type on the Runjava glavica hill near the village Gruščevina. |
120596
|
Gnila
|
Place |
(MMS., 11 - sela ... Gьnila). |
118760
|
Godinje
|
Place |
The village of Godinje was donated by King Vladislav Nemanjić (reigned 1233/1234-1241/1242) to the Monastery of Sveti Nikola (Daju selo svetomu Nikolě Godynje sь Rěkovь). (MMS., 26 - Godynje sь Rěkovь) |
118765
|
Goličь in Gorska Župa
|
Place |
The village of Goličь in Gorska Župa was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) to the Monastery of Žiča (A se u Zetě sela: Trěbole, Plavnici, u Gorskoi Župě Goličь). |
118773
|
Golubovci
|
Place |
The village of Golubovci was donated by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren (Gk XV 293). |
121842
|
Gorane
|
Place |
(MSM Gl., XII, 30 - selo Gorane). |
131664
|
Goransko, Monastery of Piva, 20 Tombstones
|
Place |
There are 20 stećak tombstones incorporated in the walls of the church of the monastery of Piva, which were probably part of a former necropolis that existed here before the church was built. |
131662
|
Goransko, Sinjac, Necropolis with 16 Tombstones
|
Place |
On the Sinjac site near Goransko, there is a necropolis with 16 stećak-type tombstones. |
118776
|
Goražde
|
Place |
The village of Goražde was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) to the Monastery of Banjska (Sp IV 4 - I u Budimli selo Goražde). |
119652
|
Goražde, Church of St. Nikolina
|
Place |
The Church of St. Nikolina was situated within the boundaries of the Village of Goražde (Sp IV 4). |
121975
|
Gorica
|
Place |
(AA II, 347, nap (81) - Sancta Maria de Goriç de Ludrino). |
118806
|
Goričani
|
Place |
The village of Goričani is mentioned in 1442. It is here that the Serbian Princess Jelena Balšić (1366/71-1443) wrote her testament (SLj List. IX, 408 - quinque catonis ... Gorizane). |
131693
|
Gornja Brezna, Ten Tombstones
|
Place |
Next to the Orthodox church and an abandoned cemetery in the village itself, there is a group of ten stećak-type tombstones. This is a remnant of a former large necropolis. |
122708
|
Gornji Matejevac, Latin Church
|
Place |
The Church in situated in Gornji Matejevac, near the city of Niš.
It is a single-nave building in the shape of a concise elongated inscribed cross (divided into three bays) with a dome. The dome is octagonal on the outside, with four windows. The later added narthex leans against its Western side, and occupies a slightly smaller area than the nave. To the East is a semicircular altar apse, vaulted with a semi-calotte.
The Church got its name 'Latin' in the 16th century when the Catholics (people from Dubrovnik, the Latins) were using it. |
120602
|
Gostila
|
Place |
(MMS., 18 - ōtь Gostila). |
118818
|
Gostilje
|
Place |
The village of Gostilje appears in an unreliable charter of Saint Sava (ca. 1175-1236) for the Monastery in Vranjina (SSS 198). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282–1321) mentions two places with this name in 1314 (Sp. IV 5 - Sel'ca. Sela: Dinoše, Hrastije u Podlužii, Godilje, Žaborovo, Gostilje i drugo Gostilja). |
118808
|
Gostilovina in Brskovo
|
Place |
The village of Gostilovina in Brskovo was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243-1276) to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston (A se selo u Brьskově Prostěnije, Stryčina, Gostilovina, Bys'trica, a zaselije mu Dobrih'nina i Bělojevina.) and a bit later as a hamlet to the Monastery of Saint Peter and Paul in Lim (Selo u Brьskově Prostěnyje, a zaselije mu Bystrica, Dobrihьnina, Gostylovina, Stričina, Plavьkovyna, Selьca, Jasenovo, a planina mu Konь, a megja Prostěnyju otь Tare u stěnu u Pělovynu, ...). |
118822
|
Goševo
|
Place |
The Village of Goševo was given by King Milutin to the Banjskoj Monastery (SP IV 4 - I pod Jelečemь selo Goševo...). |
120606
|
Grab
|
Place |
(MMS., 114 - na Grabь). |
131493
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Grab, Biokovac, 27 Tombstones
|
Place |
In the hamlet of Biokovac there is a necropolis with 27 stećak tombstones. |
119802
|
Grabovnica
|
Place |
The Village of Grabovnica was given by the Serbian Nobleman Radič Postupović to the Church of the Holy Mother of God (ZSp 336 - ... pišetь gospodьstvo ni vь cvěděnïe vьsěmь po prěstavljenïi blagočьstivago i hristoljubivago gospodina i roditelja moego svetopočivšago despota Stefana prišьdьšu mi vь bogodarovanuju mi zemlju gospodьstva srьbskago i preěeminku mi byvšu drьžavy i prěstola ego, kako prïide prědь gospodsvto ni počtenïi i věrny vlastelinь gospodstva ni velikyi čelnikь Radičь, i iznese hrisovulь svetopočivšago gospodina i roditelja moego despota Stefana što jestь tomu-zi zapisalь crьkovь Blagověštenïe prečistïe vladičice naše Bogorodice ma rěcě glagoljeměi Grabovnica, što si je sьzidalь svoimь trudomь). |
118837
|
Grad in Plav
|
Place |
The Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1322-1331) donated the village of Grad in Plav to the Monastery of Dečani (DH 73 – Selo u plavě grad). |
118843
|
Gradac (1)
|
Place |
The village of Gradac is mentioned within the border description of the village of Goražde in 1314 (Sp IV 4 - i u Gradačьcь). |
118845
|
Gradac (2)
|
Place |
The village of Gradac is mentioned in 1330 as a reference to the boundary description of the Village of Komovi in the boundary description of Dobra Reka (DH 75 – a komoma međa do gradьčkoga hrisovulja). |
120608
|
Gradac (3)
|
Place |
(KS KŽSK. I, 176 - Medos Obriechevich de Gradas) |
122185
|
Gradac (Porphyregenetos)
|
Place |
Gradac was mentioned by Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenetos in his text "De administrando imperio" as one of three Slavonic towns in Duklja. Mijesević and Kovačević suggest a localisation near Berane (Ivangrad) or the Old Town of Budva. |
119588
|
Gradac Monastery, Church of the Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God
|
Place |
The Gradac Monastery is situated in the region of Ras on the river Ibar and on the slopes of Mount Golija. It was founded by the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314), as stated by her biographer the Serbian Archbishop Danilo II (ca. 1270/75-1337) (Danilo 75-80). She was buried in this church in 1314. Even though the church belongs to the Raška style, it also has very distinct gothic elements. As such, this church represents a fine example of Western and Eastern influences merged in one edifice. It is a single nave edifice with an octagonal dome. The narthex has two paracclesions that resemble the Žiča Monastery, but also the Studenica Monastery (as seen in one paracclesion which is dedicated to St. Simeon Nemanja and in the arrangement of certain painted themes). Under the roof is a series of arcades with consoles. The church has rich sculptural and fresco decoration. The largest part of the interior of the edifice is made of marble (especially visible in the altar screen). Out of two marble sarcophagi, one belongs to the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska. |
124432
|
Gradac, Church of St. Nicholas
|
Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas is situated in Gradac and was built somewhat before the Church of the Annunciation in Gradac. It is a single nave edifice with rectangular apse. The church was fresco painted in the 14th century. In the 19th century the frescoes have been painted over. |
131347
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Gradac, Gornji Grac, Four Tombstones
|
Place |
Šefik Bešlagić locates a necropolis with four tombstones of stećak type in "Gornji Grac" (here considered as a derivate of Gornji Gradac). His localisation is specified as being "next to the house of Meho Mašović, below the road, on the left bank of Čehotina". |
120643
|
Grahovo
|
Place |
(DA L. de F., 3, 68 - in Gracovo). |
131770
|
Grahovo, Petkovići, Necropolis with 21 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 21 stećak-type tombstones situated on three tumuli near the hamlet Petkovići in the village Grahovo. |
131768
|
Grahovo, Six Tombstones
|
Place |
There are six stećak-type tombstones near the Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in Grahovo. Five of these specimens were integrated into the church walls. |
120613
|
Grampsi
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 143 - villa clamada Grampsi) |
120639
|
Gramši
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 87 - karye-i Gramşi) |
123152
|
Grazhdan Fortress
|
Place |
The Grazhdan Fortress was a late antique fortified settlement which probably can be identified as the town of Dober. In the 11th and 12th century, one of the fortresses towers was reused as a church. |
118848
|
Gračanica
|
Place |
The Village of Gračanica was donated by King Stefan I to the Monastery of Žiča (ZSp. 571). |
124442
|
Gračanica, Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God
|
Place |
The Gračanica Monastery is situated near Lipljan, in Kosovo. It was built by King Milutin and his wife Simonida in 1321, on the grounds of an late antique three-nave basilica from the 6th century.
The Church is in the form of a double inscribed cross, with a dome which rests on on four free-standing pillars and three-sided apses (altar, diaconicon and prothesis). Above the spaces between the cross-shafts are four smaller domes. Narthex and a tower on the West were damaged between 1379 and 1383 by the Turk invasions. In 1383 the narthex was reconstructed. The exonarthex was built at the end of the 14th century.
The Church was fresco painted in 1321-1322 and has been well preserved to this day, including famous portraits of the ktetors. In the 16th century exonarthex was painted, as commissioned by Patriarch Makarije Sokolović.
Numerous icons, dated 16-19th century are still kept in Gračanica. |
118852
|
Grnčarevo
|
Place |
The village of Grnčarevo was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) to the Monastery of Dečani in the year 1330 (DH 75 – Selo grnčarevo). |
120645
|
Grnčarevo
|
Place |
(MSM GL., XII, 41 - selo Grьn'čarjevo) |
120649
|
Gruemira
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 88 i 109 - villa clamada Grouemira Grandi i Grouemiri Pizoli) |
119804
|
Gugal u Moravicama
|
Place |
The Village of Gugal u Moravicama was given by the Despot Stefan Lazarević to the Mileševo Monastery (ZSp 607 I - ... Priložihь monastiru gospodina mi svetago Savy iže vь Milěševe petь selь u Moravicahь, imže imena sïa: dva Guglja, tretïe Hrasno Polje, četvrьti Šemgonь, peto Rupeljevo). |
120652
|
Gumenice
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 35 - karye-i Gumenice). |
124319
|
Gurdić (Kotor), Franciscan Monastery, Church of St. Mary
|
Place |
The Franciscan Monastery in Gurdić in the city of Kotor was built by the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314) in 1288, when she brought the Franciscans from Dubrovnik to Kotor. Today in ruins (only the foundations remain), it was a single nave edifice with rectangular apse. It probably had a Gothic vault. On the Northern side was a sacristy with an apse (semicircular on the inside and three-sided on the outside. The monastery was ruined by the Venetians in the 17th century. |
118860
|
Gusinje
|
Place |
The village of Gusinje is mentioned in the year 1330 in the boundary description of Grnčarevo as reference to a Charter to the Monastery of Sv Stefan (DH 75 – A z gusinom međa uz hrisovulj svetostefanski, MSM Gl., XII 42 - megja z Gusinomь). |
118856
|
Gusino
|
Place |
The village of Gusino was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) to the Monastery of Banjska (Sp IV 5 - Selo Gusino i s planinami). |
119798
|
Gvočanica
|
Place |
The Village of Gvočanica was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Monastey of Žiča (ZSp 571 - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahovišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica, sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi). The village is identified with the modern Village of Gokčanica. |
122401
|
Hadrianopolis
|
Place |
The town of Hadrianopolis was abandoned in the 4th century during the Goth invasion of Epirus and resettled and refortified in the 6th century. |
122216
|
Herceg Novi
|
Place |
The Bosnian king Tvrtko I founded Herceg Novi in the župa of Dračevica. After Tvrtkos death Sandalj Hranić ruled over Herceg Novi, his son had to defend the town of Herceg Novi against the Ottomans in 1475, however Herceg Novi falls under Ottoman rule in 1481. |
122405
|
Himara
|
Place |
Himara was first mentioned as Chimaera by plinius in the 2nd century BCE. In the 6th century, the fortified settlement of Himara was mentioned by Procopius. The town was part of the archdiocese of Naupaktos in the 9th century, and in the 10th century it became part of the archiocese of Ohrid. During the War between the Normans and Byzantines Himara was an important Byzantine military base. As many other towns in Albania also Himara was ruled by the Anjou in the aftermath of the fourth crusade. In 1338-1339, Himara was supporting Andronikos III. King Alfonso V sent Catalans to Himara to defend the town against the Ottomans. The Ottomans got sovereignty over Himara in 1479 because of the peace treaty with Venice, only to loose the town to Skanderbeg. After the Ottomans defeated Skanderbeg, they destroyed the castle of Himara. |
119392
|
Hotiš
|
Place |
The village of Hotiš is mentioned in 1314 (Sp. IV 6 - u Hotišь). |
119913
|
Hrasno Polje
|
Place |
The Village of Hrasno Polje was given by despot Stefan Lazarević to the Milesevo Monastery (ZSp 607 I - ... Priložihь monastiru gospodina mi svetago Savy iže vь Milěševe petь selь u Moravicahь, imže imena sïa: dva Guglja, tretïe Hrasno Polje, četvrьti Šemgonь, peto Rupeljevo). |
119394
|
Hrvati
|
Place |
The Village of Hrvati was confirmed by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
123997
|
Hvosno, Monastery of the Mother of God
|
Place |
Monastery of the Mother of God in Hvosno is situated 20km from Peć, not for from the village called Studenica, which is why this place is known by the name Studenica Hvostanska or Little Studenica.
This cult place was known from the Early Christian period with the remains of a three-nave basilica that was discovered in its close proximity. During the founding of the autocephalous Serbian archbishopric in 1219, the seat of the sixth (Hvostanska), of the seven Serbian bishoprics, was located here. At that time the Monastery was erected. In the 14th century it became a metropolitan archdiocese. After 1690 (the First Great Migration of the Serbs) this place was abandoned and destroyed. The material from the Monastery was used in the construction of mosques and other buildings.
The building was erected following the plan of the Žiča Monastery, probably around 1220. It was a single nave edifice with three bays and a dome, an apse that was semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside and a narthex with two bays. In 1230 (when the temple was about to become a cathedral seat of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Hvosno), following the ground plan of the Žiča Monastery, two paracclesia were added on the Northern and Southern sides of the narthex, two towers with chapels (each had an apse) and exonarthex with six bays. Some researchers believe there was a catechumeneon at the upper floor of the exonarthex. The Church is in compliance with the Raška architecture.
In the Monastery researchers found remains of the dwelling-house, fortifications, nearby cemetery and a cast bell in which two shrouds were hidden (one from the 14th century and the other from the 16th century, the work of the famous artist monk Longin). Both are being kept in the treasury of the Patriarchate of Peć (Peć Monastery). |
118277
|
Island of Biševo, Church of St. Silvester
|
Place |
The Church of St. Silvester was probably built shortly before 1050 on the grounds of a late antique edifices (probably from the 1st and from the 6th century). Additional parts were erected in the 14th century. |
118007
|
Island of Brač, Selca, Church of St. Nicholas
|
Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas was probably built between the years 1050 and 1100. It recalls characteristics of the Church of St. Peter in Omiš.
Its a single nave building, with three bays and a dome, situated above the middle bay, which is rectangular on the outside. Apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside The facade has no decoration. |
122248
|
Island of Koločep, Church near the Jekavac bay (St. George?)
|
Place |
The Church near the Jekavac bay of unknown dedication (perhaps St. George?) is a single nave buildings of three-aisled vaulted division, probably with a dome over the middle vaulted field, and an apse (semicircular on the inside, and rectangular on the outside) The building belonged to a typical variant of churches with niches on the inside and bare surfaces on the outside.
Some researchers believe it was built on the grounds of a Roman and later Early Christian edifice. The assumption that an Early Medieval Church was created by adapting an earlier Early Christian building is supported by the unusual thickness of the walls. The different way of masonry on certain parts of the wall speaks in favor of the dating of the subsequent intervention in the 14th or 15th century. |
118051
|
Island of Koločep, Church of St. Barbara in Borje (Gospa Nuncijata)
|
Place |
The remains of the Church of St. Barbara are located above the eastern ridge of Gornje Čelo, south of the road leading from Dinkovo Selo to Rajić's house, in an area called Borje. V. Lisičar was the first to mention the Church indicating that its other dedication was Gospa Nuncijata or Gospa Navještenja (Church of the Annunciation). Unfortunately, the results of the research, conducted in 1975, have not been published yet so we don't have enough information regarding this Church.
The Church is a single nave edifice with a dome, with an apse which is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. It was probably build sometime between 9th and 11th century. |
121202
|
Island of Koločep, Church of St. Michael
|
Place |
The Church of St. Michael is situated on Island of Koločep, dated in the 11th century. Some researchers believe the ktetor was
Queen Helen (Jelena) wife of King Zvonimir and sister of Hungarian King Ladislav. Today it is left in ruins.
Its a single nave building with three bays, probably with a dome and an apse that is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. Its facade was dissected by shallow blind niches. Side walls probably had lesenes connected by a series of blind arcades.
After collecting fragments all over the island, the altar screen was finally reconstructed showing, in relief, an image of Archangel Michael and a partially preserved inscription. Most researchers recognized Byzantine influence. |
117971
|
Island of Koločep, Church of St. Nicholas (St. Vitus)
|
Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas is situated on a small plateau, halfway between Donje and Gornje Čelo. It was probably built between the 9th and the 11th century. Judging by the archival documentation from the 13th century, the Church was dedicated to Saint Vitus. On the other hand, fresco decoration indicates othervise.
Its a single nave edifice with a dome on pendantives, an apse which is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside and has facade divided by lesenes. Inside, the edifice is divided with two lesenes in three bays. Fragments of the original doorpost decorated with a motif of double three-bar knots have been found, and were later used as building material. Parts of the altar screen, that probably belonged to the original Church, are decorated with various braided motifs of geometric design.
Remains of early medieval frescoes, that date to the end of the 11th century, represent figures of saints and have been preserved on the walls and on the vaults of the Church. Some researchers have found stylistic similarities with frescoes of the Church of St. John (Ivan) on the Island of Šipan.
On the Western side of the Church is a bell-tower with a bronze bell made in the 16th century by Ivan Krstitelj Rabljanin, which was brought from the Church of St. Mary in Donje Čelo in the 20th century.
Thorough conservation and archeological works were carried out in the 20th century so the Church of St. Nicholas is still in use, primarily as a cemetery church. |
122260
|
Island of Koločep, Church of St. Peter
|
Place |
The remains of the Church of St. Peter are situated at the Eastern side of the Island of Koločep. In historical documents from the 13th to the 17th century the Church is mentioned as ecclesia s. Petri sita in insula Calamote.
Today only the Northern wall has been preserved. The researchers believe that it was a single nave edifice built probably in the 11th century. |
118317
|
Island of Koločep, Church of St. Sergius
|
Place |
The Church of St. Sergius was probably built at the end of the 11th century, even though Ivica Žile supposes it might have been built between the 9th and 10th century judging by the remains of an altar, pillar and a capital. The Church is nowadays almost completely ruined.
Its a single nave building with an apse that is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. There is no information about the dome nor about the girders that would divide the three-bay vault, but by analogy with other preserved Churches of the same type on the island (St. Nicholas and St. Anthony of Padua) its original existence can be assumed. The South wall is preserved best, at the height of approximately 3m, and has on its central bay a niche. In the 12th century on the South side of the church a parallel room was added, and on the North side - a cistern. |
118313
|
Island of Koločep, Gornje Čelo, Church of St. Anthony of Padua
|
Place |
The exact date of the construction of the Church of St. Anthony of Padua is not known, probably some time between the 9th and the 11th century. Also, the Church was probably originally dedicated to some other saint since Saint Anthony of Padua comes from the Franciscan order in the 13th century.
Its a single nave building with a dome, with an apse that is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. The Church also has gothic elements such as a gothic arches and vaults which led researchers to believe that it was finished in the 14th century, at which time it received a new dedication to Saint Anthony of Padua. The dome, which is built over the widest central field, rests on four arches with which it is connected by pendetives. It is rectangular on the outside. The bell-tower is on the Western side of the Church. |
120826
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Island of Korčula, Zablaće, Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian
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The Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian is situated in Zablaće, near Blato, on the Island of Korčula.
Its a single nave edifice dated in the 12th century. It underwent several restorations such as changing the vault in the gothic manner, in the 13th century, after the original collapsed for unknown reasons. The restorations greatly altered the exterior of the church, while the plan of the church remained unchanged.
On the facades are narrow, high niches on its lateral walls, and a shallow porch in front of its western entrance, with a visible tendency towards verticality. |
121466
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Island of Lastovo, Church of St. Cyprian
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The Church of St. Cyprian on the Island of Lastovo is situated at the top of a hill, above Skrivena Luka.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse built in the 11th century and was restored multiple times starting from 1639. |
121591
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Island of Lastovo, Church of St. George
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The Church of St. George (Sv. Juraj) on the Island of Lastovo is situated on Prežba (Priježba, Priještap), in the bay Veljem Lag. It was ruined in the Second World War.
It is a single nave building, similar to the Church of St. Luke, built probably in the second half of the 11th century. It has a semicircular apse on the outside and lesenes in the interior which supported the vault. It had a narrow lintel covered with a semicircular gable by which it differed from all Lastovo churches.
At the end of the 19th century was in a dilapidated condition. Then Bishop Gjivoje built a rest house next to it and a private chapel that still stands today. |
118039
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Island of Lastovo, Church of St. Luke
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The Church of St. Luke on the Island of Lastovo was built in the 11th century and is the oldest preserved Church on the island.
Its a single nave building built of irregular stones. A constructive arch is inscribed on its Western façade (probably in the 19th century), and on the side walls are three lesenes connected with arches. An apse on its Eastern end is rectangular on the outside and has a niche, while it is semicircular inside.
It has similarities with the Church of St. John (Sveti Ivan) on the Island of Šipan. |
121827
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Island of Lastovo, Church of St. Peter in Ubli
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Place |
The Church of St. Peter is situated in on the Island of Lastovo, in the village of Ubli. It was built probably in the 11th century on the grounds of the previous Early Christian Church, dated in the 5th or the 6th century.
It was a single nave vaulted building with an apse on its Eastern end. Today the Church is in ruins |
122275
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Island of Lokrum, Church and Monastery of St. Mary
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Place |
The Benedictine Monastery of St. Mary was erected in 1023, while the original Church of St. Mary may date or perhaps pre-date the above mentioned year. The original appearance of the complex and the stylistic affiliation of the Early Medieval buildings are not known.
Of the Early Medieval Monastery and Church, only four fragments of the lintel and frame of the opening are known, built into the existing assembly, which have not been thoroughly examined.
At the end of 12th or early 13th century, a three-apse Romanesque church of St. Mary was built on the same site.
In 1958, the complex was reorganized into the Biological Institute of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. |
118042
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Island of Lopud, Church of St. Elijah
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The remains of the Church of Sv. Elijah are situated on the south side of the semicircular bay of the Island of Lopud built probably in the 9th century, while Church furnishing from the 11th century indicates that the Church was restored the restoration at the end of the early medieval period. The Church of St. Elijah was first mentioned in written sources 1249.
Its a single nave building with a dome supported by squinches. Allegedly, traces of frescoes could once be seen on these squinches, but today the rain mostly washed them away. Interior walls have lesenes placed in the middle of the wall leaning against the stone consoles, which is specific to this edifice. Apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside.
In time, the Church was left without a western facade and a roof, and with their demolition, the original square dome disappeared.
Fragments of stone decoration can still be seen, including transena, altar screen beam with parts of inscription in Latin and consoles. |
117967
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Island of Lopud, Church of St. John the Baptist
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The Church of St. John is situated in the area of Glavotok at the top of the hill named Ivanje brdo.
It was built in the 6th or 7th century, of which testify fragments of stone sculpture (pillars, capitals, etc.) scattered around the Church. After the demolition of the early Christian basilica a new edifice was erected around 1000/1050.
Its a single nave edifice with a dome. Outer walls are dissected by shallow niches, including a rectangular dome. A special feature of the Church of St. John is in the fact that in its interior, in a certain rhythm at the beginning of the barrel vault and in the apse, numerous earthen vessels were built in, which are smooth inside and quite well preserved, and indicate Byzantine influence (similar can be found in the Church of St. Nicholas and St. Sergius in Koločep).
The building was extended from the West side in the 14th century adding a completely new building. Even though the Church is in remains it is still in use on certain days.
Stylistically this Church is one of the earliest pre-Romanesque churches on the Island of Lopud. |
122079
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Island of Lopud, Church of St. Maurus
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Ruins of the Church of St. Maurus are situated in the Eastern part of the Island of Lopud, at the place of Poluga. The Church was built probably in the 11th century, while first known written documents that mention the Church date from 1281 and 1284.
The remains of the Church are preserved to a height of about 3 m, mostly on the north wall. Its a single nave edifice of trapezoidal shape with semicircular apse and divided interior into three bays with lesenes. |
118004
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Island of Lopud, Church of St. Nicholas the Greek
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The Church of St. Nicholas the Greek is situated near the Polačica hill, North of the Church St. John and Church St. Peter, on the Island of Lopud. This church has an unusual name due to the fact that on the coast, within the Dominican monastery, there is another Church of the same name. The older one was given the adjective "Greek", which emphasizes its age and time of origin, i.e. in the time of the Byzantine Empire.
Its a single nave building with a dome (rectangular on the outside) and an apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside, built in the 11th century. On the outside, the shallow niches end in double arches making this Church special since such decoration is rarely seen on this part of the land.
In the lower part of the apse fragments of fresco decoration can be seen.
The Church was in ruins but in the 1970s a complete conservation intervention was carried out and today the Church regained almost entirely its former appearance. |
118045
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Island of Lopud, Church of St. Peter
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The Church of St. Peter is situated on a remote part of an Island of Lopud, on the Eastern side of the Ivanje brdo, above the Šunj bay. It was possibly built in the 11th century. It is recorded in 1299 and was in ruins in the year 1773.
Its a single nave building, with an apse semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. Shallow niches appear only in the interior, where the girdle in the middle reinforced the barrel vault.
Church is today in ruins with only the North wall partially preserved. |
121818
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Island of Majsan, Church of St. Maximus
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Place |
Island of Majsan is situated 3km East of Island of Korčula.
An Early Christian memoria was first built in the 4th century, and it was restaurated (its decoration) in the 6th century. In the 8th or the 9th century it was transformed into a pre-Romanesque building.
It was probably a single nave edifice with a dome. Stone furnishing fragments were found as well as some fresco decoration fragments. |
121931
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Island of Mljet, Church of St. Andrew
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Place |
The Church of St. Andrew is situated on the Island of Mljet. It was probably built at the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century and the Church from that period has not been preserved. Therefore the original appearance and ground plan of the Early Medieval Church are not known.
The Church was rebuilt in the Gothic period with the construction of a pointed vault and has a Early Medieval transena built-in the facade. |
122539
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Island of Mljet, Church of St. Mary
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Place |
The former Benedictine monastery was built in the middle of the Great Lake, on the Western part of the Island of Mljet. On the North side of the fortified monastery complex is the Romanesque church of St. Mary. Allegedly, it was built in the 12th century after Desa, the Grand župan of Zachlumia, in 1151 donated the Island of Mljet to the Benedictines. The Church was first mentioned by Serbian king Stefan the First-Crowned at the beginning of the 13th century, when the Nemanjyd dynasty had supreme power over the Island of Mljet.
Its a single nave edifice with a dome. Typologically, the Church follows the tradition of rural single-nave domed Churches from the end of the 11th and the middle of the 12th century in Apulia. Also, the Church resembles the Church dedicated to the Mother of God Euergetis in Studenica Monastery, in the size, plan, forms etc. |
121925
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Island of Mljet, Church of St. Michael in Babino Polje
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Place |
The Church of St. Michael is situated North-West of Babino Polje, on the Island of Mljet. This part of Island is called after the patron saint of the Church (Sutmiho and Sutmiholjska bay). The Church was mentioned in 1430 as a Benedictine Church where monks resided upon arrival on this Island.
There is no information on the original ground plan and affiliation type of the Church. The construction of the early medieval church is indicated by fragments with plaited ornaments (a pilaster from the altar screen and a lintel with an inscription in Latin) that can be dated to the 10th or the 11th century. |
120839
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Island of Mljet, Church of St. Pancras in Babino Polje
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Place |
The Church of St. Pancras is situated near Babino Polje, in the Island of Mljet. It is dedicated to a one-time patron of the island, a 4th century martyr from Phrygia, who was killed in Rome in 304 AD during Christian prosecutions, under Emperor Diocletian (ruled 284-305).
The Church is a single nave building, dimensions 4x2m, with an apse on its Eastern end which is semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside. The naos was divided into two bays by the opposing, wide pilasters joined by an arch that strengthened the barrel vault.
The Church was probably built in the 11th century, and today is left in ruins. In the 12th century it fell into the hands of the Benedictines. At that time, Babino Polje became the administrative and ecclesiastical center of the whole island. |
121936
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Island of Mljet, Church of St. Peter and Paul
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Place |
The Church of St. Peter and Paul is situated on the archaeological site called Crkvine, near the village Korite, on the Island of Mljet.
It was built in the Late Antique of Early Mediveal period. At the end of the 11th century, on a narrow scope of the previous building, a new one was erected, dedicated to the same patron saints.
It is a single nave building, with two bays, and an apse (rectangular on the outside and three semicircular niches in the inside). |
121916
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Island of Mljet, Double Churches in Polače
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Place |
The remains of two Churches are situated in the Eastern part of the Polače bay, on the Island of Mljet. The Double Churches (the Northern and the Southern one) were built in the 5th century. The Northern one was expanded probably in the 11th century and is preserved up to 3m in height because it was in use in the Middle Ages. The Southern basilica remained only in its foundations.
Two single nave basilicas were built in the 5th (the Southern one has rectangular apse on the outside and a semicircular apse on the inside). A memorial was added to the South of the Double basilica.
In the early Middle Ages, lesenes were added to the Northern basilica in order to change the wooden into a barrel vaulted structure. At the same time, a vestibule was added to its West side. The walling of the Southern portal, between the two early Christian buildings, proves that since then the Southern part of the complex of Double basilicas was no longer in function.
The church space shaped in this way is known in the pre Romanesque architecture of Dalmatia |
118001
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Island of Mrkan, Church of St. Michael
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Place |
The Church of St. Michael is situated on the Island of Markan, near Cavtat, and was first mentioned in the sources in 1218. Most researchers believe it was probably built around the end of the 12th century, when Cavtat was at the centre of the coastal part of Raška. Others date it to the end of the 11th century.
Its a single nave edifice with a dome which has until today left unstudied. Next to its ruins are the remains of the Benedictine Monastery. |
122799
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Island of Ošljak, Church of St. Mary
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary is situated on the Island of Ošljak.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse, built probably in the 5th or 6th century. Its façade is decorated with lesenes. In the 9th or 11th century the Church was supplemented by a system of pilasters and vaults, so its interior was divided into three bays. In the 13th century the Church was redecorated once more, when its façade was changed. Bell tower was added on its Western side. |
122793
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Island of Pašman, Church of St. Martin
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Place |
The Church of St. Martin is situated on the Island of Pašman, in the village Nevidjane.
Today in ruins, the Church was a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse. It was first built in the 5th or the 6th century and was later, in the 9th or 11th century reconstructed. In the Middle Ages the Church was abandoned due to the plague. Church furnishings were later used for the baroque Church. |
122788
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Island of Pašman, Ćokovac hill, Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian
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Place |
The Benedictine Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian is situated on the Island of Pašman, on the Ćokovac hill.
It was first built by bishop Theodoric in 1059 on the foundations of a former Byzantine fortress and an early Christian church. After Venetians conquered Biograd in the 12th century, the Benedictines came and built a new monastery and church which was also destroyed in the 14th century in order to be thoroughly restored in the Gothic style.
Fragments of stone church furnishings were found during various excavations and are today kept in the monastery.
Here a collection of eight Glagolitic inscriptions carved on stone are kept. |
122265
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Island of St. Andrew, Church of St. Andrew
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Place |
The remains of the Church of St. Andrew, which dates to the second half of the 11th century based on the analysis of a preserved and decorated lintel, are situated on the Island of St. Andrew.
The Church has not been researched so there are no information on its type, measures, architecture or construction. |
121449
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Island of St. Nicholas, Monastery of St. Nicholas
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Place |
(SN ZSp., 707 - i priloži carьstvo mi svetogo Nikolu Vraninu; SLj List. 10, 68 - na San Nicolo de la Vranina). |
121423
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Island of Starčevo, Monastery Starčeva Gorica, Church of the Holy Mother of God (1)
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Place |
The Church of the Holy Mother of God of the Starčevo Gorica Monastery was built between 1368 and 1379 (ZN br 149); (LjS ZiN IV, 6071 (16) - si sveti prolog Gorice Starčeve).
Its a triconchos with a dome. |
121823
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Island of Sušac, Church of St. Nicholas
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Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas is situated on the Island of Sušac, 23km West from the Island of Lastovo. The Island was inhabited in ancient times. An Early Christian Church, probably dedicated to St. Michael, was built in the 6th century. This building will be adapted into an early medieval Church dedicated to St. Nicholas.
Since the earliest mentioning of the Church is in the 12th century representing the terminus ante quem for its dating, researchers believe that it was probably built at the end of the 11th century. The Church today is in ruins.
Its a single nave vaulted building with an apse (semicircular in the inside and rectangular on the outside). In the interior it had three lesenes which were connected to each other by arches and closed the barrel-shaped lintels of the side niches and at the same time formed the basis for the construction of the barrel vault of the Church nave. A typical feature of this church is the "pseudo-basilica" roof. No decoration was found. |
118369
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Island of Vis, Church of St. Michael
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Place |
The Church of St. Michael was built in the 12th century. In the year 1613 the church was in a state of disrepair and refurbished in 1778.
Its a single-nave edifice mentioned in the 12th century as the property of the Biševo Benedictine monastery. |
118030
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Island of Čiovo, Church of St. Mary
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary was probably built in the late 11th century. |
118033
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Island of Šipan, Church of St. John
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Place |
The Church of St. John is located in Šilovo Selo, in the vicinity of Sundjurdje. The original pre-Romanesque Church was expanded in the 15th century and a new renaissance Church of flat surfaces and much larger dimensions was built. The original Church became a presbytery.
The original Church of St. John was a single nave edifice built probably in the 11th century. The interior had a semicircular vault intersected by two girdles and divided into three aisles.The facade walls feature a rhythmical alteration of decorative lesenes and niches (four on each side of the building) that are deeper than on other buildings on Šipan, of the same period. The apse was semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside.
Fresco decoration, with inscriptions in Latin, can be found in the apse and on the South wall, indicating that once the entire interior was painted. |
122008
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Island of Šipan, Church of St. Mary
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary is situated on the Island of Šipan, today in ruins.
Its a single nave edifice probably built in the 5th or 6th century. In the period between the 9th and the 11th century the Church was vaulted. There are no evidence of the existing dome. Thanks to the preserved transena, we date the building to the pre-Romanesque period.
In the 16th century, as part of the construction of the summer house of the bishops of Dubrovnik, the Church became a part of the residence now restored with Renaissance-style building interventions. |
122012
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Island of Šipan, Church of St. Michael (Sutmiho) above the sea
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Place |
Ruined Church dedicated to St. Michael is located on a gorge above the sea, East of Bige Bay, on Island of Šipan.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse, built in the close proximity of an antique archaeological site. Also, with some capitals that were found, researchers believe that it was first built in the 6th or 7th century. In the Late Middle Ages the Church was expanded with the addition of the Western part and a vault, while its Northern window was reshaped. |
117993
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Island of Šipan, Church of St. Michael, in Pakljena
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Place |
The Church of St. Michael is situated on the Island of Šipan, in Pakljena, next to the benedictine Church of St. Mary. It was most probably built around the years 1000/1050.
Its a single nave edifice, with three bays, a dome based on squinches and an apse which is semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside.
The Church was partly refurbished and extended in the 14th century. In the time of the renaissance and/or baroque a bell-tower was added on the Western side of the building.
Fragments of fresco decoration are still visible, as well as some stone reliefs.
The church bears similarities to the Church of St John (Sveti Ivan) on the Island of Lopud. |
117953
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Island of Šipan, Church of St. Peter
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Place |
The Church of St. Peter on the Island of Šipan is situated on Velji vrh, near the abandoned village Govedjari. It was built probably in the 11th century.
Its a rectangular single nave edifice divided into three bays, with a dome placed on squinches. Apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside.
The facade of the lateral walls feature a rhythmical alteration of lesenes and niches of approximately equal width. The Eastern wall is divided by two narrow blind niches. The Western wall was divided by lesenes framed by a single arch.
Conservation and restoration works in the 20th century completely restored the building. |
132538
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Italia
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Place |
According to the Austrian consul Johann Georg von Hahn (1811-1869) the region between the rivers Mat and Drin was called "Italia" by the indigenous population. Hahn writes on this issue as follows: "Was den Landschaftsnamen betrifft, so braucht der Leser keinen Schreib- oder Druckfehler zu vermuthen, denn die Küstenebene zwischen dem Mat und Drin heisst bei den Eingeborenen Italia, und wenn ich der zahlreichen geographischen Parallelen an den beiden sich gegen überliegenden Ufern des Adria gedenke, von welchen ein Theil in den albanesischen Studien zusammengestellt ist, so halte ich es für wahrscheinlicher, dass dieser Name der Urzeit angehöre, als dass er in späterer Zeit von Italien entlehnt worden sei." |
118939
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Ivanja
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Place |
In ca. 1220 the village of Ivanja was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) to the Monastery of Žiča (a u Zatoně sela: Črьnьča sь zaselijemь si, obě Ivani sь zaselijemь, Zamьčane sь zaselijemь, Dubovo Gane, i vьsa siě sela sь zaselijami si; MMS., 11 - ōbě Ivani sь zaselije mь). |
119612
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Ivanja, Church of St. John
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Place |
The Church of St. John in Ivanja was built during the 14th century. It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse. |
120771
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Ivica
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Place |
(DA L. de F., 18, 80 - de Iviza). |
118943
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Izbišta
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Place |
The Village of Izbišta was given by King Stefan Dečanksi to the Hilandar Monastery. The Donation was confirmed by Tsar Dušan (ZSp. 396 IV - I ješte priloži kraljevьstvo mi dvě selě: Izbišta i Komanovo Selište Bogorodici hylandar'skoi sь vsěmi pravinami. I se megja selomь [zěmь] i metohïi: kako ide dělь vyše Inina, itd. ZSp. 422 31 - Selo Izbišta sь oboju stranu). |
120773
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Išarnica
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Place |
(BvAr MD 544 - Selo Išarnica). |
117836
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Iž Mali, Island of Iž, Church of St. Mary
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Place |
The Pre-Romanesque Church of St. Mary is situated in Iž Mali, on the Island of Iž, and was built before 1100. In the 17th century a rectangular nave was added to the existing central ground plan of the edifice. Above the central part of the Church is a dome. |
120777
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Jablan
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Place |
(MMS., 532 - drugi stupь zemlě na Jablano). |
118965
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Jablanica (2)
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Place |
On the 15th of July 1363 the Village of Jablanica was given to the Serbian nobleman Musa. The Village was home to Serbian court chefs (OSp. 166 - selo magerьsko Jablanca). |
118968
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Jablčno in Ljubovićka Župa
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Place |
The village of Jablčno in Ljubovićka Župa was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) to the Monastery of Dečani in the year 1330. The village belonged to Marko Kostić (DH 58 - I u ljubovićkoj župě Marko Kostić i s děcom i s selom jablčnom i črni my vrh zaselje). |
120323
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Janjina, Church of St. George
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Place |
The Church of St. George is situated on a hill near Janjina, in the middle of the Pelješac Peninsula. Today in ruins it was probably built in the second half of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century as a single-nave edifice with a semicircular apse. It was built by certain Peter (Petar), whose name is written in the Latin inscription on the stone architrave on the altar screen.
Arounf the Church is a Late Antique cemetery. |
118973
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Jare
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Place |
The hamlet of Jare, which belonged to the village of Grad, was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1322-1331) to the Monastery of Dečani in 1330 (DH 73 – Zaselьk čabiću dobrodoli; MSM Gl., XII, 40 - a zasel'kь gradu Jare). |
118976
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Jasenovik
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Place |
The Village of Jasenovik was mentioned in 1314 (Sp. IV 3 - a ōt Jasenovika u Maalu lok'bu). |
118978
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Jasikovica
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Place |
The Hamlet of Jasikovica was mentioned in the Year 1314 (Sp. IV 4 - u Jasikovicu na kr(ь)ste). The Hamlet of Jasikovica is assumed to lie within the village boundaries of the modern Village of Tušimlja. |
118980
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Jelašnica
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Place |
The Village of Jelašnica was given in a Charter of the prince Lazar to the Hospital of the Hilandar Monastery. Its former owners were Djurdje Nenišić and tepčija Gradoslav. (ZSp. 449 I - Sego že radi dahь otь gospodьstva mojego obitěli prěsvetyje Bogorodice Hilanьdarьskyje selo Jelažьnicu Gjurьgja Nenišikja sь megjami i sь zaselьci i sь vsěmi pravinami selo togo, a zaselьkь mu Tolanovina, i zaselьkь mu Gjurgjevikь, na čemь su sedeli krьtěše i zaselьkь mu Resnikь i selo Jelašьnica Gradislava tepčije i sь megjami i sь zaselьci i pravinami sela togo, a zaselьkь mu Grabьcь, i zaselьkь mu Gribi, i zaselьkь mu Šikože, i zaselьkь mu Ošljakь, i zaselьkь mu Zvizdali, i zaselьkь mu Slatina). The village was again mentioned in a Charter of the Patriarch Spiridon (ZSp 450). It is the same Gradoslav, who had already been attested in 1348 (Gk XV 302). |
120780
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Jeleč
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Place |
(LjK Sp., IV, 4 - pod Jelečemь). |
121848
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Jeliki
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Place |
(LjK Sp., IV, 4 - selo Jeliki). The village is probably identified with modern Jeliće. |
117901
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Jesenice, Church of St. Maximus
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Place |
The Church of St. Maximus is mentioned in a document from the year 1080.
Its a single-nave edifice, barrel vaulted, with a semicircular apse and a bell at the Western side of the Church. |
119732
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Ježevica, Church of St. Nicholas
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Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas in Ježevica was built in the 14th century or even earlier (Enc II 132).
It has a plan of an inscribed cross with a dome with semicircular apse. Narthex and a bell tower were added later, in the 19th century. The Church was fresco painted in the 17th century on the ground of probably 14th century painting. |
119734
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Jovanje Monastery
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Place |
The Jovanje Monastery was built in the 14th or 15th century (Enc II 158). |
118270
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Jurandvor, Island of Krk, Church of St. Lucy
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Place |
The Church of St. Lucy was built around 1100. It has a tower, which was added in the 12th century. The church has a Glagolitic slab, which records a donation by King Dmitar Zvonimir (reigned 1076-1089) to the Abbot Držiha and the church itself for its construction.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse and a bell-tower on its Western side, built in the 13th century. |
120805
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Kakariki
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Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 137 - villa clamada Chacharichi). |
131376
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Kakmuži, Grobnice, Necropolis with 37 Tombstones
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Place |
Šefik Bešlagić locates a necropolis with 37 stećak tombstones on the Grobnice site near a small hill in the Kakmuži village. |
120808
|
Kaldrun
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 78 - villa clamada Caldiron). |
120811
|
Kalogeni
|
Place |
(AA II, 36 (9) - u Pilotě sela Kalōgeny). |
132423
|
Kaludra
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Kaludra" derived from the Greek word "καλόγερος, καλογρία" for "monk, nun" and was transmitted to the Slavs by the Latin population in the Balkans. |
132426
|
Kaludra
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Kaludra" derived from the Greek word "καλόγερος, καλογρία" for "monk, nun" and was transmitted to the Slavs by the Latin population in the Balkans. |
132429
|
Kaludra
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Kaludra" derived from the Greek word "καλόγερος, καλογρία" for "monk, nun" and was transmitted to the Slavs by the Latin population in the Balkans. |
119014
|
Kamenica in Zeta
|
Place |
Half of the village of Kamenica in Zeta was donated by the Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja (reigned 1166/68-1196) to the Monastery of Chilandar in 1200-1202. This donation was confirmed by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) and by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) (U Zetě polovina Kamenicь sь ljudьmi, a imenemь Momušiki; U Zetě polovina Kamenicь sь ljudьmi a imenemь Momušiki; i u Zete polovina Kamenicь sь ljudьmi imenemь Momišiky; Prilozi V 70). |
120814
|
Kameničani
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 100 - karye-i Kaminçani). |
121851
|
Kanina
|
Place |
The fortified settlement of Kanina was first mentioned in Procopius' De Aedificiis as Kionin. However, archeological excavation suggest a settlement already in the 3rd century BCE. The fortification had been renovated under the rule of Justinian. Kanina became an ecclesiastical and regional center in the Gulf of Valon in the 9th or 10th century and was designated a bishopric around 1019. The settlement was as part of the Thema of Jericho also the site of battles between the Norman and Byzantine armies, as described by Anna Comnena. The settlement was conquered by the Normans. After the dismantling of the Bishopric of Vlora Kanina became its successor. Kanina became part of the Kingdom of Sicily during the reign of King Manfred of Hohenstaufen (*1232; † 26th of February 1266), and after his death it became part of the realm of Charles of Anjou. In 1284 Kanina again became a part of the Byzantine Empire. In 1345 the Serbian king Stefan Uroš IV Dušan conquered the region, followed by the Albanian prince Balsha II († 18th of September 1385) in 1372. 1395 the successor of Balsha II tried to sell Kanina to the Venetians for 7000 ducats, this endevour was only successful in 1400. But already in 1417 Kanina became part of the Ottoman Empire. Kanina is economical and political closely connected to Vlora (AA I, 71 (23); KJ Sp., XI, 33 (47); HI SDSArv., 33 - ad partes Canninae; u kulě Kaninьskom; vilayet-i Kaina). |
119854
|
Kaoni
|
Place |
The Village of Kaoni was given by Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović to the Ravanica Monastery (LMS 53). |
119501
|
Karan, Bela Crkva
|
Place |
Bela Crkva was built by župan Brajan (Starinar IV 115-219, Starinar VII 15-35, Portreti 50-1). |
120817
|
Karavastasi
|
Place |
(AA I, 528 (157) - homines Matarangi de Caravastassi; HI SDSArv., 5 - karye-i Karoztaz). |
120820
|
Karpeni
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 88 - karye-i Karpeni). |
120823
|
Karuči
|
Place |
(GL XLVII (1879), 228 - načem sьede Karuči). |
123226
|
Kavaja
|
Place |
The town of Kavaja was an Ottoman foundation on the place of the former village of Karye, which was first mentioned in 1431/1432. The town of Kavaja was first mentioned on 1520. |
120803
|
Kavač
|
Place |
(AM KS., I, 478 (169) - Andreas de Caueç). |
119012
|
Kaznovići
|
Place |
In the Village of Kaznovići the Church of Sv Nikola is mentioned during the Time of Stefan Nemanja (SSS 77). |
119018
|
Kašalj
|
Place |
The Village of Kašalj was mentioned 1314 (Sp. IV 2 - i ōd rasputija u Geōr(ь)gijevu cr(ь)kvь ōbr'hь Kašlja po dělu u Zlatyi kamy). |
118159
|
Kašić, Church at Begovača
|
Place |
The Church at Begovača near Kašić was possibly built in the 9th century. It was demolished at an unknown date in medieval times. |
117862
|
Kašić, Church at Mastirine
|
Place |
The Church at Mastirine was probably built before 1000 and was still in use in the 17th century. |
119009
|
Kičava
|
Place |
The Village of Kičava had a Church which was given in the year 1253 by King Uroš I to the Bistrica Monastery (ZSp. 592 III - A mege Kičavě crьkvyšte, krьstu po dělu na Liso, itd). |
118213
|
Koljane, Early Croatian Church
|
Place |
The Church in Koljane was most probably built in the 9th or 10th century. The only remains are the foundations. |
119513
|
Kom, Monastery of the Bogorodica
|
Place |
The Monastery of the Bogorodica in Kom was built by the parents of Ivan Crnjević at an unknown point in time. At the 4th of January 1485 the monastery was given to the Church of the Bogorodica in Cetinje (ZSp. 780 XIX). |
123295
|
Koman
|
Place |
The village of Koman does not show up in written sources. Archeology suggests a foundation in the 2nd or 3rd century and abandonment in the 15th century. |
119020
|
Komarjane
|
Place |
The village of Komarjane was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1322-1331) to the Monastery of Dečani in 1330 (DH 75 – Selo Komarani). This settlement is identified by Miodrag A. Purković as the hamlet of Komorača. |
119858
|
Konarevo
|
Place |
The Village of Konarevo was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp 571 I - ...na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahovišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica, sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi; ...). |
120854
|
Konjusi
|
Place |
(MSM Gl., XII, 43 - u njei Konjusi). |
121856
|
Kora
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 89 - karye-i Kora). |
120860
|
Koričani
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 62 - karye-i Koricani). |
118255
|
Kornić, Island of Krk, Church of St. Donat
|
Place |
The Church of St. Donat was built at the end of the 11th century while some researchers believe it was built in the 9th century. It is now out of use.
Its an edifice of circular plan (a tetraconch) and with a dome. It was probably decorated with frescoes or mosaics in the interior. It was destroyed in 1945 so today it is partially preserved. |
123094
|
Korça
|
Place |
The town of Korça was founded in 1494 by Ilyas Bey, an Ottoman courtier of Albanien origin, on the place of the villages of Piskopiye and Emporion. |
121858
|
Kostanj
|
Place |
(DA Deb. Not., 40, 61 - Dabissinus Michoeuich de Costagni de Terguiste). |
120863
|
Kotor
|
Place |
(AA I, 50 (11) civitati namque Catarinensi; VĐ ŽSN., 32 - Kotorь že ōstavi, utvrьdivyi i vьznesь dvorь svoi vь nijemь iže je i deselě). |
122456
|
Kotor, Church of St. Archangel Michael
|
Place |
The Church of St. Archangel Michael is situated in the old town of Kotor. It is an Early Christian three-nave basilica with an apse on the Eastern side, which is semicircular on the inside and polygonal on the outside. It was probably built in the 6th century and equipped with liturgical furniture of the time, which was added in the 9th century. In the preserved apse are representations of Saints in fresco technique, of which only the lower halves have been preserved. In the first half of the 13th century the original church was demolished and a new single nave edifice was built in Romanesque-Gothic style dedicated to St. Archangel Michael. In the 15th century Lovro Dobričević painted the frescos in the church. The abbot of the church called Peter is mentioned in 1166 in a document regarding the consecration of the altar of the new Romanesque cathedral of St. Tryphon. In the 19th century the church became a military warehouse and is today a museum (lapidarium). |
122492
|
Kotor, Church of St. Luke
|
Place |
The Church of St. Luke is situated to the South-West of the Northern city gate in the old part of Kotor. It was built in 1195 with the efforts of Mauro Casafranco in the time of the Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja (reigned 1166/68-1196), as is written on an inscription carved in a stone slab placed on the Western façade of the Church (a ktetorial inscription next to the ruler's name is a proof of the new practice in Serbia). It is a Romanesque single-nave church with a dome and with leaning arches divided into three aisles, of which the middle one is longer. On the East is a large semicircular apse. On the Northern side of the church another church was erected in the 18th century and is dedicated to St. Spyridon. However, spolia placed in the church (lintel, portal, stone furniture, etc.) probably belonged to the Church of St. Michael in Kotor. During conservation works in 1971 a fresco was discovered on the Southern wall of the West aisle belonging to 12th century Byzantine art. |
122465
|
Kotor, Church of St. Mary (Collegiata)
|
Place |
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. |
124307
|
Kotor, Church of St. Paul
|
Place |
The Church of St. Paul is situated in the city of Kotor. It was built by the citizen of Kotor Pavle Bari in 1263, as stated in the inscription on the façade, also mentioning the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243-1276) and Bishop Marco of Kotor. The church was remodeled in the 16th century and became a Dominican Monastery. It is a single nave edifice with three bays with groin vaults and a semicircular apse. Today remains of the church of the 13th century are visible beneath the glass floor, and in front of the building is a sarcophagus, where its ktetor was buried. |
122635
|
Kotor, Church of St. Peter in Šuranj
|
Place |
The Church of St. Peter is situated on the Southern side of the old town of Kotor in the area of Šuranj. The Benedictine monastery was built between the 9th and the 11th century on a former Late Antique building. Judging by the remains, it could be concluded that the Church of St. Peter in Šuranj was a three-nave basilica, with a middle nave twice as wide as the lateral ones. The apse is semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside. The side naves end in the East with smaller apses of external and internal semicircular ground plan. |
122504
|
Kotor, Church of St. Tryphon
|
Place |
The Church of St. Tryphon and at the same time the Roman-Catholic Cathedral of Kotor is situated in the old town of Kotor. The first building was a martyrium (a central plan edifice) built in 809, financed by Andrea Saracenis, a famous citizen of Kotor, who bought the relics of St. Tryphon from Venetian merchants. This church is mentioned in the work "De Administrando Imperio (DAI)" of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (reigned 913-959). Remains of a pre-Romanesque building were found along the North-Eastern segment of the wall of today's Romanesque cathedral of St. Tryphon. Fragments of stone furniture, especially a ciborium, have remained and are dated to the 9th or 10th century. The second edifice was erected from 1124 (during the time of Bishop Ursac of Kotor) until 1166 (when all three church altars were consecrated). It was built in Romanesque style with elements from Byzantine architecture. Its appearance has changed over the centuries, most often due to frequent earthquakes. The cathedral was built as a three-nave basilica with a dome above the middle aisle of the main nave of the church, which was removed after two earthquakes during the 16th century. Each of the naves has an apse. The central apse is decorated with a sumptuous Gothic triforium. Two bell towers are on the Western façade. The interior was painted with frescoes in 1331. |
120847
|
Kovači
|
Place |
(KJ Sp., XI 81 (78) - Bogetam Bratichouich Couaç, Stoicum Dimitrouich Couaç, etc). |
120849
|
Kovin Fortress
|
Place |
(MD ZHSvS., 175 - castrum Conin; Civitate Chovino cum castris et pertinentiis suis). |
120851
|
Koznik Fortress
|
Place |
(MD ZHSvS., 288 i nap 202 - castrum Koznik, Cosnich). |
120870
|
Krabove
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 98 - karye-i Krabove). |
119036
|
Kravići
|
Place |
The Village of Kravići was donated by Tsar Uroš to the čelnik Musa (OSp. 167). |
131554
|
Krivi Do, Grgureva bara, Necropolis with 88 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with eighty-eight tombstones of stećak-type on the Grgureva bara site near the village(s) Krivi Do. |
132265
|
Kričani
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, a pastoralist Romanic tribe called "Kričani" lived in the vicinity of the Durmitor massif in the 13th century. Their name derived from the Latin (Dalmatoromanic) word for Christians ("Christiani"). |
120873
|
Krnice
|
Place |
(IJ., Gl., XLVII, 223 - i Krnice da su Konjusi). |
119041
|
Krokočevo
|
Place |
The Village of Krokočevo was donated by King Uroš I to the Monastery of Bogorodica in Ston. Parts of the village were also given to the Monastery of Peter and Paul in Lim (ZSp. 601 XIV, 594 IV). |
120883
|
Krokočevo
|
Place |
(LjS Gl., XV, 281 - selo Krokočevo). |
131706
|
Krstac, Seven Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with seven stećak-type tombstones in Krstac. Šefik Bešlagić mentions, that two specimens of this group were taken from here and built into the foundations of a neighbouring building. |
121861
|
Kruimada
|
Place |
(LŠ Gl., XV, 286 - i zaselьkь Kruimada). |
120876
|
Kruja
|
Place |
According to Šufflay, Kruja was the town at the centre of the medieval region of Arbanum. The medieval fortress of Kruja was build on a steep hill between the rivers Mat and Išmi. Archaeological excavations have found a 6th to 8th centuries cemetary. Kruja was first mentioned as bishopric see in 879, but it is unclear if the settlement already was fortified. Files of the time of the rule of King Alphonso V of Aragon and Naples suggest that this was a privilege given by Emperor Manuel I Comnenos given in the year 1165. In 1253 Kruja subortinated itself to the Emperor of Nicaea John III Vatatzes but already in 1258 Kruja was conquered by despote Michael II of Epirus and the town became again Byzantine after an Angevin Intermezzo from 1268-1280. Andronikos II Palaiologos granted several privileges to the town and made it the capital of a Byzantine province. 1342 Krja was conquered by Stefan Uroš IV Dušan. After the disintegration of the Serbian empire the local noble family of Thopia ruled over Kruja. After two years under Venetian rule it was ruled by the Ottomans for a short time, before again being independent until 1415 when Kruja was conquered by the Ottomans. Kruja was also the capital of the Skanderbeg rebellion from 1443 onwards. It was three times unsuccessfully besieged by the Ottomans and only fell in 1478 after the death of Skanderbeg (1468). The fortress is quite well preserved, despite an earthquake in 1617 and a part-destruction after an rebellion in the year 1832. Šufflay suggests that Kroja was, like other towns and cities in Illyria and Dalmatia, mainly inhabited by a Romanesque speaking population well into the 12th century. Only after the decay of the Latin population the region became Albanised. Kruja was part of a defensive system for Dhyrrachion/Durres. (AA, I, 48 (10, 11), 57 (14) - David Croensis; SN ZSp. 788 - oppidi Croarum). |
123230
|
Kruja
|
Place |
The town of Kruja was first mentioned as bishopric see in the year 879 by Gjon Kastrioti. Kastrioti stated that the bishopric already existed in the 7th century. In 1165 Emperor Manuel I Komnenos grans several Privileges to the town, which were confirmed in 1253 by Emperor John III Dukas Vatatzes of Nikaia, in 1255 by Emperor Theodoros II Laskaris of Nikaia, in 1288 by Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos and in 130 by Ohilipp of Tarent. |
120886
|
Kruševice
|
Place |
(MMS., 26 - i Kruševice). |
120889
|
Kruševo (1)
|
Place |
(BvAr MD 544 - selo Kruševo). |
119048
|
Kruševo (2)
|
Place |
The Village of Kruševo was given by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
119045
|
Kruševo in Plav
|
Place |
The village of Kruševo in Plav was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) to the Banjska Monastery (Sp. IV 5 - I u Plavě selo Kruševo i s trьgomь, a megje mu). |
122106
|
Kukanj
|
Place |
The Fortress of Kukanj was first mentioned in the year 1423 in a Charter of Sandalj Hranić to the town of Dubrovnik. King Alfonso V of Naples and Emperor Friedrich III mentioned Kukanj in the Years 1444, 1454 and 1448 respectively. |
119051
|
Kukno
|
Place |
The Village of Kukno was confirmed by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
119616
|
Kumanica Monastery, Church of the Sts. Archangel Michael and Gabriel
|
Place |
The Church of the Sts. Archangel Michael and Gabriel (dedicated to the Synaxis of the Holy Archangels) of the Kumanica Monastery was built during the 13th or 14th century (Gsnd XI 132). It is located at the entrance to the Kumanica Gorge, on the right bank of the river Lim, in the village of Vrbnica, which today belongs to the municipality of Sjenica in Serbia.
The church had three building phases. The earliest would include the revetment for levelling the ground at the bottom of the cliff as well as the modest structure leaning against the rock shelter face. Of this oldest building only vestiges of the Southern wall with its footing, partially lying under the South-Eastern corner of the church, have survived. In the 14th century a one-nave church was built on the site of the original building. It was no longer a cave church in the literal sense of the word, but the echoes of the original idea were preserved through the "chapel", a small building erected against the Eastern wall of the Church, which directly leaned on the cliff. In the last building phase, in the 16th century, the church has a cruciform plan with a semicircular apse in the East, two rectangular side chapels and a narthex at the Western end. The monastery survived the Ottoman conquest as evidenced by the record of the monk Mihailo from 1514. The church was rebuilt in 2000. |
120901
|
Kupelnik
|
Place |
(FŠ LPD., 326 - Zentae regionem ... et has iupanias: ... Cupelnich; VM Lj., 75, JŠ Gl., XV, 287 - selo Kupěl'nikь). |
130190
|
Kurbinovo, Church of St. George
|
Place |
The Church of St. George is situated in Kurbinovo, in the Rebublic of North Macedonia. According to the well preserved fresco decoration and Greek inscription on the Northern side of the Church it is dated in 1191.
Its a single-nave edifice with a semicircular apse. There are traces of a fresco painting of the founder's composition on the facade, although the founder of this Church is not known. |
123014
|
Kurjan, Church of Shën Koll
|
Place |
The church of Shën Koll was built in the 13th or 14th century and rebuilt in the 16th century after a catastrophe (maybe an earthquake). Only small remnants of the 16th centuries frescoes have survived, telling the story of the renovation. |
119056
|
Kurjače
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Kurjače was mentioned in the year 1314 within the village boundaries of the Village of Bekova (Sp. Iv 4 - pod Kurijaču). |
120907
|
Kusido
|
Place |
(DA L. de F., 15, 59 - supra Cusido). |
120909
|
Kusmači
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 114 - villa clamada Cusmaci). |
120912
|
Kuta
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 53 - karye-i Kuta). |
117958
|
Kuti, Church of St. Thomas
|
Place |
The Church of St. Thomas in Kuti near Herceg Novi was probably built in the last quarter of the 11th century. It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse in the East as well as with semicircular vaults and a dome, indicating a strong Byzantine influence. Fragments of fresco paintings and stone furnishings have been found. A remaining stone altar screen with two parapets indicates a new, Romanesque style. On the other hand, the fresco decoration (dated to the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century) with heads of Saints points to Byzantine artists, having similarities with the frescoes in the chapel and crypt of the katholikon of the Monastery of Hosios Loukas in Phokis and the Church of St. Nicholas on the island of Koločep. The Church of St. Thomas is in ruins with walls preserved up to a maximum height of ca. 2,5 m. |
122332
|
Kuti, Church of the Birth of the Holy Mother of God
|
Place |
The Church of the Birth of the Holy Mother of God is situated in Kuti. It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse on the Eastern side and an entrance on the Western side. It was probably built in the 11th century. The church has been converted into the chapel of the local cemetery. The fresco decoration in the church must be of recent fabric, because it shows, amongst others, the late Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro (1938-2020). The iconostasis seems to be from the 19th century. |
120916
|
Kuči (1)
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 37 - karye-i Kuçi). |
120920
|
Kuči (2)
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 100 - villa clamada Cucci). |
123903
|
Këlcyra
|
Place |
Këlcyra was first mentioned in the writings of Anna Comnena describing her fathers military endeavours in the war against the Normans at the end of the 11th century. Mentul Muzaka, nephew to the Albanian king Andrew I Muzaka, was mentioned as "comes Clissaniae" in the year 1319. From 1335 to 1336 the fortress became Byzantine again. Këlcyra was mentioned again in 1431-1432 in the Ottoman Defter. |
120930
|
Lana
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 104 - karye-i Lana). |
121865
|
Laol
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 96 -- villa clamada Laol overo Davidi). |
120937
|
Lastva
|
Place |
(FŠ LPD., 314; VM Lj., 62 & 63; SLJ List., IX, 10 - in locum, ui dicitur Lasta; che son in Lastva). |
120925
|
Lazorce
|
Place |
(VĐ Iz Ist., 175 - katun Lazorce). |
123233
|
Laç, St Anthony Monastery
|
Place |
The St Anthony Monastery in Laç is a very important Catholic pilgrimage site in Albania. The Monastery was built by Franciscans in the second haf of the 13th century and expanded and co-consecrated to St Mary in the 16th century. The Monastery was demolished by the Albanian Communist party and rebuilt in 1992. |
120943
|
Ledenice
|
Place |
(CJ CHRE., 42 - Boychus Iuanovich, Teclich de Ledenice super Catharum). |
120945
|
Lepenica (1)
|
Place |
(BvAr MD 544 - selo Lepenica). |
120950
|
Lepenica (2)
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 54 - karye-i Lepenica). |
120952
|
Lepetane
|
Place |
(KS KŽStJ., I, 154,170 - Lepetane) |
120955
|
Leskovac
|
Place |
(MMS., 18 - i ōnami u Lesьkovьcь). |
119058
|
Letine
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Letine was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) to the Monastery of Sveti Peter and Paul in Lim (Selo Lětine konь mosta, i mostь kako ga postavi dědь mi, bratь Svetago Simeona, Miroslavь, knezь hlьmьski, vь dohodьkь crьkvy, tako i my utvrьdismo vь dohodьkь, kako je otь prěde bylo, a meda jemu vyše mosta prězь potokь u Sutěscě). |
120981
|
Leš
|
Place |
The town of Leš was a very important town of the Illyrians, sitting between the Kingdom of Macedonia and the Roman Republic. In the 6th century the Bishop of Leš fled from Leš to Calabria after the town was conquered by Avars. In the 9th century Leš became part of the Thema of Dyrrhachion. Anna Comnena praises the strength of the fortress of the town. In the 13th century, Leš was part of the Principality of Albanon and became part of the Serbian Kingdom in 1340. After the death of Emperor Dušan (1355) the Region became independent and was ruled by the Serbian noble family of the Balšić and in 1387 Leš became the capital of the Dukajin Principality. Also in 1436 Cyriacus of Ancona praises the strong walls of Leš. In 1440 the town was hit by a great fire. Leš was ruled by Venice from 1393 until the Ottoman conquest in 1478. After the Venetians were able to reconquest the town for a short time in 1501 they demolished the defensive buildings before they ceded Leš back to the Ottomans. (AA I, 374 (111) - usque ad flumen Lesii). |
120987
|
Leškove
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 77 - karye-i8 Leşkove). |
120990
|
Lešne
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 82 - karye-i Leşne). |
120993
|
Limljani
|
Place |
(IJ Gl., XLVII, 255 - meždu Limljani). |
123053
|
Lin, Early Christian Church
|
Place |
Below the Church of Saint Athansius, which was demolished in 1967, the fundaments of an early Christian church has been found. The unnamed church has a cross shape and is oriented to the East. It is disputed if the church is a three naved church. |
130115
|
Lipljan, Church of the Mother of God
|
Place |
The Church in Lipljan is situated South of the city of Priština. St. Sava integrated the bishoprics of Prizren and Lipljan into the newly established Serbian Church.
The Church was first built in the 5th or 6th century. In the 10th or 11th century, on the ruins of the older building, a new edifice was erected as the three-nave basilica with three-sided apses. Some fragments of fresco paintings still remain.
Around 1330 today's Church was built, by an unknown ktetor. Its a single-nave edifice with vault and an apse which is semicircular on the the inside and rectangular on the outside. |
120995
|
Lipova
|
Place |
(BvAr MD 544 - selo Lipova). |
119061
|
Lisina
|
Place |
The Village of Lisina was confirmed by Tsar Uoš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 167). |
121021
|
Lješevići
|
Place |
(SLj List., VIII, 69 - Lesevichi). |
119070
|
Ljubovićeva Luka
|
Place |
The Village of Ljubovićeva Luka was given by King Uroš I to the Monastery of the Mother of God in Ston. Parts were also given to the Monastery of Sveti Peter and Paul in Lim (ZSp. 601 XVI - Ulnjarevina Ljubovigeva Luka. ZSp. 594 VII - Ulijarevina na Lubovь ... vьčina, a meda je u dolьne čelo luke potokь, itd). The Village of Ljubovićeva Luka is believed to lie somewhere near modern Cerovo. |
121023
|
Ljuta
|
Place |
(MMS., 151 - do Ljute). |
132230
|
Lovćen
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the Serbian toponym for the mountain Lovćen derived from the Latin toponym of "Leusinum". |
119064
|
Lozno
|
Place |
At the 15th of July 1363 King Uroš V confirmed the Villag of Lezno was confirmed to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
123254
|
Ložišće, Island of Brač, Church of St. Mary (Stomorica)
|
Place |
Church of St. Mary (Stomorica) is situated in Ložišće, on the Island of Brač.
Its a single nave edifice with two bays, and an apse which is semicircular both on the inside and the outside. Main entrance is on the West side of the Church and has a lunette above the doorway. On the Southern side of the Church was a bell tower but it is not preserved. |
120998
|
Luarizi
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 132, 154 - villa clamada Luorisi; Luarisi). |
121868
|
Lubani
|
Place |
(FV CVen. di Scut., 114 - villa clamada Lubani). |
122187
|
Lug
|
Place |
Lug, probably a fortified settlement, may be identified with Žabljak or with Podlug. It was mentioned in "de administrando imperio" of Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenetos. |
121004
|
Luk
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 86 - karye-i Luk). |
121006
|
Lukovo
|
Place |
(DA L. de F., 2, 9 - in loco d'to Abnogosto a Lucovo). |
119067
|
Lukovo (3)
|
Place |
The Village of Lukovo was confirmed by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
121008
|
Lutova
|
Place |
(VĐ Iz Ist., 197 - selo Lutova). |
119736
|
Lučani, Church of St. Nicholas
|
Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas in Lučani was given by Tsar Uglješa to the Hilandar Monastery (ZSp 461 II - I crьkvu u Lučanehь Svetago Nikolu ... mi pravinami i megami města togo). |
121001
|
Lužane
|
Place |
(MSM Gl., Xii, 29 - selo Lužane). |
121114
|
MIleševac
|
Place |
(MD ZHSvS., 174 - Milesevischi). |
119598
|
Maglič Fortress, Church of St. George
|
Place |
In the Maglič Fortress a Church of St. George was mentioned during the time of bishop Danilo (Danilo 373) |
121025
|
Majstori
|
Place |
(DV NDEC., 180 - i Majstoru). |
119618
|
Majstorovina Monastery, Church of the Holy Trinity
|
Place |
The Church of the Holy Trinity of the Majstorovina Monastery was built in the 14th century. The inscription above the entrance door of the Holy Trinity Monastery, which was preserved until 1926, indicates that the monastery was built during the time of the first Serbian Patriarch Joanikije in the 14th century. |
122421
|
Male Rose, Church of St. Mary
|
Place |
The Benedictine Church of St. Mary is situated in Male Rose, at the Western end of the Luštica Peninsula in the Bay of Kotor. The letter of Pope Clement VI (1342-1352) from 1346 mentions the church under the name Santa Maria de Resson. The church is also mentioned in the charter of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V (reigned 1355-1371) to the people of Kotor dated to 1355, confirming the borders of the district of Kotor. It is a single nave edifice with an apse, which is semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside. Lesenes in the interior show that in at least one of its early medieval construction phases the church had a dissected interior with niches, girders and a barrel vault, showing similarities with the Church of St. Peter on the Island of Lopud. Therefore, the researchers concluded that the first building was erected initially in the Early Christian period, the second phase was in the 9th century and the third in the 11th century. According to the Latin inscription above the entrance to the church in the East, the church was refurbished in the year 1783. On the fragment of a stone cross the engraved name Petrus may refer to the donor of the church. |
123099
|
Maligrad, Church of Shën Mëri
|
Place |
The church of Shën Mëri was extended and renovated by Caesar Novak in the years1368/1369. The church served as burial site for the Novak family. |
121027
|
Maoče
|
Place |
(MD ZHSvS., 228 - sotto Cosiza a Maozo). |
131491
|
Marina šuma, 53 Tombstones
|
Place |
In Marina šuma, on a hill above the village, on the site of a modern Orthodox cemetery, there is a group of 53 stećak-type tombstones, arranged in two places. |
121029
|
Markovina
|
Place |
(JT PIst., 15 - s tesnu puta koi ide kь Marьkovini). |
121031
|
Marmur
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 113 - karye-i Marmur). |
121873
|
Marseni
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 97 - villa clamada Marseni). |
122108
|
Martinići Gradina
|
Place |
The Martinići Gradina does not show up in the sources, but was probably built in the Migration Period when the Slavic gentes arrived at the Balkans. It is found on a hill north of Spuž within the boundaries of Donji Martinići, Gornji Martinići and Gradina. |
120326
|
Martinići, Church of St. Archangel Michael
|
Place |
The ruins of a basilica are situated in the vicinity of the village of Martinići. It was built in the second half of the 9th or in the 10th century. It is a three nave basilica, having lateral aisles separated from the central one with full walls. A narthex is to be found on the Western side of the basilica. Some researchers believe that the Northern aisle served for baptism. The remains of sculpted stone furnishing in the altar and the nave indicate a richly equipped edifice. A Greek inscription on the altar screen mentions the name of Saint Archangel Michael, which led researchers to believe that he is the patron Saint of the church. This very inscription has been interpreted in two ways:
1. + Ο Θ(EO)C TH ΠΡΕC(BEIA) ...E TON (Π)ETR(0N)I ...
2. + Ο Θ(EO)C TH ΠΡΕC(BEIA) ... (ΦYΛATT)E TON (Π)ETR(0N)I ...
Moreover, it mentions the name of a certain Peter, who could have been the donor of the basilica. Another inscription in Latin has been read as follows: + (MICH)AEL ET IOH(AN)E DIE ... ET GLORIA BEATO MIXAEL AR(CHANGELO) ... N ... LIN
Unfortunately, no other written account has been preserved on this basilica. |
123019
|
Mashkjeza Castle
|
Place |
At the end of the 13th century, Mashkjeza Castle was built as a Western European style castle on top of the ancient foundations. The castle was inhabited by a noble family related to the Anjou rulers of Albania. Coins of the Duchy of Athens, the Principate of Achaia, and the County of Tripolis have all been found within the castle and allow an datin between 1274 and 1301. Following the defeat of the Latins at the hand of the Byzantines, the castle was abandoned. |
119884
|
Maskovo
|
Place |
The Village of Maskovo was given by King Dragutin to the Hilandar Monastery (ZSp 387 I - ... I azь, ašte i nedostoinь jesmь, iaděje se prinudity nenudimoje milosrьdije Prěsvetyje vladičice naše Bogorodice pokryti me rizoju milosti svojee vь dnь sudьnii, dahь manastiru jee iže vь Svetěi Gorě vь Hilandary selo imenemь Bytunь i Oslьnice i Mьskovo i Zьborьsko, a mega imь u Jejevьcь prěko u Rožьce, u Bratьjevьšticu kako rěka Bělьča poteče u Pekьskyi Studenьcь). |
121036
|
Mataguž
|
Place |
(IJ GL., XLVII, 231 - vanutarъ monastira Matagužem). |
131489
|
Mataruge, Molika, 44 Tombstones
|
Place |
On the hill Molika, next to the modern Orthodox cemetery, there is a group of 44 stećak-type tombstones. |
121457
|
Mazrek, Church of Saint Sophia
|
Place |
(AA II, 685 (205) - sancte Sophie de Genta). |
130198
|
Mažići, Church of St. George (Orehovica)
|
Place |
The Church of St. George is situated in the village of Mažići, near Priboj, on the left side of the river Lim. It was probably first built prior or around the time of the Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja (reigned 1166/68-1196) in the 12th century on an old ritual place. The monastery is first mentioned in the 13th century in the Studenica Typicon. The church was ruined probably in the middle of the 13th century and was renewed at the time of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321), according to his biographer the Serbian Archbishop Danilo II (ca. 1270/75-1337) (Danilo 138). It is a single nave edifice with a dome and a narthex, which was added later. The building was destroyed in the 17th century and again, the entire complex, was renewed in the 20th century. |
123103
|
Mborje, Church of Shën Ristoz
|
Place |
The church of Shën Ristoz was built around the year 1300, the frescoes are dated to the 14th century. The church of Christ in Mborje name a certain Amirali and his Brother Sebastokrator Joanes as rulers. |
123105
|
Mborje, Fortress
|
Place |
The fortification near Mbjore was first mentioned in 1432 as an Ottoman garrison. It is suggested that the fortress was built between the 12th and 14th century and served as fortified home of a noble family, as the fortress is also known as "Qytet", town, by the people. The church of Christ in Mborje name a certain Amirali and his Brother Sebastokrator Joanes as rulers. |
121876
|
Medova
|
Place |
(AA I 800 (238) - ad portum Medoue). |
121109
|
Medun
|
Place |
According to Šufflay's Venetian sources, Medun was a watch tower (una torra) with a small fortification. It housed only the castellan with a few watchmen (DA L. de F., 18, 124; SLJ List. 10, 151 - apud Medunum; castello de Modon). |
122384
|
Melan
|
Place |
The fortified settlement of Melan was refortified during the 4th century. |
121112
|
Metoh
|
Place |
(DA L. de F., 2, 35 - karye-i Metoh). |
118360
|
Metohija, Church of Sts. Cosma and Damian (St. Tudor; Sts. Philip and Jacob)
|
Place |
The Church of Sts. Cosma and Damian (also know as the Church of St. Tudor and Sts. Philip and Jakob) is situated in Metohija (Prve Ponikve), near Ston. Today, the Church is dedicated to St. Philip and Jacob, a dedication first mentioned in the 16th century.
Its a single nave building divided by lesenes into two bays. Bays are vaulted with cross-domed vaults. On the Eastern end of the Church were three niches. Today the central niche (which was the deepest and which ends in apse) has been walled up. Shallow apse is semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside. The Western façade is not known due to the addition of a more recent corpus on that side (probably in the 16th century when its dedication was changed). |
121180
|
Mihaljani
|
Place |
(BĐ Iz Ist., 173 - Mihalyani). |
119622
|
Mileševa Monastery, Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ
|
Place |
The Mileševa Monastery is situated near Prijepolje in South-Western Serbia. The Monastery's Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ was built by the Serbian King Stefan Vladislav (reigned 1234-1243) in 1234 (Teodosije 178; Domentijan 6). Regarding its ground plan, this church resembles Žiča Monastery, therefore it belongs to the Raška style. In 1236 Saint Sava (ca. 1175-1236) died in Veliko Tărnovo. In 1237 he was buried in the exonarthex of the Mileševa Monastery, at which point his cult started to evolve. It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse with two bays, a dome and a narthex. Above the Eastern bay is a dome, and on its sides are rectangular choirs. In 1228 the proskomedia and diakonikon were added, probably modeled by the Žiča Monastery. The church widens from the West to the East and ends with three altar apses leaning directly on the domed Eastern wall. The exonarthex was built by the same builders, who constructed the exonarthex and a tower of the Studenica Monastery. It has a catehumeneon and two side chapels, a dome and no windows (in accordance with its purpose). The entire church was lavishly decorated with frescoes and sculpture (especially around the portals and windows). Frescoes in the nave, narthex and exonarthex are dated to the 1230s and 1240s. In the 16th century the church was repainted. In the exonarthex are famous frescoes with scenes of the Last Judgement, purposefully designed by Saint Sava, while he was preparing a grave site for himself. In 1594 the Ottomans took away the relics of Saint Sava and burnt them on the Vračar plateau in Belgrade, probably on the site where today the Church of St. Sava and the National Library of Serbia stand. |
121118
|
Miliot
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 88 - karye-i Milyot). |
131737
|
Milovići, Groblje, Necropolis with 80 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 80 stećak-type tombstones on the Groblje site near the village Milovići in the area of the St. Nicholas Church and its cemetery. |
121116
|
Mirac
|
Place |
(MMS., 151 - so svěmi pravinami svoemi Miracь). |
121177
|
Mirlove
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 78 - karye-i Mirlove). |
121183
|
Mišoka
|
Place |
(LŠ Gl., XV, 302 - selo Mišoka). |
119077
|
Miščići
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Miščići was mentioned in 1314 (SP. IV 3 - ... ōt Myš'čikь...). |
119080
|
Mlanča
|
Place |
The Village of Mlanča was given by grand župan Stefan Nemanja to the Monastery of Studenica (ZSP. 568 I - Prьveje selo Brezova, i selo Gušterice, i selo Zasadь, selo Ćakovo, selo Poolumirь, selo Cer’e, selo Bresnikь, selo Rastište, selo Savovo, i Glavoči, selo Mlan'ča, selo Mugurice, Selo Mi ... doćje takoo da se pušta, i premo nemu monastirь Pavlica, metohь Studenice sь trimy nurïamy podь Kopaonikomь raždigajemь, i sь sьvětomь vьsečьstьnaago otьca igumna i vьseje bratije vьspomenutije kÿrь Gerasima isplьnihь sice: jako da se daje u bolьnicu hilanьdarьsku na vьsako lěto sto ongii otь monastira Hilanьdara izmesi vь potrěbu iže tu vь nemoštehь straždužtihь. Sego že radi dahь otь gospodьstva mojego obitěli prěsvetyje Bogorodice Hilanьdarьskyje selo Jelažьnicu Gjurьgja Nenišikja sь megjami i sь zaselьci i sь vsěmi pravinami selo togo, a zaselьkь mu Tolanovina, i zaselьkь mu Gjurgjevikь, na čemь su sedeli krьtěše i zaselьkь mu Resnikь i selo Jelašьnica Gradislava tepčije i sь megjami i sь zaselьci i pravinami sela togo, a zaselьkь mu Grabьcь, i zaselьkь mu Gribi, i zaselьkь mu Šikože, i zaselьkь mu Ošljakь, i zaselьkь mu Zvizdali, i zaselьkь mu Slatina). |
119722
|
Mojsinje, Church of Bogorodica Rođenje
|
Place |
The Church of Bogorodica Rođenje in Mojsinje was built in the 14th century (Enc I 215). |
132306
|
Mojstir
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Mojstir" derived from the Latin (Dalmatoromanic) toponym of "monisterium". |
121879
|
Moknar
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 12 - karye-i Moknar). |
131596
|
Momušiky
|
Place |
In 1348 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) confirmed the property of the village of Momušiky to the Monastery of Hilandar (Selo u Zětě Momušiky), which was situated in the "Serbian Land" of the Serbian Empire (Sela po zemli srьbьskoi). |
119083
|
Momušići
|
Place |
The village of Momušići was confirmed by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) to the Monastery of Chilandar (Selo u Zětě Momušiki sь zabělomь i sь brьdomь i sь pravinami, i planina Dobri Dolove, Stlьbica i Botuča). |
118514
|
Monastery of Cetinje (Cetinjski manastir)
|
Place |
The Cetinjski manastir of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Metropolis of Montenegro and the Littoral) in the historical capital of Montenegro, Cetinje, houses an renowned and very important treasury, which preserves manuscripts, incunabula, icons, liturgical objects and textiles.
Monastery complex represents a city-fortress and consists of the Church dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin, lodgings and a cemetery surrounded on the West by stone walls.
The Monastery was founded by Prince Ivan Crnojevic of Zeta in 1484 as the cathedral monastery of the Eparchy of Zeta. It is believed that the ktetor was inspired by the Venetian architecture, during his stay in Ancona, and was a three-nave basilica with the dome, with elements of Renaissance architecture.
The Monastery was devastated in 1692 and rebuilt in 1701 by Mitropolitan Danilo Petrovic-Njegos, above the remains of the court of Ivan Crnojevic. It was burnt and reconstructed in 1743 by Metropolitan Sava Petrovic Njegos. By the end of the 18th century the Monastery was devastated once more, rebuilt several more times and finally in 1927 rebuilt for the last time.
The Church of the Bogorodica in Cetinje was built by Ivan Crnojević (ZSp. 778-81 - na mestě glagolěměmь Cětině vь slavu i vь hvalu toe gospožde Matere Božie vь ime Roždьstva).
The Cetinje Monastery was built in 1484 (Marković 150).
The Monastery hosts important relics: right hand of St. John the Baptist, remains of St. Peter of Cetinje, particles of the True Cross, royal crown of Serbian king Stephen Uroš III Dečanski, icon of the Philermos Mother of God, etc. |
134888
|
Monastery of Dečani
|
Place |
None |
121444
|
Monastery of St. Luke
|
Place |
(LjS ZiN I, 371 (115) - sei krьstь mučenika Rade Neimara, kako se prestavi na hramu svetago Luke u Podgradine). |
134946
|
Monastery of St. Paul, Holy Mount Athos
|
Place |
None |
122110
|
Morača Fortress
|
Place |
The fortress of Moarača was a possession of Duke Stjepan (Herceg Stjepan) and was on a strategtic position to controll the Morača valley. The fortress has vanished nearly completely. |
119625
|
Morača Monastery, Church of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God
|
Place |
The Monastery of Morača is situated in the valley of the river Morača in the Municipality of Kolašin in Montenegro. It was built by Stefan, the son of Vukan Nemanjić (the Grand Prince of Zeta) and grandson of Stefan Nemanja (ZN 17). The katholikon is dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God. It is a single-nave edifice with three bays, narthex and a dome. It has a side chapel dedicated to St. Stephen. All major elements of the Monastery of Žiča and the Patriarchate of Peć have merged into this edifice. The main portal is in Romanesque style. The fresco decoration of the 13th century has been poorly preserved (the majority of the decoration was ruined, when the monastery was ravaged by the Ottomans in the 16th century). The church was renovated in the 20th century. |
121421
|
Moračnik Island, Church of St. Mary
|
Place |
(SN ZSp., 757; IJ Sp., XLI, 156 - Prěčistoi; na Moračnikь). |
121186
|
Moračnik Monastery
|
Place |
(SB ZSn., 757 - poklanja Prěčistoi na Moračniku). |
121188
|
Morine
|
Place |
(KS KŽStK., I, 136 - Morigne; LjS PP II, 697 (119) - Sutorinomь i s Morinemь). |
119086
|
Morjani
|
Place |
The Village of Morjani was given by King Milutin to the Banjska Monastery (Sp. IV 6 - Selo Morjani, bratije dijakona B(o)goja i s(y)na mu Pribyla, sь ljudmi i sь svoimi megjami...). |
121191
|
Most
|
Place |
(LjS Sp., III, 8 - konь Mosta, Mostь). |
131782
|
Moštanica, 134 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 134 stećak-type tombstones near the Orthodox cemetery of Moštanica. There used to be more tombstones on this site. |
131552
|
Mratinje, Necropolis with Nine Tombstones
|
Place |
On an hill there is a necropolis with nine stećak-type tombstones near Mratinje. |
121194
|
Mrke
|
Place |
(BĐ Iz Ist., 198 - sa selom Mrke). |
119090
|
Mrmonie
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Mrmonie was given by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSP. 166). |
121196
|
Mrčevac
|
Place |
(AM KS., I, 225 (89) - filii Bolini de Merceues). |
121208
|
Mulet
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 119 - karye-i Mulet). |
122373
|
Mulo, Church of St. Paul
|
Place |
The Church of St. Paul, today in ruins, is situated on inaccessible land in the village of Mulo, North-West of Kotor.
The Church is a single-nave building with an apse, rectangular on the outside and semicircular on the inside. The nave was probably vaulted with a barrel vault and covered, like the apse, with a gabled roof. With this shape, the church typologically fits into the group of single-nave buildings with flat (undecorated) wall surfaces. |
121211
|
Muo
|
Place |
(AM KS., I, 110 (54) - positam in Mullo). |
121886
|
Murikani
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 97 - karye-i Murikani). |
134712
|
Museum of Hercegovina in Trebinje
|
Place |
The museum was established in 1952. It conducted the first excavation on the Church of St. Peter in Zavala in 1957. In 1975 the museum initiated the journal Tribunija. |
131504
|
Muslići, Necropolis with 30 Tombstones
|
Place |
Near the Studenac spring, there is a necropolis with 30 stećak-type tombstones. |
131501
|
Muslići, Vranštica, Two Tombstones
|
Place |
There are 2 stećak-type tombstones near the hamlet of Vranštica. |
117512
|
Nagoričino, Church of Saint George
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Place |
According to the Life of Saint Prohor Pčinjski (11th c.) Prohor settled in a small cave in the deserted area of Nagoričino in Žegligovo as a hermit (vь glubokuju pustynnju Nagoričeskuju). In Nagoričino also his hermitage (cave) is to be found. The original construction of the Church of Saint George in Nagoričino is dated to the 11th century and associated with Saint Prohor Pčinjski or the Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes (reigned 1068-1071). The Life of Saint Joakim Osogovski from the 12th century gives an account on the building activity of an anonymous Emperor (hram prpodbnomu vъ ime svjatogo velikomčenika Hristvo Gjeōrgia). The church fell without doubt into disrepair in the last quarter of the 13th century. According to the Slavonic inscription at the Western entrance to the narthex, the church was renewed by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) in the year 1313. In this inscription a certain abbot called Andonij is also mentioned. This hint suggests that a monastery existed at that time near the church itself (Izvoleniemь božiemь sьzda sja domь svetago i velikoslavnago mjačenika Hristova Geōrgijě vь dny svjatorodnago i prěvysokago kralě Uroša Milutina, bogomь samodrьžьcu vsei srbьskoi zemli i primorьskoi, pri bogočьstivěi kralici Simonidě, i pri igumeně Andony, v lěto 6821 [1313]). According to the Slavonic inscription from 1318 in the interior, the church was decorated with frescoes by order of the Serbian King Milutin under the abbot Benjamin (Božiemь izvoljenijemь sьzʼda se ōt osnovanie, i popisa se, čьstnii hramь podaijemь vsakiim prevysokago krala Stefana Uroša, vь lěto 6826, pri igumeně Beniamine). Another inscription in the interior above the Western entrance has not been preserved. Between 1300 and 1318/21 a certain anagnost Radin from Nagoričino in Žegligovo (anagnosta Radina Nagoričanina izь Žegligova) wrote a gospel for the priest Zagoranin in Sušica. The old Serbian Genealogies (rodoslovi) and Annals (letopisi) report that the Serbian King Milutin had founded or endowed numerous monasteries, amongst others also the Monastery of Saint George in Nagoričino (Nagoričino svetomu Geōrgiju; i vь Nagoričine svetago Gjeōrgija; i druguju vь Nagoričinu; i vь Nagoričine Georgia). In the same sources Žegligovo and Nagoričino are subsumed in one geographical unit (i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crьkov svetago velikomučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago mučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovo crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgia; i u Nagoričinu na Žegligovu crkovь svetago velikomučenika Georgija). The Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops by Archbishop Danilo II and his successors confirm the renewal of the church under the Serbian King Milutin (i crkovь svetaago Georgьgija nagoričьskaago). The abbot Benjamin from Nagoričino is named in the list of abbots in two Serbian charters (1317 and one forgery from the 15th century, where he is referrred to as nagoričkii Beniaminь, respectively nagorički Beniaminь). According to the aforesaid Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops, the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) gathered his army in the forefront of the Battle of Velbužd in the first half of 1330 on a field called Dobrič, located in today's South-Eastern Serbia at the confluence of the rivers Južna Morava and Toplica. He intended to confront the Bulgarian Tsar Michael III Šišman (reigned 1323-1330) at this place. When messengers informed him that the Bulgarian Tsar had intruded Serbian territory near the castle of Zemen on the upper reaches of the river Struma, where the then border of the Serbian Kingdom lay, he set his army in march and first moved to Nagoričino, where he prayed in the Church of Saint George (priide vь monastirь svoi kь svetomu mučeniku Hristovu Georьgiju Nagoričьskomu). The victory of King Stefan Dečanski at the Battle of Velbužd on 28 July 1330 is described by the Serbian annals and the aforesaid Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops. According to the Serbian annals, King Stefan Dečanski captured Michael Šišman and brought him to Žegligovo (aduxere eum in Segligovo), where the Bulgarian Tsar died and was buried in the Church of Saint George in the village of Nagoričino (et sepulchro datus est in Ecclesia sancti Georgii in pago Gorichina). On the contrary, the Lives of the Serbian Kings and Archbishops describe that the Bulgarian ruler had already died in the battle. His corpse was brought to the Church of Saint George in the place called Nagoričino (prěnesenu Georьgija vь městě rekoměmь Nagoričьskaago) and entombed there. In a ledger containing a list of debtors and guarantors of the Ragusan merchant Mihailo Lukarević from Novo Brdo, dated to the period from 1432 to 1438, a certain Radiuoj Tatich from Nagoričino, who was born in Kokÿno (de Chochina in Nagorizno/Nagorzno) is mentioned. On his campaign against the town of Skutari (now Shkodra in Albania) in May 1474 the Ottoman Pasha of Rumeli stayed with his army in Nagoričino, which was three days of journey away from Kosovo Polje (Bassa Romanie cum numeroso et valido exercitu dimissus est in loco dicto Nagoricino, distanti a Cossovo itinere dierum trium). In the Pšinski pomenik (15th c.) Nagoričino is attested as Staro Nagoričino ("Old Nagoričino"), while the toponym of Nagoričino is obviously used for Mlado Nagoričino. Nagoričino is registered in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from 1519 with the attribute "Staro" and from the years 1570 to 1572 as Gühne Nogoriç, Köhne-i Nagoriç and Köhne-yi Nogoriç (with the meaning of "Staro Nogorič"). The assumption that Edward Brown (1668-1669, published in 1673) saw the Church of Saint George in Nagoričino, while passing through Kumanovo, is probably incorrect ("near which [scil. Kumanovo] there is still a Greek Monastery, upon the side of the hills"). Rather he wrote about Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska in the Skopska Crna Gora, to the West of Kumanovo. In 1704 the Serbian scribe Jerotej Račanin refers to Nagoričino as 40 churches ("40 crkvy" or Turkish "krka klisa").
From the viewpoint of Art History, it should be emphasised that the Serbian King Milutin had the upper part of the Church of Saint George built on the destroyed walls of an older edifice in 1312/13 as evidenced by the aforesaid inscription above the Western entrance. The frescoes in the church were completed in 1317/18 according to the aforesaid inscription from 1318 in the interior and were executed by the painters Michael and Eutychius. The Church of Saint George is in the form of an inscribed cross with five domes, with barrel and groin vaults and a semicircular apse on the East (the altar space is relatively large and is continuing to the space of the nave), while the older edifice is clearly visible (especially on the Northern side of the church). |
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National Library of Serbia in Belgrade
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The National Library of Serbia (Народна библиотека Србије, Narodna biblioteka Srbije) is located in the capital city of Belgrade. It is the biggest library and oldest institution in Serbia. In 1832, the library was established by bookbinder Gligorije Vozarović in his bookstore, and its first collection consisted of gifts of publisher and bookseller Vozarović and other Serbian cultural figures. On 28 February 1832, Dimitrije Davidović sent a letter on the organization of the library to Miloš Obrenović. In November of the same year, Prince Miloš ordered that one copy of each printed book be made available to the library. Nowadays, the National Library of Serbia is a modern national library. Its goals are: incorporation into the world's information flows, recognition within the world's family of national libraries, as well as becoming an information resource and drive for the development of Serbian society. |
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National Museum in Belgrade
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The National Museum of Belgrade is located at the center of Belgrade, Serbia.
It was founded in 1844 and over time grew while collecting and developing collections of Serbian and foreign works of art. It was soon expanded with the diverse research work that transformed the Museum from the depot of past into a demonstrating exhibition space.
The National Museum of Serbia also includes the Gallery of Frescoes, the Vuk and Dositej Museum and the Nadežda and Rastko Petrović Memorial Museum. In addition to the rich archaeological, numismatic, art collection of Serbian and Yugoslav art, the National Museum of Serbia also has works by world-renowned artists, in overall housing more than 400.000 works of art.
Due to its architectural-urbanist and cultural-historical values, the building of the National Museum has been designated as a cultural property of great importance for the Republic of Serbia. |
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Ndroq
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The fortification near Ndroq was first mentined in the Ottoman Defter in 1431-1432. However archeological surveys suggest a first building phase in late antiquity and use throughout the medieval period. In Ottoman times the fortress was surrounded by a small town. |
119096
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Nedokusi
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The Village of Nedokusi was given by King Uros I to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston. A Part of the village was also given to the Monastery of Sveti Peter and Paul in Lim (ZSp. 601 XV, 595 X; LjS SP., III, 9 - Selo Nedakusy). |
122112
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Nehaj Fortress
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The Nehaj fortress was First mentioned in 1542. It can be found on the Map of Bar of the year 1550 on the left upper corner of the Map. |
117921
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Nerežišće, Island of Brač, Church of St. George
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The Church of St. George is situated on the Island of Brač, in Nerežišće. Some researchers believe it was built in the 6th or the 7th century, while others date it in the 13th to 14th century. Yet most believe it was built in the 11th century.
This Church is a single nave edifice with semicircular apse. At the door of the church is a hollow lunette that is the only source of light. The interior is vaulted with two transverse bands. Niches are arranged on all walls. Lesenes are on the façade.
In the Church is one of the finest examples of Renaissance reliefs depicting St. George killing a dragon, artwork of probably Bračanin Lozanić in the 15th century. |
119093
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Nevizrake
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The Village of Nevizrake was given by King Vladislav to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Bistrica (ZSp. 590 I - Ja, pomoštiju i milostiju Božijeju věn'čanny kraalь vsěhь sr'bskihь zemlь i pomorьskihь, Stefanь Vladislavь, naměstьnikь onogo blaženago i oca mi, ponaavljaju i oněhь prьvodan'naja sela i potvrьždaju simь moimь hrisovulomь Bystricu okolo crьkve, Nevyzrake oboje. A tomi selu megja kako je prišьlь rьtь megu Orahovicomь, itd). The village lied in the boundaries of the modern Village of Metanjac. |
131780
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Nikšić, Necropolis with 125 Tombstones
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There is a necropolis with 125 stećak-type tombstones near the Orthodox Church of St. Peter. There used to be a larger necropolis on this site.
On some of these specimens writings can be identified mentioning the Count Drakul (dated 17th century) and Stanko Lainović (dated 18th century). |
117840
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Nin, Baptistery of St. John
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The Baptistery of St. John was built around 800 and demolished in 1746. The baptistery's remains are probably lying under the sacristy of the Church of St. Anselm. The font of the baptistery is identified with the font of Duke (knez) Višeslav (died ca. 803) in the Museum of Croatian Archeological Monuments at Split. |
118063
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Nin, Church of St. Mary
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The Church of St. Mary in Nin was possibly built in the 6th century and then refurbished in Pre-Romanesque style in the 11th century. It was demolished in the year 1646 in order to provide building material for the renovation of the city fortifications.
It was a three nave edifice with a semicircular apse on the inside and pentagonal on the outside. It seems that the Church floor was covered with mosaics. Remains of stone Church furnishing has been found. |
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Nin, Church of St. Nicholas
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The Church of St. Nicholas was built around 1100 and is situated in Prahuljama, near Nin.
It is a central building with four arms arranged around a central circular core, three of which form the apse, and the fourth is the entrance arm. Above the central space rises a dome in a tambour with an cross-ribbed vault.
Seven kings were coronated in this building. |
117820
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Nin, Church of the Holy Cross
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The Church of the Holy Cross was built around 800. Its entrance bears an inscription in crude capitals which says: "GODEAI IUPPANO ?ISTO DOMO CO". The inscription is interpreted as "Godečaj Iuppano isto domo construxit". Thus, the church is interpreted to have been a court chapel of the Croatian rulers, who had their court next to the church. It was also used as a sepulcher.
The Church was named the smallest cathedral in the world. Its an edifice shaped in the form of a Greek cross whose arms are vaulted, has three apses and a dome of irregular ellipsoidal shape. Noticeable shifts from the correct axis are the result of tracking the sun so the Church served (and is still used) as a kind of clock and calendar. |
121214
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Nivice
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(HI SDSArv., 32 - karye-i Nivice). |
131715
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Ništice, 12 Tombstones
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There is a group of twelve stećak tombstones near the modern Orthodox cemetery in Ništice. |
121224
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Njeguši
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(KS KŽStK., I, 159, 181 - de Negusiis). |
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Norin
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The fortress of Norin was mentioned in charters of the years 1444, 1448 and 1454 by duke Stjepan. Norin is probably part of a ring of castles around Nikšić, other fortresses mentioned in this ring are Budoš, Onogošt and Susjed, the Ostrog fortress was probabaly also part of this defensive system. |
119102
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Nosoljin
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The Village of Nosoljin was confirmed by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (ZSP. 447 IV). |
131532
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Novakovići, Ribljeg jezero, Necropolis with 54 Tombstones
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On a plateau of hills near the Ribljeg Lake there is a necropolis with 54 stećak-type tombstones. |
121217
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Novi
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(MD Odluke Veća 247 - ad castrum Novum; LjS PP I, 269 - dovesti solь podь Novi u Sutorinu). |
122689
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Novi Bar, Church
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The church in Novi Bar has two phases of construction. In the first phase a triconchos was built in the 6th century. The second phase is a single nave edifice dated to the 11th century. The older building was demolished before the 11th century, and in the middle part of the triconchos and in the Eastern apse a smaller pre-Romanesque church was built. When the Church of St. Theodore was erected in Stari Bar, a mosaic floor from the triconchos edifice, which had already been in ruins at that time, was transferred. |
121219
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Novi Pazar
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(DA Consules, 15, 157 - in Novi Paxar). |
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Novi Pazar (Ras), Church of St. Peter
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The Church of St. Peter in Ras was built by order of the Serbian Prince Mutimir (reigned 851-891) around 870-890 on a hill of Stari Ras ("Old Ras"), in today’s city of Novi Pazar. (VĐ ŽSN., 18 i 19 - se v'toroje kr'Štenije prijeti ... u V'seslavnyju ... Petra i Pavla). However, the latest research refutes the previous beliefs that the church was built by Prince Mutimir in 870, but much earlier, probably around 820, by Prince Radoslav. It seems that Prince Mutimir restored the building approximately six decades later, making it an episcopal seat (the church was most likely destroyed in one of the two Bulgarian campaigns against Serbia). It was decorated with fresco paintings at the beginning of the 10th century with the merit of the Serbian Prince Petar Gojniković (reigned 892-918).
The building, made from sandstone and travertine, is a rotunda encircling an irregular tetraconch (with the fact that the conch on the Eastern side, intended for the altar space, had a different shape and a larger area than the other three conchs) with vaults in the form of semicircles. Above the central area is a dome which is octagonal on the outside. The Eastern conch served as an altar, while on its Northern, Western and Southern sides the rotunda is embraced by a horseshoe-like ambulatory above which are galleries looking onto the nave, which served as a catechumenate or matroneum. The rotunda constructed on the described foundation was surrounded on all sides, except in the east, by a nave, which was divided by radial walls into five "rooms", interconnected by passages. The outer wall of the nave was adjacent to the circular wall of the rotunda. On the exterior, the edifice resembles pre-Romanesque style, with shallow arched niches placed on the upper part of the drum and the lateral wall of the rotunda, along the apse. Niches can be seen in the interior as well.
The baptismal piscina, hollowed out in front of the southeast pilaster of the rotunda, points to the conclusion that St. Peter's church was partly intended for baptisms. The church simultaneously functioned as a court chapel.
The only preserved sculptural decorations inside and around blind niches in the interior of the church are floral and geometrical motifs along with crosses engraved into fresh plaster.
The fresco paintings have mostly faded. Today some of the decoration can be seen in the drum with five scenes associated with Christ’s nativity and childhood (Annunciation, Visitation, Nativity, Adoration of the Magi and Presentation at the Temple). In the squinches, one can see parts of scenes of the Baptism and Betrayal of Christ, and on the Western wall, below the drum, parts of the Crucifixion. All compositions were framed with wide bands, rimmed with red. On elongated figures, red-violet and yellow-golden tones prevail. The background is mostly golden, while grey is seen once it progresses towards the top. Art historians believe that Byzantine masters were hired to decorate the church (they also find similarities with the Church of St. Stephen in Kastoria and the Church of Transfiguration near Koropi, Attica). |
122200
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Novi u Pivi
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The fortified settlement of Novi u Pivi was mentiond by the Aragonese King Alfonso V in the year 1444. Novigrad can not sufficiently be localised. It is possible to lie below the surface of Lake Piva after the construction of the Mratinje dam. |
122198
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Novigrad
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Place |
Emperor Constantine Porphyregenetos mentioned in "De administrando imperio" three towns in Duklja, one of them Novigrad. Mijović and Kovačević mentioned suggestions of localisation as Sveti Stefan or Prevlaka, but also state that there is no evidence yet found. |
121221
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Novosele
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(HI SDSArv., 31 - karye-i Novosele). |
119100
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Novoseli
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The hamlet of Novoseli, which was part of the village of Šipačna, belonged in the year 1392 to the Serbian Nobleman Stefan Lazarević and was given to the Monastery of Hilandar (ZSp. 458 II - I sïja sela prïložihь sь crьkvomь: elo Kukanь, zaselьkь mu Čajetina; selo Šipьčьno, zaselьkь mu Novoseli; selo Prisoninkь, i u Hraštahь trï zaselьci, tako i sь ulïjanïci, i sïja vsa kьždo sь sь svoimi megjami i pravinami selь těhь, što si su imala izь načela. ZSp. 775-776 - Selu že hramu Vьvedeniju svetaja vьsvetihь sь povelěnijemь gospodstva mi priloži Obradь baštinu svoju i otca njegova i deda, selo Kukanь i aselije mu Šipьč'no, i zaselije mu Čajetina, i sazelije mu Novoseljani. ZSp 776-777 - My že sь zboromь crьkve velike egovo usrьdïe i moljenïe prijem'še po tomužde obrazu i směrenïe mi zapisa veovodě Obradu Dekin'dïkju vь věčnuju baštinu do věka vyše rečennu cr'kvь jaže jestь vь zapisanïi svetïihь gospodь i kralь i gospodina cara Stěfana, takožde i milostiju i zapisanïemь blagočьstivago gospodina Srblemь kneza Lazara selo Kukanь i zaselьkь mu Čajetina i Šip'čno i Novoseljani sь vsemi megjami i pravinami i sь planinomь sela togai nikimь neotjemljemo i nepotvoreno ... ). |
119567
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Novoseli, Church of the Holy Mother of God
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The Church of the Holy Mother of God in Novoseli was given by Tsar Dušan to the Monasery of St. Pantheleimon at the Holy Mount (ZSp. 508 II - I ošte priloži carstvo mi selo Novoselь Koje jestь konь Vlьčištь sь vsěmi megjami, i sь materiomь Božomь Adinioticomь). |
121226
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Oblik
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Place |
According to Šufflay, the castle of Oblik was mentioned in several Frankish annals as located at the right bank of the river Bojana beneath the Taraboš mountain. Oblik was the place where the Bulgarian Tsar Samuel sieged and arrested the serbian prince Vladimir (FŠ LPD., 326, VM Lj., 75 - et has iupanias ... Obliquus; AA II, 749 s (230) - de Oblich, Šufflay 1924, 23 - in Obliquo ad custodiendum castellum). |
122119
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Oblun
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The fortress of Obolon was first mentioned in the chronicles of the priest Dukljanin. The fortress was built upon the fundaments of an ancient illyrian-greek Akropolis and a roman-byzantine fortress. The fortress was built on a strategic very important position to controll the region of the eastern Lake Skadar and the Fields south of modern Podgorica. |
121230
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Obod
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(FŠ LPD., 373; VM Lj., 103; MMS., 531 - in castellum, qui Obolon dicitur; darōvahь ednu vodenicu moju u Ōbodu). |
119888
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Obrva
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Place |
The Village of Obrva was confirmed by Despot Đurađ Branković to the Serbian nobleman Radića (ZSp 335 VIII - I u Gornoi Mopravě: Selo Obrьva, selo Lěskovlja, selo Platovo, selo Jabučïe, i tri selišta pusta: Kovači, i druga Lěskovica i Bražice). |
131484
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Odžak, Ljeljenak, One Tombstone
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Place |
There is one tombstone of stećak-type located on a hill near the hamlet Ljeljenak in the vicinity of Odžak. |
119659
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Ograđenica, Church of St. Pantheleimon
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Place |
The Church of St. Pantheleimon was situated within the boundaries of the village of Ograđenica (Glasnik XV 279). |
117995
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Omiš, Church of St. Peter
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The Church of St. Peter in Omiš is mentioned in the period from 1074 to 1090 in the Codex Diplomaticus and, thus, was built before that, most probably between 1050 and 1070.
Its a single-nave edifice with a dome and an apse on its Eastern end, similar in plan to the Church of St. Michael in Ston and St. John the Baptist in Podace, near Zaostrog. There are also similarities with the Church of St. George in Ribnica (Podgorica).
The outer walls are segmented by lesenes. Spoliae, probably from the 6th century building that once stood here, have been used. |
121243
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Onogošt
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Place |
The Slavonic toponym Onogošt derives from Latin Anagastum and this itself from the Germanic personal name Anegast or Anagast.
(FŠ LPD., 325; VM Lj,74; GČ KNS., 45 (39); LjS PP I, 99 (101) - in Onogoste; de Anagasto, u Ōnogošti). |
119105
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Orah
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Place |
The Hamlet Orah, which belongs to the Village of Pavle Crkve, was given by Tsar Uroš to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSP. 166). |
121249
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Orahovac
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Place |
Lj Sp., XI, 82 (79) - Dabisiuus Radognich de Recouatio). |
119110
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Orahovica (1)
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Place |
The Village of Orahovica was mentioned in the years 1234 - 1243 (ZSp. 589-590 I - ... Ja, pomoštiju i milostiju Božijeju věn'čanny kraalь vsěhь sr'bskihь zemlь i pomorьskihь, Stefanь Vladislavь, naměstьnikь onogo blaženago i oca mi, ponaavljaju i oněhь prьvodan'naja sela i potvrьždaju simь moimь hrisovulomь Bystricu okolo crьkve, Nevyzrake oboje. A tomu selu megja kako je prišьlь rьtь megu Orahovicomь, itd.). |
119117
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Orahovo
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Place |
The Village of Orahovo was confirmed at the 15th of July 1363 by Tsar Uroš to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
119112
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Orahovo u Crnici
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The village of Orahovo u Crnici was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) to the Monastery of Sveti Nikola in Vranjina (I dahь selo u Crьnici imenomь Orahovo sь ljudmi i sa vasemi mećami.). |
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Orikos
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Place |
The fortified settlement of Orikos was refortified between the 4th an 6th century. The latest findings were coins minted during the reign of Constantine VII Porphyrogenetos (913-959). |
121251
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Orlina
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Place |
(BvAr MD 544 - selo Orlina). |
132225
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Osmin
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The mountain top Osmin (Vrh Osmin, 827 m) is located between the city of Budva and the Lake Skadar. It is mentioned in a letter by the ruler Djuradj Crnojević of Zeta (reigned 1490-1496) in 1494 (на врх Ѡсмина, сврх Ѡсмина). According to Aleksandar Loma, the Serbian toponym derived from the Latin toponym of "Asamon". |
118168
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Osor, Island of Cres, Church in Dolac
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Place |
The Church in Dolac was possibly built in the early 9th century. It lies in ruins now. |
118073
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Osor, Island of Cres, Church of St. Peter
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The Benedictine Church of St. Peter was built in the first half of the 11th century. It was founded by Saint Gaudenzio, a disciple of Saint Romuald. The church was already in 1453 in ruins.
Its a three-nave basilica with three apses. In the 15th century the Church was rebuilt so her interior got smaller (the central apse was walled up, and the Southern one can be found outside today's wall in the area of the field). Also, a Romanesque sacristy was added to the basilica. |
118165
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Osor, Island of Cres, Church of St. Platon
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Place |
The now ruined Church of St. Platon was possibly built in the first half of the 9th century.
Its a single nave edifice with two rectangular apses, both on the inside and the outside. There are a total of ten two-apse buildings in Croatia, mostly in Istria, and in addition to Osor also in Zadar - the Church of St. Peter the Old.
Inside this Church a lot of sculpture and reliefs was found. |
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Ostrog Fortress
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Place |
The fortress of Ostrog was mentioned in 1441, 1444, 1448 and 1454 as posession of duke (here vojvode) Stjepan. The fortress is also mentioned in a Charter of Alfonso V in the year 1444. The fortress is has not survived and cannot clearly localised. |
121253
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Otmičeva
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Place |
(BvAr MD 544 - selo Otmičeva). |
119743
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Ovčar, Monastery of the Holy Trinity
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Place |
The Monastery of the Holy Trinity in Ovčar, near the village Dučalovići, was built probably in the 12th or the 13th century (Enc IV 641).
Its a single-nave edifice with a dome, three bays, a narthex on the Western side (built later) and apse on the Eastern side, which is semicircular on the inside and five-sided on the outside. |
121255
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Očinići
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Place |
(PR Čern., t. II, čast 1, str. 11 i 12 - tri sela ... Očinići). |
117857
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Ošlje church, Octachora
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Place |
The Ošlje church was probably built in the 10th century and to this day has remained greatly damaged. Its dedication is unknown, but T. Marasović presumes it might have been dedicated to St. Peter.
Its an eight-leaf edifice with dome above its central part while conchae had semi-domes. When taking into consideration solid building construction, facade with lesenes and flat niches, and rare programme concept it is possible that its ktetor was Prince Michael (Mihailo Višević, reigned 912-935) or some other prominent ruler of Zachlumia. Some art historians believe this church was built solely for baptism.
Ošlje and its Octachora are mentioned in the written source "De Administrando Imperio (DAI)" of the Byzantine Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (reigned 913/945-959). |
132365
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Padež
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Place |
In a plot of land called Padež a Latin inscription (Te Criste Auctore Pontifex; 7th-10th centuries) and remnants of a church (9th-11th centuries). |
119130
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Pakljani
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Place |
Pakljani was given by King Milutin to an unknown Vlah (Sp. IV 6 - i Vlahu Pьkljani). |
119133
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Paleži in Brskovska Župa
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Place |
The village of Paleži in Brskovska Župa was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) to the Monastery of Dečani (DH 58 - Takožde i Prokopija Bogdanovića s bratjom i s selom s Paleži i s vsěmi međami u brskovskoj župě). |
121893
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Pali
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Place |
(AA I, 773 (229) - super Portum Pali). |
119136
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Palikuće
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Palikuće, which belongs to the Village of Glušica was given by Tsar Uroš to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp 167). |
121806
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Palje Brdo, Church of St. Paul
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Place |
The Church of St. Paul the Apostle is located on a hill above the ancient site of Mirina in the village of Palje Brdo. There are no remains of an early medieval church, which was probably located on the site of today's church of St. Paul. Therefore, there is no data on the dimensions, structure, architecture and construction of the early medieval church. Researchers believe that it was probably built in the 11th century. |
121257
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Paljenka
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., - karye-i Palyenka). |
122930
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Panik, Church of Unknown Dedication
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Place |
The church in Panik is of unknown dedication and is situated in the village of Panik. Its remains were submerged by the artificial Bileća Lake (Bilećko jezero). It was a single nave edifice with an apse, which was rectangular both on the outside and the inside, and a narthex. The church was fresco painted, dated probably to the 12th century. The frescoes are similar in style to the Church of St. Thomas in Kuti and some churches in the South of Italy. |
119139
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Pasija Luka
|
Place |
The Village of Pasija Luka was confirmed by Tsar Uroš to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
119124
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Pavla Crkva
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Place |
The Village of Pavla Crkva was confirmed by Tsar Uroš to the Serbian nobleman Musa (ZSP. 449 I). |
119654
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Pavlica, Monastery Nova Pavlica
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Place |
The Nova Pavlica Monastery was build in the years 1397-1398 by Stefan and Lazar Musić, the sons of čelnik Musa (ZN 175; Letopis matice srpske 117, 114). |
119657
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Pavlica, Monastery of Stara Pavlica
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Place |
The Monastery of Stara Pavlica, dedicated to the Sts. Peter and Paul, near the Monastery of Nova Pavlica is situated on a rocky plateau of the Ibar gorge. It was most probably built by a pre-Nemanjić Dynasty at the end of the 12th century, since a charter of the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) refers to it as a dependance of Studenica Monastery (Starinar VIII-IX 206-210). It is a single nave basilica in the form of a cross with a dome and three apses. In the altar space pots of baked clay have been inserted into walls for better acoustics. Remains of fresco paintings in the dome and on the arches of the pillars are probably from the 13th century as they are similar in style to the ones in the Church of Djurdjevi Stupovi. |
119127
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Pavlje
|
Place |
The Village of Pavlje was given by Milutin to the Banjska Monastery (Sp. IV 4 - Selo Pavlje, a megje mu). |
123301
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Pecë
|
Place |
The Fortress on Pecë was build around the year 300. A church was added in the 5th or 6th century to the Fortress and the sam church was renovated between the 9th and 11th century. |
121259
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Penetari
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Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 152 - villa clamada Penetari). |
123107
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Peqin
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Place |
The lower town of Peqin was the indirect succesor to the Roman town of Clodiana, which was located at the Via Egnatia and was first mentioned in 1431/32 as "Biklinet" in the Ottoman Tahrir Defter. |
121262
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Perast
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Place |
(AA II, 219 s. (51) - de Perast). |
123034
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Perondi, Church of Shën Koll
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Place |
The Church of Shën Koll in Perondi was built in the 10th century on the fundament of a 5th century church. In the 13th century a bell tower was added and the whole church was renovated in the 14th century. The frescoes of the church are currently in miserable shape. |
131717
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Perovići, Grčko groblje, 38 Tombstones
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Place |
There is a group of 38 stećak tombstones on the site of the Greek cemetery near the Perovići village. |
132598
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Perugia
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Place |
None |
123316
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Petralba
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Place |
The Petralba fortress was built in the 14th or 15th century and was conquered by Skanderbeg in 1443. The fortress guarded the road from Durres to Prizren and was an important part of Skanderbegs defensive system of Albania. After the death of Skanderbeg the fortress fell into ruin and only the village of Guri Bardhë was mentioned as successor settlement to the fortresses lower town. |
123238
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Petrela
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Place |
The fortified settlement of Petrela was first mentioned by Anna Komnena in the 12th century, but findings suggest a foundation by the Illyrians in Antiquity. In 1153 Petrela was mentioned by Al-Idrisi as Betrula as an important regional marketplace. Petrula was again mentioned in the 15th century during the war of Skanderbeg against the Ottomans. After the Ottomans conquered Petrela and founded Elbasan the fortress lost its importance, both as a fortress and a marketplace. Four archaeological phases were found, the first in the 5th century, probably during the reign of Anastasios I, the second phase was during the early medieval age, the third probably in the 12th or 13th century, the last phase was in the 15th century. |
131754
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Petrovići, 20 Tombstones
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Place |
There is a group of 20 stećak-type tombstones near the Church of St. John and its cemetery. On two specimens writings can be recognized referring to the prince Grbač Cvetković Banjanin and the duke Cvetko Banjanin. |
124135
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Peć, Church of St. Demetrius (Patriarchate of Peć)
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Place |
The Church of St. Demetrius is situated in the city of Peć. It was built by Archbishop Nikodim, probably between 1320 and 1324, as is written in the Peć Chronicle.
It is a reduced cruciform edifice with a spacious dome and altar. Western bay is lower and dimmer than the rest of the Church (serving as a resting place of two Patriarchs - Jefrem and possibly Sava IV). It has a cross (groin) vault, which was, as some scholars believe, built later.
In 1614 some parts of the building (namely its Northern wall) have been reconstructed.
On the altar screen some sculpture can be seen. The Church was fresco painted in the middle of the 14th century, and renovated in the 17th century. The name of one painter (out of two who painted this Church) has remained inscribed in the apse in Greek lettering. |
124150
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Peć, Church of St. Nicholas (Patriarchate of Peć)
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Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas is situated in the city of Peć. It was founded by Archbishop Danilo II as a single-nave, vaulted, edifice with a tripartite apse which is rectangular on the outside. It was built of brick and stone.
The original frescoes have not survived. According to the inscription above the inner side of the door we know that the Church was painted in 1673 by Patriarch Makarije, and were done by painter Radul. |
124098
|
Peć, Church of the Holy Apostles (The Patriarchate of Peć)
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Place |
The Church of the Holy Apostles is situated in the city of Peć. It was built by Archbishop Arsenije I in the middle of the 13th century (even though an inscription on one of the frescoes from the 14th century states that St. Sava initiated the construction). In time, as other buildings erected next to this Church, its shape changed so the original appearance of the Holy Apostles cannot be reliably reconstructed.
The Church belongs to the Raška style and was a seat of Archbishopric (after it was moved from the Žiča Monastery) and later raised to the rank of Patriarchate (1346-1766).
The Church was built on the grounds of an older three nave basilica which was reconstructed and modified to a single nave edifice with a dome and an apse with proskomidia and diakonikon. Side naves became chapels. Nave was elongated and suitable for liturgical purposes. Along its Western part there were once chapels (paracclesions) which were demolished in the 14th century. Today it is a space of rectangular base with a semicircular vault.
Similar solutions are to found in Pridvorica and Davidovica.
Along the South wall of the central bay is a sarcophagus which once housed the remains of Archbishop Arsenije I. Another sarcophagus in the South-West corner of the Church kept the relics of Joanikije II, the first patriarch of the Patriarchate in Peć. The tomb of Archbishop Sava II is located between these two sarcophagi, also placed along the South wall.
The Church was fresco decorated in the 13th century. Western part of the Church was decorated in the time of King Milutin, marking the beginning of a new style, that of the 14th century. |
124145
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Peć, Church of the Virgin Hodegetria (Patriarchate of Peć)
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Place |
The Church of the Virgin Hodegetria is situated in the city of Peć. It was built around 1330, South to the Church of the Holy Apostles (as a counterpart to the Church of St. Demetrius) by Archbishop Danilo II.
It is a developed cross-in-square edifice with octagonal dome. Gothic bifora on its Eastern side was probably added later and matches the same one on its Southern side. In North-Western part of the Church is a sarcophagus of Archbishop Danilo II.
The Church was fresco painted around 1337 (by the time Archbishop Danilo II died) and finished during Archbishop Joanikije. |
124094
|
Peć, the Patriarchate
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Place |
The Patriarchate of Peć is situated in the city of Peć in Kosovo. It was built in the 13th and 14th centuries by Serbian Archbishops, starting Archbishop Arsenije Sremac, St. Sava's successor on the throne of Serbian Church.
It consists of three Churches dedicated to the Holy Apostles, Saint Demetrius and Virgin Hodeghetria. The narthex was added by Archbishop Danilo II around 1330 and served as an ante-Church to the three adjecent temples. Some frescoes of the narthex have remained; they were mostly restored in the 16th century (after the renewal of the Patriarchate). |
119890
|
Peščanica
|
Place |
The Village of Peščanica was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp 571 I - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahovišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica, sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi). |
134917
|
Pienza
|
Place |
None |
132252
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Pilareta
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Pilareta" derived from the Greek Christian name "Φιλαρέτης". |
121284
|
Pinar
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 103 - karye-i Pinar). |
121286
|
Pindarhundije
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 56 - karye-i Pindarhundiye). |
121289
|
Pirg
|
Place |
The Purgi tower was built at a river port, which was important to the grain trade with Ragusa. The tower was built as a defense of the port by the Albanian nobleman Nikolla Muzaka in 1389- After Nikolla Muzaka Rugina Balsha incorporated the tower into her realm of Vlora and Kanina. In danger of the Ottomans Rugina Balsha wanted to cede her princedom to Venice, unfortunately the negotiations wer prolongated until 1417, when the Ottomans conquered Pirg. The last mentioned possessor of the tower was Ajdin Gropa mentioned in 1421. (AA II 441 (106-107) - de illa turri del birgo; KJ Sp., XI, 14 - et turrim Purgi). |
122124
|
Pirlitor
|
Place |
The fortress lies probably near the village of Pirlitor. It was build to guard the street from Pljevlja to Nikšić. |
121291
|
Pistul
|
Place |
(LŠ Gl., XV, 310 - pravi u Pistulь). |
131564
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Pišče, 53 Tombstones
|
Place |
There are 53 stećak-type tombstones near the Orthodox Church and a modern cemetery in Piščine, out of which five were used for building the foundation of the old church and ten for the walls of the new church. Additionally, some stećak tombstones were used for the erection of newer tombstones. |
119142
|
Plav
|
Place |
The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated several fishermen in the village or region of Plav to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren (Gk XV 303; SN ZSp., - u Plavě selo Dosuge; MSM Gl XII, 39 - selo u Plavě Gradь). |
119157
|
Plavkovo
|
Place |
The Village of Plavkovo was confirmed by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
119160
|
Plavnica in Zeta
|
Place |
The village of Plavnica in Zeta was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) to the Monastery of Žiča in ca. 1220 (A se u Zetě sela: Trěbole, Plavnici, u Gorskoi Župě Goličь). A metochion of the Monastery of Sveti Nikola in Vranjina is mentioned in Plavnica in the times of Saint Sava (ca. 1175-1236). The village had also a Monastery of Saint John (SSS 198). (MMS., 12 i 18 - u PLavnici ōtь mesta nis Plavnicu) |
119154
|
Plavьkovyna in Brskovo
|
Place |
Plavьkovyna was a hamlet of the village of Prostěnije. It was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243-1276) to the Monastery of Saint Peter and Paul in Lim (Selo u Brьskově Prostěnyje, a zaselije mu Bystrica, Dobrihьnina, Gostylovina, Stričina, Plavьkovyna, Selьca, Jasenovo, a planina mu Konь, a megja Prostěnyju otь Tare u stěnu u Pělovynu, ...). |
132452
|
Pleva
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Pljevlja" derived from the Latin word "Pleva", which is documented, amongst others, in the Itinerarium Antonini (3rd century AD) as river and settlement in Dalmatia. |
121294
|
Pljevlja
|
Place |
(MD ZHSvS., 176, 177, nap 26 - Vochaç Tuertchouich de Pleuglie). |
121481
|
Pljevlja, Monastery of the Holy Trinity
|
Place |
(FB TD., 8 (34) - na molbu kaludžera manastira sv. Trojice da Plevljaci ... seku njihove šume). |
123319
|
Pllana, Church of Shën Barbullës
|
Place |
The church of Shën Barbullës in Pllana was built in the 13th or 14th century. Postbyzantine frescoes also show Saint George and Archangel Michael. |
131558
|
Plužine, Gradac, Necropolis with 13 Tombstones
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Place |
On the hamlet Gradac near Plužine there is a necropolis with 13 tombstones of stećak-type. |
131556
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Plužine, One Tombstone and Remains of a Necropolis
|
Place |
There is one sole tombstone in Plužine on a site of a former necropolis, where Š. Bešlagić assumes about 20 additional former monuments. |
119171
|
Pnuće
|
Place |
The village of Pnucem was home to some masters of unknown art (Gk XV 304). |
131292
|
Poblaće, Podrid, 177 Tombstones
|
Place |
According to Šefik Bešlagić, there are 177 stećak tombstones on the Podrid site below the Rid (Hrid) peak. |
121297
|
Pobor
|
Place |
(PR Čern., t. I, 464 - otь ... Poborъ" |
122060
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Pobor, Đurđevac Fortress
|
Place |
The Đurdđevac fortress in Pobor was first mentioned in 1424 in a contract between the Serbian Despotate and the Republic of Venice and was probably destroyed in the year 1435. |
119179
|
Poceste
|
Place |
The Village of Poceste was given by Tsar Uroš to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 166). |
123922
|
Podgoria
|
Place |
On the hill next to Podgoria lies the fortress of Podgoria. The Fortress was built inside an ancient acropolis. Findings in the acropolis go back until the first century CE. The fortress itself was dated by coin findings between the 11th and 13th centuries. |
121300
|
Podgorica
|
Place |
(AM KS., I, 56 - ego Johannes de Potgoriçe). |
121358
|
Podgorica, Ribnica
|
Place |
(VĐ ŽSN., 18 - na městě rekoměmь Rybnica). |
131486
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Podpeće, Luke (Gornje Selo), Necropolis with 78 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 78 tombstones of stećak-type located on the Luke site (hamlet Gornje Selo). |
122602
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Pogradec Fortress
|
Place |
The Podgradec fortress was built in the 4th century BCE and was, according to pottery findings, used until the 6th centure CE. |
123653
|
Polaz
|
Place |
The village of Polaz was given by King Milutin to the Monastery of Banjska (Sp. IV 4 - I cr(ь)kvь S(ve)t(a)go D'mitrija u Běkově i sь sely. Selo Běkovo, selo Polььzь(sic), selo Hropalica.). |
121896
|
Polica
|
Place |
(FC. CVen. di Scut., 97 - villa clamada Poliza). |
119173
|
Poljance
|
Place |
The village of Poljance was given by King Milutin to the Monastery of Banjska (Sp. IV 4 - , ōt cr(ь)kvište kako dělь grede meždu Poljan'ce i meždu Rjuišta). |
121303
|
Poljice
|
Place |
(MD ZHSvS., 1818, nap. 44 - de Drazeviza de Pogliza). |
119176
|
Polumir
|
Place |
The Village of Polumir was given by grand župan Stefan Nemanja to the Studenci Monastery (ZSp. 568 I - Prьveje selo Brezova, i selo Gušterice, i selo Zasadь, selo Ćakovo, selo Poolumirь, selo Cer’e, selo Bresnikь, selo Rastište, selo Savovo, i Glavoči, selo Mlan'ča, selo Mugurice, Selo Mi ...). |
118321
|
Ponikve, Church of St. George in Sparagovići
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Place |
The Church of St. George (Sv. Juraj) is situated at the Ponikve region, in Sparagovići, on the Island of Pelješac, in the so-called Crna gora.
In the 1st or the 2nd century a first building was erected, following a pre-Romanesque building from the 12th or the 13th century.
Its a single nave vaulted building with an apse which has three semicircular niches in the inside and is rectangular on the outside. Lesenes are dividing the interior into three bays. On its Western side it has a bell-tower.
Devastated masonry tombs filled with earth and stones were found at the height of the existing church threshold.
The Church was renewed in 1987. |
121305
|
Poročani
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 100 - karye-i Poroçani). |
117894
|
Povljana, Island of Pag, Church of St. Nicholas
|
Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas is situated in Povljane, on the South of the Island of Pag. It was probably built in the 5th or the 6th century, and later, in the 11th century, was renewed.
Its a single nave, vaulted, edifice with a semicircular apse on the East side of the Church. On the West side of the Church is a bell. Some fragments of fresco decoration can still be seen on the walls of the interior.
According to the found pieces of stone furniture it seems that the Church was originally covered with a wooden roof structure which was, in the 11th century, replaced by a barrel vault, adding also pylons and girders to the side walls.
The Church was completely renewed in the 20th century. |
131721
|
Počekovići, Five Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a group of five stećak-type tombstones in Poćekovići, four of which are situated near the Orthodox Church of St. Ignatius and its cemetery and one about 15 m southwest to the above-mentioned site. |
131727
|
Počekovići, Four Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a group of four stećak tombstones on a hill about 80 m east to the other stećak necropolis with 17 tombstones. |
131729
|
Počekovići, Four Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a group of four stećak-type tombstones on a hill about 100 m south to another stećak necropolis. |
131725
|
Počekovići, Necropolis with 17 Tombstones
|
Place |
There si a necropolis of 17 stećak-type tombstones on a tumulus on the other side of the road near the Orthodox Church of St. Ingatius in Počekovići. |
131723
|
Počekovići, One Tombstone
|
Place |
There is one stećak-type tombstone on a tumulus about 100 m southeast from the group of stećci situated next to the Orthodox Church of St. Ignatius. |
131700
|
Pošćenje, 51 Tombstones
|
Place |
In the village, next to the Orthodox Church of The Holy Mother of God (Sv. Bogorodica) and the cemetery around it, there is a group with a total of 51 stećak-type tombstones.
Only five specimens are in their original position, the others were reused for building purposes and thus integrated in the cemetery fence and in the foundations of the church.
A damaged inscription referring to Duke Pavle is engraved on one of the stećak tombstones, and on the built-in tombstone (on the inside of the church) there is an inscription referring to Miroslav Rašković. |
119676
|
Praskvica Monastery
|
Place |
The Praskvica Monastery was founded on the instigation of the montenegrinian nobleman Baoša III (Sp XI 67-68; ZSp. 754). |
118353
|
Pražnice, Island of Brač, Church of St. Clement
|
Place |
The Church of St. Clemente was probably built between the 11th and 13th centuries. |
121307
|
Prekali
|
Place |
(FC. CVen. di Scut., 162 - villa clamada Precali ala montagna). |
121310
|
Presjeka
|
Place |
(MD ZHSvS., 181, nap. 42 - de Drazeviza de Priesech). |
119182
|
Preslop
|
Place |
The Village of Preslop was mentioned in 1314 (SP. IV 2, 5 - , I meždu Šipovik' u Prěslopь, i ōt Prěslopa po dělu na planinicu, i z Prěslopomь po glavicamь). |
119497
|
Prevlaka, Monastery and Church of St. Archangel Michael
|
Place |
The Church of St. Archangel Michael, also known by the name "Tumba sancti Archangeli", is situated on the small island of Prevlaka in the Bay of Tivat. There are three layers of edifices on this site. The first church was built on the basis of a 6th century basilica (with graves found as well), which became a three nave basilica by the end of the 6th century. A Benedictine monastery dedicated to St. Archangel Michael was probably built in the 9th century. It was a three nave basilica with a semicircular apse in the center and two rectangular little apses on the sides (which are still being debated in art history, since no similar examples have been found), a narthex and a bell tower on the South-East part of the edifice. A large number of fragments of architectural sculpture of the pre-Romanesque style has been preserved, and some of its pillars were moved to the Church of St. Tryphon in Kotor in 1166. In the 12th century this place was ruined and deserted. This abbey, according to the oldest preserved document in Kotor from 1124, was meant to be the Cathedral of Kotor. At the beginning of the 13th century (1220s) the bishopric of Zeta was founded at this very place by Saint Sava (ca. 1175-1236). Therefore, the second church was built on the remains of an abandoned and demolished Benedictine monastery. It had a dome and strong buttresses and a parraklesion was added on the North side. Numerous graves have also been found. The monastery was abandoned at the end of the 14th century and destroyed in the middle of the 15th century, following the killing of 70 monks. In the immediate vicinity of the ruins of this church, i.e. to the East of it, a single nave edifice, which is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was built in 1833 with bells above the Western entrance. |
123271
|
Preza Fortress
|
Place |
The Preza Fortress was probably built in the early 15th century or around 1500. Who exactly founded the Preza fortress was debated, suggestions were the Ottoman, the Albanian noble Family of Topia or Skanderbeg. The fortress was expanded by an mosque in the 16th century. |
117859
|
Pridraga, Church of St. Archangel Michael
|
Place |
The Church of St. Archangel Michael was most probably built at the beginning of the 9th century or in the year 1000, as some researchers suggest, and is part of a complex of buildings called "Manastirine". This toponym points towards a ruined monastery at the same place, which had probably survived from late Roman times.
Its a six-leaf edifice of irregular plan, which is today in ruins. |
124252
|
Pridvorica Monastery, Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ
|
Place |
Pridvorica Monastery is situated in the village of Pridvorica near the city of Ivanjica. It was probably built by a servant who came from the Nemanjić court around 1195. It is a single nave edifice with three bays, an octagonal dome, a three partite apse and a narthex. Next to the Western bay are side chapels. Remains of the frescoes can be seen in the upper zones of the edifice. The church was renewed in the 16th and the 19th century. Interestingly the monastery has its own coat of arms. |
121312
|
Prijepolje
|
Place |
(MD Kar. trg.,122, nap. 12. - in loco dicto Prepolie). |
132459
|
Prijepolje
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Prijepolje" could have derived from the Greek word "περι-πόλιον", hinting to a fortification from Byzantine times from the reign of Justinian I (reigned 527-565). |
1344
|
Prilep, Church of St. Nicholas
|
Place |
Single-nave church in the very heart of the medieval lower town of Prilep (today Varoš). Most probably erected in the second half of the 12th century on the site of Slavonic secular buildings from the 11th century. Frescoes from the second half of the 12th century and from 1298. The church of Saint Nicholas is mentioned as part of a boundary description of the property of the Metochion of the two Saint Theodores in the town of Prilep (počinae megja ōdь Barovu crьkvь, ōdь Svetogo Nikole, ta uzь dolь ōbьjemljušte Svetye (!) Petku, ōpirajušte do Svetago Georьgija, vьshodešte na Nakovalьnu, ōbьjemljušte Varnavu, ōpirajušte na Dubnicu do krьsta, ōbьjemljušte ... uši ishodešte izь Trěskavьca putь gradьsky, paky do crьkovь Barovu, ōbьjemljušte crьkovь Prodromovu). |
121314
|
Priske
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 103 - karye-i Priske). |
124458
|
Prizren, Church of the Mother of God of Ljeviša
|
Place |
The Church of the Mother of God of Ljeviša (Virgin Eleousa) is dedicated to the Dormition of the Mother of God. It is situated in the city of Prizren and was built by King Milutin 1307-1313 on the ground of an earlier three-nave basilica, probably from the 9th or the 10th century (at the latest).
Its is said that St. Sava visited Prizern at the beginning of the 13th century, when the first Serbia bishop of the city was ordained. It was the first restoration of the edifice as evidences by the inscriptions on the frescoes in the South aisle dated in 1220.
In the 14th century the edifice was remodeled and turned into a building with five domes, three-partite apses which are semicircular on the inside and three-sided on the outside and an exonarthex with two floors and a bell-tower.
According to the inscription on the exonarthex we know that the reconstruction of the Church was managed by masters Nikola (architecture) and Michael Astrapas (painting).
The Church was fresco-painted in the 13th century and later in the 14th by the hand of Michael Astrapas and his assistants.
In 1346, after the proclamation of the Serbian Patriarchate this Church was elevated to the rank of metropolitanate. In the 15th century Prizren was occupied by the Turks. In the 18th century it was turned into a mosque. In 2006 the Church was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of an ensemble of medieval monuments in Kosovo. |
119184
|
Prostěnije in Brskovo
|
Place |
The village of Prostěnije in Brskovo was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243-1276) to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston (A se selo u Brьskově Prostěnije, Stryčina, Gostilovina, Bys'trica, a zaselije mu Dobrih'nina i Bělojevina.) and a bit later to the Monastery of Saint Peter and Paul in Lim (Selo u Brьskově Prostěnyje, a zaselije mu Bystrica, Dobrihьnina, Gostylovina, Stričina, Plavьkovyna, Selьca, Jasenovo, a planina mu Konь, a megja Prostěnyju otь Tare u stěnu u Pělovynu, ...). |
121317
|
Prošćenje
|
Place |
(LjS Sp., III, 9 - selo u Brьskovja Prostjanyje). |
121319
|
Pruška Vas
|
Place |
(LjS Sp., III, 8 - selo Prjuška Vьsь). |
121322
|
Prčanj
|
Place |
(KS KŽStK., I, 28 i 29 - de Parzagna). |
122357
|
Prčanj, Church of St. Thomas
|
Place |
The Church of St. Thomas is situated in the surrounding area of Prčanj. Today only its foundations remain. It could not be localised in situ in autumn 2021 due to the vegetation in the area. The church is a triconchos with a dome, built probably in the 9th century. Fragments of capitals and an altar screen have been found. Such a ground plan is preserved only in the Boka Kotorska in the Eastern Adriatic and was also implemented in the original church of St. Tryphon in Kotor. This form, however, is known in Carolingian architecture with the most prominent example in the oratory at Germigny-des-Prés, dated to the beginning of the 9th century, and in Early Christian as well as Early Medieval Armenian architecture. |
121324
|
Pulani
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 159 - villa clamada Pulani). |
119191
|
Pupavnje
|
Place |
The Village of Pupavnje was given by King Uroš I to the Žičca Monastery (ZSp. 571 I - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьnica, sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sь vьsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahopvišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi). |
123110
|
Qafa Fortress
|
Place |
The fortress of Qafa was built as part of the defensive ring around Scampis which was built by Justinian to protect the region of attacs and raids of Avars and Slavs. It was probably already abandoned in the second half of the 6th century. |
121899
|
Radogošta
|
Place |
(MSM Gl., XII, 38 - pod Radogoštu). The Village lies probably below the surface of the Fierza Reservoir. |
118011
|
Radun, Church of Saint George
|
Place |
The Church of St. George was first mentioned in the late 11th century (in 1083. and 1089). It is influenced by Late Antique buildings from neighboring Salona (near Split).
Its a single nave Church with rectangular apse (that are decorated with blind niches and lesenes on the outside). Around the Church is a medieval cemetery. |
121901
|
Raka
|
Place |
(AA II, 705 (212) - polovinu Rakaa). |
121906
|
Ras
|
Place |
(HI SDSARv., 99 - karye-i Ras). |
119606
|
Ras, Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi
|
Place |
The Church of St. George is situated in Ras near the city of Novi Pazar and in close proximity to the episcopal see of Raška, a suffragan of the Archbishopric of Ohrid. It was built in the years 1170-1171 by the Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja (reigned 1166/68-1196) as a combination of Byzantine and Latin spatial composition and construction, and as such belongs to the so-called Raška school of architecture. It was fresco decorated in 1975. The church is designed as a single nave edifice divided into three parts: the three-part altar space, the central bay and the narthex. Above the central part of the building is a dome with elliptical base, which is rather unusual, and decorated inside with arcades on free-standing colonettes. The entrances with vestibules on the lateral sides of the bay under the dome were created as a new solution. It has bell towers on its Western side (Spis sv Save 60-61; Kralj Stefan 5, Domentijan 16-17). (BĐ ŽSN., 23 - s(ve)ty m(u)č(e)niče H(ri)stovь Geōr'gije). |
119200
|
Rastetina
|
Place |
The Village of Rastetina was given by King Uroš I to the Monastery of Sveti Peter and Paul in Lim (ZSp. 594 VIII - Selo Rastetina, a meda jemu otь Srьdeva Brьda u Draganь Dolь, pravo nizь potokь, kako se potoka stajeta i prězь, itd). |
121344
|
Ratac
|
Place |
(KJ TDR., 102 nap 205 - Abbas de S. Micaele (!) de Reteza; SN ZSp., 604 - u Rьtьčьka, svetoi Bogorodici Rьtьčьskoi). |
123172
|
Ratac, Church A
|
Place |
Church A is situated in Ratac between the cities of Sutomore and Bar. It belongs to a monastery complex. The church was built in the second half of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th century. It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse on its Eastern end. The church has a ground-level crypt modelled according to the Early Christian, two-storey mausoleums. The remains of plaster indicate that the church was fresco decorated. Remnants of the mosaic allude to the period between the 4th and the 6th century. |
122446
|
Ratac, Church C (Bogorodica Ratačka)
|
Place |
The Benedictine monastery complex of St. Mary is situated on the Ratac peninsula between Sutomore and Bar. Between the 9th and the 11th century a Benedictine monastery was founded, initially dedicated to Saint Archangel Michael and later to the Holy Mother of God, also known by the name Bogorodica Ratačka (Mother of God from Ratac). The oldest church is from the 11th century and is designated as Church C. The peculiarity of this single-nave building with a dome are the four bays, one of which in the West had probably the function of a narthex. This church is mentioned in the Kotor Charter by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) in 1319, confirming the charter by his mother the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314) from 1305 and indicating that the church was dedicated to the Mother of God. A Latin inscription from September 1347 to the left of the Southern entrance to the Church C mentions the monastery's abbot Paulo Rugerii (Marković 2004, 201).
The monastery complex consisted of several buildings. Among them three churches stand out. During the 14th and 15th centuries other buildings and fortifications were added to the monastery, especially when there was a danger from the Ottomans. The monastery and its buildings were looted and demolished by the Ottomans in the 16th century. The Venetians turned it into a military fortress, which was later taken over by the Ottomans. The walls of the monastery were especially devastated in the Second World War (1941-1945), where the occupying forces installed artillery and built bunkers.
(KJ TDR., 102 nap 205 - Abbas de S. Micaele (!) de Reteza; SN ZSp., 604 - u Rьtьčьka, svetoi Bogorodici Rьtьčьskoi). |
119893
|
Ratina
|
Place |
The Village of Ratina was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp 571 I - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahovišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica, sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi). |
117830
|
Ravanjska, Church of St. George
|
Place |
The Church of St. George was most probably built in the 10th century. It is mentioned in a charter from the year 1071.
It has an unusual plan, that of the letter L. One arm is actually a pre Romanesque Church - a single nave edifice with a dome and a semicircular apse. |
131294
|
Rađevići, Mramorje hill, Three Tombstones
|
Place |
Šefik Bešlagić locates three stećak tombstones on the hill Mramorje in or in the vicinity of the village of Rađevići. |
121339
|
Raška
|
Place |
(FŠ LPD., 311 congregantes gentem ex Rassa; SN ZSp., 623 - i u Rasě selo). |
134895
|
Regional Museum of Herceg Novi
|
Place |
The building of the museum is the foundation of Mirko Komnenović, who bequeathed it to the town of Herceg Novi by his will from 1940, in which his wish was expressed that this building should serve as the town museum. |
121352
|
Repište
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 100 - villa clamada Rapisti). |
123321
|
Reç Fortress
|
Place |
The Reç Fortress probably can be identified with Skanderbegs castle Balessium. The fortification was first mentioned as the town of Ballac in 1062 in a letter by Alexander II to the Archbishop of Bar. Ballac then was mentioned in 1347 as bishopric. In 1416 the Venetian cadastre mentioned the place only as a vilalge with 25 houses. Skanderbeg renovated in 1448 the Walls in preparation of his attempts to conquer the Danja fortress. Reç is also mentioned as a bishopric in the 14th and 15th century. |
121355
|
Reči
|
Place |
(FC. CVen. di Scut., 154 - villa clamada Reci). |
119205
|
Ribnica (1)
|
Place |
The Village of Ribnica was given by King Stefan Nemanja to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp. 571 I - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьnica, sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sь vьsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahopvišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi). |
119208
|
Ribnica (2)
|
Place |
The village of Ribnica is mentioned in the year 1314 (SP. IV 5 - meždu Ryb'nïcu i meždu Dinoše). It is the birthplace of the Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja (reigned 1166/68-1196). |
120380
|
Ribnica, Church of St. George
|
Place |
The Church of St. George is situated in Ribnica (today's Podgorica, Montenegro) where, according to legend, the Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja (reigned 1166/68-1196) was baptised. It is a single-nave edifice with an apse, a dome and a bell tower on its Western side. The church was rebuilt and extended several times. Along the Eastern side of the building researchers revealed the remains of an older building. Its walls were used as the foundation walls of the apse, which was extended further to the Northern and Southern side as well as to the interior of the building, indicating the continuity of the sacred place and ancient settlement. Furthermore, the remains of the older building were used as construction material for the new one. There are numerous written accounts on the church. The Church of St. George is similar to the Church of St. Peter in Omiš. |
121360
|
Rijeka
|
Place |
(MMS., 534 - u Rěce sego radi i pō dьpisuju). |
131752
|
Riječani, Necropolis with 19 Tombstones
|
Place |
In Riječani there is a necropolis with 19 stećak-type tombstones near the Orthodox cemetery. |
121952
|
Rikavac
|
Place |
(DA L. de F., 24, 46' - sub Antibaro in loco dicto Richauaç). |
121364
|
Risan
|
Place |
(FR D., 408; FŠ LPD., 326; LjS PP II, 697 (119) - cum his iupaniis ... Rissena (Risano); i gradomь Novimь i s Risnimь).
(D.V.) Risan was influenced by the Roman culture of the Dalmatian coastal cities, being mentioned as a Roman city in the works of Polybius, Ptolemy and Pliny according to Daniele Farlati. |
117881
|
Rižinice, Church of St. Peter
|
Place |
The Church of St. Peter was founded at an unknown date in Late Antiquity and restored by the Croatian Duke Trpimir (reigned 845-864) in 852. The Church was part of a Monastery, which was founded by the same Duke. The Church was deserted at an unknown date. |
123155
|
Rodon Fortress
|
Place |
Rodon fortress at Cape Rodon was a well known adriatic pirate centre in 1324. Near the fortress three monasteries existed in the 14th and 15th century. Skanderbeg heavily fortified Rodon fortress. He planned to make it his main fortress in his wars against the Ottomans. After the conquest of Durres in the year 1501 Rodon fortress and its port lost its importance and was abandoned. According to Barletius Rodon was destroyed by Sultan Mehmet II after the third siege of Kruja. |
121367
|
Rogame
|
Place |
(VĐ Iz Ist., 198 - selo Rogame). |
120265
|
Rogačići
|
Place |
The church in Rogačići is a six-leaf edifice erected north of the Bosna River's source, probably in the second half of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century. Today only the foundations have remained. No historical records have been found about this edifice.
Some researchers, judging by the well preserved ciborium, believe that this church was renewed or embellished in the 11th century, which corresponds to the mass Christianisation of the Serbs (the ground plan of the church also indicates that its main purpose was for mass baptism). |
121369
|
Rogožino
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 87 - karye-i Rogojine). |
122126
|
Rose
|
Place |
The town of Rose was mentioned by Constantine Porphyrogenetos as one of three towns plundered by Scaracens in the year 841. There are also hints, that Rose was a bishops see in 1271. In modern Rose no medieval buildings can be found, except the church. |
132024
|
Route Bijelo Polje Prijepolje
|
Place |
None |
132159
|
Route Cavtat Kotor
|
Place |
None |
132124
|
Route Kolašin Onogošt
|
Place |
None |
132161
|
Route Kotor Budva Bar Ulcinj
|
Place |
None |
132170
|
Route Kotor Cetinje Podgorica
|
Place |
None |
132126
|
Route Morača Onogošt
|
Place |
None |
132163
|
Route Onogošt Pljevlja
|
Place |
None |
130935
|
Route Plav Peć
|
Place |
None |
130933
|
Route Podgorica Bijelo Polje
|
Place |
None |
132176
|
Route Podgorica Botun Vranjina
|
Place |
None |
132168
|
Route Podgorica Budva
|
Place |
None |
132080
|
Route Podgorica Gacko
|
Place |
None |
131955
|
Route Podgorica Kolašin Bijelo Polje
|
Place |
None |
131959
|
Route Podgorica Plav
|
Place |
None |
132166
|
Route Podgorica Selce
|
Place |
None |
132174
|
Route Podgorica Vir Bar
|
Place |
None |
132172
|
Route Spuž Budva
|
Place |
None |
132117
|
Route Trebinje Cavtat
|
Place |
None |
132119
|
Route Trebinje Onogošt
|
Place |
None |
132121
|
Route Trebinje Risan
|
Place |
None |
130931
|
Route Ulcinj Skadar Podgorica
|
Place |
None |
119210
|
Rovci
|
Place |
The Village of Rovci was mentioned in 1314 (Sp. IV 4 - ōt Děže va u Kurijaču po dělu na Rov'ce u Kalogjerovь lazь). It lies within the boundaries of the modern Тušimlja. |
121954
|
Rožik
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 56 - karye-i Rojnik). |
123931
|
Rubik Fortress
|
Place |
The Rubik Fortress was probably located near the monastery of Rubik. The Fortres was not mentioned in medieval or early modern charters but a connection to the monastery is likely. |
123326
|
Rubik, Saviour's Church
|
Place |
The Saviour's Church in Rubik was probably built in the 12th century. A fresco of the year 1272 mentions the Benidictine abbot Innocence. The abbot is shown in his Latin ornat, but the fresco is painted in a Byzantine style. |
131686
|
Rudinice, 11 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a group of eleven stećak-type tombstones about 100 m to the west from the tombstone group of Groblje (Rudinice). |
131668
|
Rudinice, Groblje, Necropolis with 113 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 117 stećak-type tombstones on the Groblje site near Rudinice. |
131670
|
Rudinice, Groblje, Seven Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a group of seven stećak-type tombstones about 100 metres to the South from the necropolis on the Groblje site near Rudinice. |
119214
|
Rudnica
|
Place |
The Village of Rudnica was confirmed by Tsar Uroš V to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 167). |
121373
|
Rudnica
|
Place |
(FB TD., 1 i 8 . (32, 34) - iz sela Gornja i Donja Rudnica). |
119216
|
Rupeljevo
|
Place |
The village of Rupeljevo was given by despot Stefan Lazarević to the Mileševi Monastery (ZSp. 607 I - ... Priložihь monastiru gospodina mi svetago Savy iže vь Milěševe petь selь u Moravicahь, imže imena sïa: dva Gulja, tretïe Hrasno Polje, četvrьti Šemgonь, peto Rupeljevo). |
121957
|
Ruskoli
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 147 - villa clamada Ruscoli). |
134731
|
Russian State Library in Moscow
|
Place |
The Russian State Library is one of the three national libraries of Russia, located in Moscow. It is the largest library in the country, the largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. Its holdings crossed over 47 million units in 2017. It is a federal library overseen by the Ministry of Culture. |
119203
|
Ržanica
|
Place |
The village of Ržanica was given together with two Vlach katun by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1322-1331) in 1330 to the Dečani Monastery (DH 77 – Selo rziniće i s vsěmi međami i 2 katuna vlah.). |
132606
|
Sabina
|
Place |
None |
121961
|
Sakato
|
Place |
(JŠ Gl., XV, 287 - selo Sakato). The village of Sakato lies probably below the surface of the Fierza reservoir. |
122128
|
Samograd
|
Place |
Samograd is a settlement in a natural fortified place. |
121375
|
San Salvador
|
Place |
(AA I, 93 (31) - Abbate sancti Salvatoris). |
121964
|
Sapa
|
Place |
In 1291 it was tried to revive the ruined town of Sava (AA I, 515 (153) - civitas Sava nomine). |
121379
|
Sardoniki
|
Place |
The ancient Roman fort, Sarda was founded in the late 4th century. In the 5th century it also served as a bishopric, later being abandoned in the 6th century after the invasion of the Avars and Slavs. Sardoniki was resettled and refortified in the 10th century. Sardoniki was resettled and refortified in the 10th century, in 1189 Sardoniki again became a bishopric and was a suffragan bishopric of the archbishop of Tivari. Until 1460 Sarda was ruled by the noble families of the Dukagjini and Zaharia (VĐ ŽSN., 31 - Sar'donikii gradь). The town of Sardoniki was ruined by the building of the dam of Vau i Dejes. |
121382
|
Sati
|
Place |
(AA II, 555 (148) - et castrum Satti). |
117823
|
Savar, Island of Dugi, Church of St. Pelegrin
|
Place |
The Church of St. Pelegrin is situated on the Island of Dugi, in Savar, and was built in the 9th or 10th century. It was most probably erected on the foundations of an older Church from the Early Christian period.
On the base is the old church core, which is a pre-Romanesque building of the central plan with a dome, a rectangular space was added in the 15th century. On the back side, in the 18th century, a sacristy was added. Apse was demolished and today is non existent. |
119222
|
Savovo
|
Place |
The Village of Savovo was given by the grand župan Stefan Nemanja to the Studenica Monastery (ZSp. 568 I - Prьveje selo Brezova, i selo Gušterice, i selo Zasadь, selo Ćakovo, selo Poolumirь, selo Cer’e, selo Bresnikь, selo Rastište, selo Savovo, i Glavoči, selo Mlan'ča, selo Mugurice, Selo Mi ... ). |
119225
|
Sebemilje
|
Place |
The Village of Sebemilje was mentioned in 1314 (Sp. IV 4 - , ōt stěne niz r'tь kako se kamy valii k' Seběmilju). |
118198
|
Seget, Church of St. Daniel
|
Place |
The Church of St. Daniel was built before 1100 on the foundations of a Late Antique building. It fell to ruins at an unknown date and is surrounded by a villa rustica. |
121483
|
Selca (1)
|
Place |
(Ljk Sp., IV - Sel'ca). |
121487
|
Selca (2)
|
Place |
(IJ Gl., XLVII, 225 - ime meždu Selci; imenemь Selca). |
122614
|
Selcë e Poshtëme
|
Place |
The fortified settlement was refortified during the 4th century. The settlement also contains several erlier tombs. |
121491
|
Selčani
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., 98 - karye-i Selçani). |
134910
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Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Place |
The Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences (Српска краљевска академија, СКА; Srpska kraljevska akademija, SKA) was the successor to the Serbian Learned Society (Српско учено друштво, СУД; Srpsko učeno društvo, SUD) with which it merged in 1892 and accepted its members as its own either regular or honorary members, its tasks and its place in scientific and cultural life. The same had occurred several decades earlier when the Serbian Learned Society on 29 July 1864 took over the place and functions of the Society of Serbian Literature (Друштво српске словесности, ДСС; Društvo srpske slovesnosti, DSS), the first learned society in the Principality of Serbia, founded on 7 November 1841. The Serbian Royal Academy of Sciences was led by members, such as Jovan Cvijić. Since the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts was founded by law (as the Serbian Royal Academy) of 1 November 1886, it has been the highest academic institution in Serbia. |
119908
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Serča
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Place |
The Village of Serča was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp 571 I - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahovišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica, sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi...). |
134914
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Siena
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Place |
None |
121495
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Silte
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., 103 - karye-i Silte). The village of Silte is now deserted and lies sout of Kruja. |
121497
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Skadar
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Place |
The town of Skadar was founded in the 4th century BCE. Skodra was in hellenistic times part of a Koinon and also the residence of the last Illyrian king. Under Roman rule Skadar became an oppida and an administrative center for the region. In the 3rd or 4th century and also in the 5th century under Justinian the walls of Skadar were rebuilt. During the medieval age the medieval town separated itself somewhat from the ancient town core, which became the town quarter of Ajasma. In 1040 Skadar became part of the Serbian realm. Manuel I Comnenos integrated Skadar in the year 1160 into the Byzantine Empire and made it the capital of the Thema of Dalmatia. 1184 Skadar became again part of the Serbian Kingdom and in 1215 of the Despotate of Epirus. In 1355 Albanian nobles declared their independence, but fell in 1396 under Venetian sovereignty. The Venetians built in 1416 the three walled defensives around the town and renovated the fortifications between 1461 and 1474. In 1479 Skadar was conquered by the Ottoman. (FŠ LPD., 310; VM Lj.,58; VĐ ŽSN., 31 - civitatem Scodarim; Rosafь grad' rekomyi Skьdrь). |
124349
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Skadar, Church of St. Nicholas
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Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas is situated in the vicinity of Skadar. It was erected by the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314) in 1280. It is a three nave basilica with a semicircular apse. For the needs of Orthodox liturgies the altar space received short bays and was raised one step above the floor of the church. Also, a semicircular niche was found in the Northern nave for the needs of the proskomedia. The church was ruined in the 1960s. |
124335
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Skadar, Church of St. Stephen
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Place |
The Church of St. Stephen is situated in Skadar. It was first mentioned in 1319, therefore researchers believe it was built around 1300.
Its a single nave edifice with a rectangular apse. It was similar to the Church of St. Mary in Svač, and Franciscan Monastery in Kotor. |
124353
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Skadar, Church of the Sts. Sergius and Bacchus
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Place |
The Church of the Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, a Benedictine Monastery, is situated at the Bojana River in the vicinity of Skadar. According to the Chronicle of Bar, the church was the mausoleum of the Vojislavljević dynasty in the 11th century. Two inscriptions in Latin have remained that mention the name of the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314) dated to 1290 and 1318 respectively, which highlight her and her son, the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321), as ktetors probably in the time of the renewal of the church. It is a three nave edifice and each nave ends with a semicircular apse in the East. Unfortunately, the church has been gradually ruined by the Bojana River. |
119565
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Skadar, Monastery of the Most Pure Mother of God of Krajina
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Place |
The Monastery of the Most Pure Mother of God of Krajina ("Craini"), with its main church dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God, was built near the South-Western shore of Lake Skadar. As most researchers believe, its ktetor was the Serbian Prince Jovan Vladimir (reigned 990-1016), whose remains were transferred here not long after he was murdered in 1016 in Prespa. Next to him his wife Kosara was buried. The church was renewed and enlarged several times, but the original plan is still visible. It is a single nave edifice with semicircular conchae on its Southern, Eastern and Northern sides, making it a trefoil building, similar to the Church of St. John the Baptist in Zaton on the River Lim, built at approximately the same time, and the Church of St. Panteleimon in Ohrid (the burial church of St. Kliment of Ohrid), built during the time of Tsar Samuel's domination in the Balkans. The Church of the Most Pure Mother of God of Krajina was renewed at the end of the 14th century, probably at the time when the Metropolitan see of Zeta was transferred. It is believed that Balša III Djurdjević (reigned 1403-1421), the ruler of Zeta, was responsible for its renovation. Today, only fragments of fresco decoration indicate that the church was once embellished. (FŠ LPD., 331 - in ecclesia sancta Mariae, in loco qui dicitur Craini). |
121501
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Skafnar
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., 102 - karye-i Iskafnar). |
121503
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Skireli
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Place |
(FC. CVen. di Scut., 96 - villa clamada Schirelli). |
7486
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Skopje, Upper Town, Monastery of Saint Nicetas
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Place |
The Byzantine Co-Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos mentioned the Monastery of Saint Nikita near Skopje in the years 1299/1300 (πλησίον [τῶν Σκοπίων] εὑρίσ[κετ]αι μοναστή[ριον εἰς ὄνο]μα τιμώμενον τοῦ Ἁγίου μεγαλομάρτ[υ]ρος Νικήτα). In 1299/1300 or 1308 a Serbian version of a charter by Andronikos II Palaiologos - at the instigation of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin - confirmed the donations made by Michael IX (ō priloženi ježe vь Skopi cr(ь)kva S(ve)t(a)go m(u)č(e)nika Nikiti vь metohiju).
It could well be that the scribe of the aforesaid Slavonic charter localised the Monastery of Saint Nikita wrongly in the vicinity of the Upper Town of Skopje, while it is to be found to the NW outside of the town, which is indicated by the Byzantine charter. The forged Transcript A of the Collective Charter of Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Chilandar monastery reports that the deserted Monastery of Saint Nikita was found and re-erected by the Serbian king (I ōbrěte kraljevьstvo mi manastyrь zapustělь vь Skopʼskoi straně Svetago Nikitu ōtьčьstva mojego i napravihь jego). He donated it afterwards to to Tower of Hrusija near the Chilandar monastery (a Svetago Nikitu dahь mojemu pirʼgu sь vʼsěmь jego utʼvrьždenijemь).
The Church has an elongated cross-in-square plan, with a dome and interior which is divided into nine bays. The four bays that form a cross are barrel-vaulted. The calotte of the dome (made of brick) rests upon a high octagonal drum. The specific design of the sanctuary, which consists of the eastern arm of the cross, a short narrow bay and a semicircular apse, was imitated in Serbian fourteenth-century architecture, especially in Churches founded by noblemen.
The façades were built in alternating layers of bricks and ashlars. Also, the façade walls of the church are decorated with blind arches that rest on lesenes.
As supposed by researchers the Church was built by Byzantine master builders (influence came from the nearby Thessaloniki like the Church of Saint Panteleimon, the small Church of the Holy Saviour and the Church of the Panagia Elassona Olympiotissa in Elassona).
The building was fresco decorated in the 14th century (after 1321) by Michael Astrapas, the famous Thessalonian painter of the Palaiologan era, and his associates .
The Church had a parakklesion once situated in the Eastern section of the South wall and was dedicated to St. John the Baptist, and was fresco painted in the 16th century. It was a single nave edifice with the width greater than the length and it was demolished in 1928. |
119234
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Slatina
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Place |
The Village of Slatina was mentioned in the year 1314 (Sp. IV 4 - ōt Strašiv'ca u slatinu, ōt slatine u r'tь i u gomylu konь r'ta). |
121517
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Soko
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Place |
(SLj List. 10, 21, i 153 - Uno costello chiamato Falcon che sta su uno fortissimo passo). |
121521
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Sokol
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Place |
(MD ZHSvS, 169., Nap. 59 - Sochol; castrum Soko). |
117875
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Solin, Church at Gradina
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Place |
The Church at Gradina was built in the 6th century and renovated in the 9th and 11th centuries. It was used under Ottoman rule, but in the 16th century the church was converted into a mosque. |
117951
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Solin, Church of St. Mary
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary in situated in Solin (in the so-called White Croatia or Great Croatia) and was built before the year 976, when Queen Helen of Zadar (Helen the Glorious or Jelena Zadarska), the wife of King Michael Krešimir II and the ktetor of this Church, died. The Church was part of the Royal Mausoleum complex along with the Church of St. Stephen, making them double-churches (basilica geminatae) typical for the Benedictines (the bigger one was usually dedicated to St. Mary, while the smaller one to a saint).
It was a three nave edifice, with an atrium and a narthex. It probably served as a coronation Church and a mausoleum. since a gravestone with a name of the Queen was found in the Church, and later the remains of the sarcophagus in the narthex.
The church was damaged in the first Ottoman raids in the 16th century and later a new building was erected. |
117936
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Solin, Church of St. Stephen
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Place |
The Church of Sveti Stephen was built at the same time as the Church of St. Mary, which lies just a few metres to the North. Its construction is attributed to Queen Helen of Zadar (Jelena), the wife of King Michael Krešimir II, who was buried in the Church of St. Mary in 976. It is unclear, if the Church was newly erected or just repaired on behalf of the Queen. Another theory is that the Church of St. Mary had a double dedication to the Mother of God and Saint Stephen.
It's a three nave edifice with westwerk at both ends of the narthex and a rectangular apse. |
118232
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Solin, Church of Sts. Peter and Moses
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Place |
The Church of Sts. Peter and Moses was built shortly before 1070. It is recorded as St. Peter in 1070 and 1076, and as St. Moses in 1078 and 1158. The church was repaired in the 12th century, probably because it was damaged in the Croatian interregnum. It is again mentioned in 1571 and was finally demolished in 1700, when it served as a quarry.
Its a three-nave and three apse edifice. It has a narthex on the Western side and a bell-tower on the South (that has remained today only partially). |
123951
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Sopot Fortress
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Place |
The Sopot Fortress was probably built at the beginning of the 13th century. In 1258 Sopot became a part of Manfred of Hohenstaufen's realm and was conquered by Nikephoros I of Epirus in 1278 but ceded to the Anjou in 1279. During the Rebellion of the Albanians in 1336 Sopot supportet the Byzantine emperor Andronikos III. It was again mentioned in 1431-1432 in the Ottoman Defter. |
119678
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Sopoćani Monastery, Church of the Holy Trinity
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Place |
The Sopoćani Monastery is situated near the source of the river Raška in the region of Ras in the vicinity of the city of Novi Pazar. The church was built by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243-1276), the son of the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) around 1260 (PJŠ Pam., 70 - sьzida že crьkovь Sopokjani). The exonarthex and a bell tower were added later, in the first half of the 14th century (resembling the Žiča Monastery). The church is a mausoleum of members of the royal Nemanjić members: the King's mother Anna Dandolo, Stefan Prvovenčani, Grand Duke Djordje and King Uroš I himself. It is a single nave edifice with three bays and a dome and has a three-partite semicircular apse as well as a narthex. On the sides of the narthex are separate chambers. On the outside, the edifice resembles a three-nave basilica (all side rooms, next to the altar, choirs and chapels are placed under one, single-pitched roof), which is also the element that distinguishes this building from the others of the Raška style group. The windows and portals were done by masters from the coastal area in the Romanesque style. The entire church was fresco painted around 1270. After being damaged, the church was reconstructed in the 15th century (at the time some alterations were made). After the Ottoman rule, in the 20th century, this site was reconstructed and renovated. |
121524
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Sosine
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Place |
(AA II, 346 (80) - de Sossine). |
121514
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Sovnik
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., 98 - karye-i Sovnik). |
121527
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Sošan
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Place |
(MSM Gl., XII - selo Sošane). |
121530
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Spatari
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Place |
(FC. CVen. di Scut., 116 - villa clamada Spatari). |
123360
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Spiten, Monastery of Saint Alexander
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Place |
The Monastery of Saint Alexander and its church was first mentioned in a papal bull in 1405. Both have fallen to ruins at an unknown point in time. |
121533
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Spič
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Place |
(AA I, 547 (160) - ōdь Sьpiča u kalьcь). |
124414
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Spič, Church of St. Thecla
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Place |
The Church of St. Thecla is situated in Spič to the West of Sutomore. It is a single nave edifice from the 13th century with an apse and a bell-tower, which was added at a later date. The church has two altars: one is in the apse in the East, while a second is positioned outside of the church at the Western wall to the left of the entrance. Both are used by the Orthodox and Roman Catholics alike. Around the church is a joint Orthodox and Catholic cemetery. The church was renewed in 2005. |
118283
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Split
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Place |
Split, in Italian Spalato, is a seaport, resort, and chief city of Dalmatia in Southern Croatia. It is situated on a peninsula in the Adriatic Sea with a deep, sheltered harbour on the South side. The city is best known for the ruins of the Palace of Diocletian (built 295–305 AD). Collectively with the historic royal residences, fortifications, and churches in the city, the palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979. From 812 Split developed as a major Byzantine city. In 1105, after brief incursions by Venice (998) and Croatia (1069), the city acknowledged the nominal suzerainty of Hungary-Croatia and fought sporadically with its rival Trogir. From 1420 to 1797 it was held by Venice. The Austrians ruled from 1797 to 1918 with a brief French interregnum in 1808-13. |
118130
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Split, Church of Saint Euphemia
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Place |
The Church of St. Euphemia was built shortly before the year 1069 and was part of a monastery complex of the Order of Saint Benedict. The church was originally dedicated to Saint Benedict. Both church and monastery were founded by Archbishop Lovro (reigned 1060-1099). The monastery was closed by the French in the year 1806 and turned into a military hospital by the Austrian Army. The whole complex fell victim to a fire in 1877.
It was a three nave building with a dome, and three semicircular apses on the Eastern side. |
118070
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Split, Church of Saint Stephen
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Place |
The Church of St. Stephen was built before 1020. It was redecorated around 1100. The Church belonged to the Monastery of St. Stephen. The Monastery and its Church were already in ruins in the year 1699. |
118174
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Split, Church of St. Martin
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Place |
The Church of St. Martin is inserted into the corridor above the Porta Aurea of Diocletian's Palace in Split and is preserved until today. Above the outer entrance of the North Gate, which later became known as the Golden Gate, is a well-preserved adapted and narrow church of St. Martin.
The space inside the Church was rearranged several times, and the oldest probably belongs to the early Christian era. The pre-Romanesque phase, probably as early as the 9th century, includes a barrel vault, an altar in the apse with a carved cross of early Christian markings and small transepts (perforated stone slabs) placed in the middle of large walled antique openings on the south wall. The later pre-Romanesque phase from the 11th century belongs to the altar partition, the only one which is entirely preserved in Dalmatia. Remains of the bell-tower have remained on its Western side.
From the contents of the inscription, which is carved along the upper part of the fence, it is learned that the Church contains objects of worship (patrocinia) in honor of St. Martin, the Mother of God and Pope St. Gregory, which means that the Church is under their protection.
The Church has another inscription on the lintel, written in a rustic way, mentioning a priest Dominic, who is responsible for the construction work in the Church (for the construction of partition walls and doors). |
118138
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Split, Church of St. Nicholas
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Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas was built in the second half of the 11th century on behalf of a certain "famous John" and his wife Ticha. The Church was refurbished in the 12th century and rebuilt in 1667, party demolished in 1860 and restored in 1949.
Its an edifice with the ground plan of single nave with transept, a dome, rectangular apse, bell tower on the Southern side and on the lintel is a Latin inscription with the name of the donor. |
117846
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Split, Church of the Holy Trinity
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Place |
The Church of the Holy Trinity was probably built in the 9th century. It was rebuilt after its dome collapsed during the Pre-Romanesque era and was then rededicated. Based on an inscription, which was found in the older parts of the Church, it is supposed that the church was first dedicated to the Saint Archangel Michael.
Its an edifice with a sex leaf ground plan and a dome. Each apse has three shallow niches except the Western one which has a door and two niches. The presbyterian part includes three eastern apses with windows in the central niche. |
118235
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Split, Gospa od Zvonika
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Place |
The Chapel called Gospa od Zvonika was probably built in the second half of the 11th century. It was integrated into a corridor above the Western gate of Diocletian's Palace in Split. |
132221
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Sporii
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Place |
The toponym "Sporii" appears in Serbian medieval sources of the 13th century and designates a mountain range to the North of Nikšić. According to Aleksandar Loma, it might be connected to the ethnic denomination "Bosporani", as attested in the work of Procopius of Caesarea. |
121537
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Spuž
|
Place |
(MMS., 483 - podь Splьžemь u kalьcь). |
122136
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Stabna Fortress
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Place |
The Stabna fortress was mentioned in the 1444 charter of Duke Stjepan. |
122684
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Stari Bar, Church of St. George (St. Theodore)
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Place |
The Church of St. George is situated in the old town of Bar (Stari Bar) on an elevation called Londža. Beneath the remains of the Romanesque Church of St. George (dated to the 12th century) the remains of an older church, dedicated to St. Theodore, were discovered (probably built in the 5th or 6th century). When the Church of St. Theodore was erected in Stari Bar, a mosaic floor from the triconchos edifice in Novi Bar, which had already been in ruins at that time, was transferred. The older church of St. Theodore was probably ruined in a fire, and a new edifice honoring St. George was erected by Archbishop George of Bar (as evidenced by a tombstone) in the 12th century, thus becoming the see of the Archbishopric of Bar. Both churches were three nave basilicas. The Church of St. George had three apses. Remains of vaults indicate gothic elements. Fragments of stone furnishing and decoration belonging to the altar screen have been found. In 1125, King Grubeša of Zeta (reigned ca. 1118- ca. 1125) was buried in the church. High dignitaries of the Archbishopric of Bar were also buried there, e.g. Bishop Jovan from the time of Prince Vladimir and the Archbishops George, Peter and Sergius, who lived in the period from the 11th to the 12th centuries. The church was turned into a mosque in the 16th century, and in 1881 the church was completely destroyed by a gunpowder explosion or, as some indicate, by lightning (since the church served as an ammunition depot). |
122138
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Stari Ulcinj
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Place |
The fortified settlement of Stari Ulcinj on the Island of Stari Ulcinj was mentioned in 1376 as "in mari Dulcinii veteris" and later in the 17th century on Venetian maps as Dolcigno Vecchio. Stari Ulcinj was propably fortified during the Medieval period, although it was already settled earlier. |
123273
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Stelush Fortress
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Place |
The Stelush Fortress was probably built in the 15th century on ancient fundaments. The fortress was built and used by Skanderbeg in his wars against the Ottomans. |
121559
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Stijena
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Place |
(VĐ Iz Ist., 198 - selo Stijena). |
131567
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Stolac, Donje Selo, Necropolis with Three Tombstones
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Place |
There is a necropolis with three stećak-type tombstones on the Donje Selo site near the village Stolac. |
131569
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Stolac, Grčko groblje, Necropolis with 30 Tombstones
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Place |
On a hill in the area of Valje, on the site of the Greek cemetery (Grčko groblje), there is a necropolis with 30 stećak-type tombstones. |
121561
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Stoliv
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Place |
(AM KS., I, 13 (26-27) - vinea mea de Staliuo). |
117946
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Ston, Church of St. Archangel Michael
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Place |
The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Ston was probably erected by Prince Stefan Vojislav, the archont of the Serbs and a Terbounian Serb (reigned ca. 1037-1050), in the first half of the 11th century. The church is situated on top of the hill named Gradac and it might have served as a palace church.
Its a rectangular, single-nave building, which is divided with composite pilasters into three bays (the middle one has a blind dome, while Eastern and Western have groin vaults) and a bell-tower situated on its Western side. The altar apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. The exterior is decorated with lesenes and niches, while door frames and stone window have low-relief decoration.
Fresco decoration has been severely damaged but we can still recognize its iconographical programme. Certainly the most significant is the fresco decoration of the ktetor who is holding a model of the church and along with Latin inscriptions we can conclude that the paintings are of Western pre-Romanesque and Byzantine influence finished probably around 1050 (for sure until 1081). |
118356
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Ston, Church of St. John (St. Ivan)
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Place |
The Church of St. John (some researchers point to Saint John the Baptist while others indicate St. John the Evangelist) was built on the foundations of an Ealry Christian building probably from the 6th century.
The Church is a single nave edifice with an elongated rectangular ground plan with a wide semicircular apse on the East side. The interior of the side walls is divided by four lesenes, which are, interconnected and formed, on each wall, five niches vaulted with a semicircular lintel. |
118363
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Ston, Church of St. Martin
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Place |
The Church of St. Martin is located on the northern slope of the hill Humac and today lies in ruins. Most researchers agree that it was probably built in the beginning of the 12th century, even though earlier date is also possible.
Its a single nave building divided with two lesenes into three bays. It has a semicircular apse on the inside and a rectangular on the outside.
Today only Southern wall remains. Restoration works on the church, with a minor archaeological intervention, were undertaken in 1964 - 1965 by the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments from Dubrovnik. |
118366
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Ston, Church of St. Peter
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Place |
The ruined Church of Sveti Petar in Ston was first built in late antiquity, probably in the 6th century (remains are still visible on the Southern part of the Church). It was later renewed and by the end of 10th century, on the Northern part of the Church, a sanctuary was added with three aisles and dome over its central part (an adaptation made after the mass Christianization). |
121650
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Ston, Church of St. Stephen (Sv. Stjepan)
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Place |
The Church of St. Stephen is situated East of Gorica (between Lužine and Gorica). It was built on the remains of a Late Antique building from the 6th century, probably between the 10th and 11th century. Being on a wetland area archaeological research has been hampered and today only the grounds remain.
It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse on its Eastern end. A sintronon from the first phase of the building has remained. The early medieval church was built in the sanctuary of the early Christian basilica, and the remains of its North and West walls have been preserved. On its Northern wall remains of lesenes can still be seen and they indicate that the building was divided into three bays. |
118058
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Ston, Church of the Virgin of Lužina
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Place |
The Church of the Virgin of Lužine (Monastery of the Holy Mother of God) was built in the 10th or the 11th century in the Ston Polje field, close to the sea. It underwent several renovations in the 13th and 16th centuries which makes it difficult to determine its former appearance.
The Church is a single-nave edifice with a semicircular apse, and a tower on its Western end (built during later renovations). It is also probable that this Church Sava Nemanjić designated as the seat of the bishopric in Hum, in 1220.
The Church was repaired and restored after an earthquake in 1667 and later again in 1891. Today it is a Roman Catholic Church. |
120368
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Ston, St. Mary Magdalene
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene is situated on the archaeological site Gorica, in Ston (important center and an episcopal seat in the principality of Zachloumoi).
It was a single-nave late antique basilica that was adapted into a three-nave basilica in the second half of the 9th century, with a bell tower on its Western side. It probably housed the Ston bishops cathedra.
In the Church interior the remains of fresco decoration and a late antique sarcophagus have been found (today kept in Dubrovnik). |
117924
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Straževnik, Island of Brač, Church of Saint George
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Place |
The Church of St. George is mentioned in a document from the year 1111 and was probably built around 1100. It has the oldest datable bell-cote of the Croatian coastland.
Its a single nave vaulted edifice, with blind niches on lateral walls. On the Western side is a bell. |
121565
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Strugare
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Place |
(MMS., 531 - i ešte priložihь Strugatare (!) sve pomety sь metohomь nihь). |
119351
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Stryčina in Brskovo
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Place |
The village of Stryčina in Brskovo was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš I (reigned 1243-1276) to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston (A se selo u Brьskově Prostěnije, Stryčina, Gostilovina, Bys'trica, a zaselije mu Dobrih'nina i Bělojevina.) and a bit later as a hamlet to the Monastery of Saint Peter and Paul in Lim (Selo u Brьskově Prostěnyje, a zaselije mu Bystrica, Dobrihьnina, Gostylovina, Stričina, Plavьkovyna, Selьca, Jasenovo, a planina mu Konь, a megja Prostěnyju otь Tare u stěnu u Pělovynu, ...). |
119614
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Studenica Monastery, Church of Joachim and Anne (the King's Church)
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The Church of the Saints Joachim and Anne, later renamed into the King's Church, is situated next to the monastery's katholikon in the Studenica Monastery. It was built in 1313 or 1314 by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) (ZN 46, Danilo 138) as indicated in the inscription on the façade below the roof cornice. The church is constructed as a building with a reduced cruciform ground plan and a dome.
The Church was fresco decorated by Michael Astrapas, one of the leading painters of the epoch, in the spirit of Byzantine classicism of the Palaiologan era. It was fitted with white marble furnishings and reliefs. |
119648
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Studenica Monastery, Church of St. Nicholas
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The Church of St. Nicholas is situated next to the monastery's katholikon in the Studenica Monastery. It was built at the end of the 12th century (Gsnd XIV 215), probably simultaneously with the Church of the Holy Mother of God or King Radoslav's narthex at the latest. The ground plan shows a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse. It was built with stone and tufa. Some fragments of fresco paintings have survived and are dated to the 1230s (until the middle of the 13th century the latest). It bears certain similarities with frescoes of the Church of the Virgin Ljeviška in Prizren. |
119688
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Studenica Monastery, Church of the Holy Mother of God
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The Church of the Holy Mother of God in the Studenica Monastery is situated 39km to the South-West of the city of Kraljevo. It was built between 1183 and 1196 by the Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja (reigned 1166/68-1196) (Spisi sv. Save 153; Kralj Stefan 9; Domentijan 24; ZSp. 569 V - I u Rasinyi methohь Popovacь, crьkva hramь Vavědenïe prěsvetïe Bogorodica i zaselakï, i selo Vožetinь, selo Rakla i zaseljakь, i selo Pohovacь, i selo Vělika Vruševïca i Podrumi, i povele da prinose vyno trevy rady monastiru). The relics of Stefan Nemanja were brought to Studenica (from the Monastery of Hilandar) making this place the political, cultural and spiritual center of the Serbian realm. Around his tomb are buried - his wife Ana (nun Anastasija), his son the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227), Grand Prince Vukan, Nemanja's grandson Stefan (the son of King Uroš I) and the Serbian King Stefan Radoslav (reigned 1228-1233) with his wife. Therefore, Studenica Monastery became known as the Lavra of St. Simeon the Myrrh-Streaming (Myroblytos). For this reason the church became the model to emulate in the construction and fresco painting of Serbian churches.
It is a single nave edifice with a dome and a three-part altar space, side vestibules and a narthex. The vestibules had a cult purpose, as evidenced by niches in their Eastern walls.
The façade of the Church of the Holy Mother of God is made in accordance with the traditions of Romanesque art (the masons came from the coastal region, perhaps Kotor). Some typically Byzantine details, such as the semicircular arch on the sides of the tambour of the dome and the disposition of the windows on it, are harmoniously integrated into the Western concept of the exterior of the walls. The most impressive Romanesque features of the monastery's katholikon are the friezes of arcades on the upper edges of the walls and the shapes of window openings and portals, i.e. their sculptural decoration. The Western and Southern entrance doors, along with a trifora at the altar, are most prominent example of the rich sculptural decoration of this period in history. Also, the lunette above the Western door is richly decorated with sculptural decoration of the Holy Mother of God with Christ and two Archangels. An inscription on the tympanum of the Western portal is written in Serbian letters, which indicates that the artist(s) were probably Serbian. According to the fragmentarily preserved inscription in the tambour of the dome, it is known that the painting of the church began in 1208 and 1209. The fresco decoration was thoroughly renovated in 1569 by Longin. Around 1230 the Serbian King Stefan Radoslav (reigned 1228-1233), the son of the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227), built an exonarthex with two semicircular chapels on the Southern and Northern sides and perhaps a square tower with a chapel on the upper floor of the main entrance of the monastery. |
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Suacium
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Accordung to Šufflay, the ruins of the medieval upper town of Suacium lay near the modern day village of Šaš. The town was plundered by the Tartars in 1242 but recovered until it began to decline from 1388 onwards. The town is mentioned in 1470 as "villa de Suazzo" and Giustiniani states in 1553 that the walls, gates and moat were still visible and somehow usable. |
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Sub Jove
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According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Zbljevo" derived from the Latin "sub Jove". |
121980
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Suma
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(AA I, 759, nap 225 - Demetrius Suma). |
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Sumpetar, Church of St. Peter in the Village
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The Church of St. Peter in the Village was consecrated by Archbishop Lovro (reigned 1060-1099) in 1080. It was excavated from 1910 to 1914, but in 1919 the excavation site was devastated.
Nothing of the previous Church has remained. |
132411
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Suntulija
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According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Suntulija" derived from the Latin toponym of "Sanctus Elias". |
118076
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Supetarska Draga, Island of Rab, Church of St. Peter
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The Church of St. Peter was built at some point before 1060. It was part of a monastery. In the 12th century a bell-tower as well as a portal and in the 15th century aisles were added. The monastery was abandoned at an unknown date and the tower was demolished in the 19th century.
The Church was built on an Early Christian cult site, from the 6th or the 7th century. Its a three nave edifice, with three apses on the Eastern side and a bell-tower on the Western side, dated in the 12th century. Its has windows on the Northern and Southern side of the building and wooden ceiling. |
121567
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Surana
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(AM KS., I. 66 (41) Petri de Suranna). |
121569
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Susjed
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(MD ZHSvS., 178 - Susit Honagust castello). |
132414
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Sutelica
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According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Sutelica" derived from the Latin toponym of "Sanctus Elias". |
132420
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Suti
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According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Suti" derived from the Latin word "Sancti". "Suti" is today's village of Sudsko Selo. |
132355
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Sutiel
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According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Sutiel" derived from the Latin toponym of "Sanctus Elias". |
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Sutivan
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According to Aleksandar Loma, the name of the village of "Sutivan" derived from the Latin toponym of "Sanctus Joannes". |
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Sutomore
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According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Sutomore" derived from the Latin (Dalmatoromanic) toponym of "Santa Maria, Sancta Maria". |
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Sutulija
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A brook called Sutulija is to be found in the village of Stubica. According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Sutulija" derived from the Latin toponym of "Sanctus Elias". |
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Sušćepan
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According to Aleksandar Loma and Valentin Putanec, the toponym "Sušćepan, Sustjepan" derived from the Latin (Dalmatoromanic) toponym of "Sanctus Stephanus". |
122313
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Sušćepan, Church of St. Stephen
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The Church of St. Stephen is situated in Sušćepan near Herceg Novi. Based on the preserved capital, it can only be assumed that the pre-Romanesque Church of St. Stephen was built as a three-nave basilica, erected between the 9th and the 11th century. The Early Medieval church was destroyed by the Ottoman invasion and built anew in the 17th and 20th centuries. The current church is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse in the East and an entrance in the West. The church has been recently pargetted. It is surrounded by a cemetery. |
121384
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Svač
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(VĐ ŽSN., 31; AA II, 205 (47) - gradь Svačь; de Suaçio). |
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Svač, Church of St. John the Baptist
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The remains of the Church of St. John the Baptist are situated in Svač near the city of Ulcinj. Some researchers have suggested that this edifice could have been built by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) around 1300, although there is insufficient evidence to support this assumption. The preserved Latin inscription on the Western façade, South of the door, testifies that the Church was built in 1300 (MCCC), for the catholics.
It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse. Later, above the apse a tower was built marking this edifice as a Cathedral Church. To this type of building belongs also a Church of St. John in Raša in Albania.
The concept and dimensions of the basic space of the Church include the possibility of the influence of the architecture of the first buildings of the Franciscans and Dominicans in medieval Serbia, which would correspond to the end of the 13th century (1300 AD). |
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Svač, Early Medieval Church
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The remains of an Early Medieval church are known only from finds excavated in the Romanesque church of St. John the Baptist. This first edifice was probably built in the 9th century, and the Church of St. John in 1300. |
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Svač, Franciscan Monastery, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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The Franciscan Monastery dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary is situated in Svač near the city of Ulcinj and was built by the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314) in 1288. Today in ruins, only the foundations remain, it was a single-nave edifice with a rectangular apse and wooden roof. Fragments of fresco decoration are still visible. In the lunette of the portal of the church, parts of the fresco of the Virgin have been preserved. |
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Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska (Monastery Matejče)
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It is assumed that the church building was erected during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Isaakios I Komnenos (1057-1059). The existence of the Church Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska is beyond doubt attested from the 14th century. The monastery is mentioned in the boundary description of the village of Črěševo, which forms part of a donation by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje (ta nad Svetuju Bogorodicu črьnogorьsku do Črьnoga kamene). The Vita of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V (reigned 1355-1371), written by the Serbian Patriarch Pajsije, reports that Stefan Uroš V and his mother Jelena completed the Church Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska after the death of the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) (I togda blagočьstivaa carica sь sinomь svoimь sьvršajutь crьkovь ostavšuju ōt blagočьstivago i prěvisokago cara Stefana vь črьnoi gori ne sьvršena i trudomь i podvigomь i pomoštïju prečistye vladičice naše i bogorodice i svoihь praroditeь pomoštïju i zastupljenïemь sьvrьšajutь crkьvь prěslavnuju vь pohvalu i slavu uspenïe prěčityje i prěblagoslovenïe vladičice naše i bogorodice i prisnoděvy marie i do dьnьsь iměnuetse črьnogorska bogorodica). It is unclear, whether the Church of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska is identical with the church in the Skopska Crna Gora above Žegligovo built by Jelena, the mother of Stefan Uroš V, which is attested in the Serbian genealogies (rodoslovi) and annals (letopisi) (u Črьmьnyje Gory, vyše Žegligova; eius vero mater aedificavit Ecclesiam in Nigro Monte, supra Segligovo). The Ottoman Sultan Murad I (reigned 1360-1389) might have passed by the Church Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska on his march against the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović (reigned 1373-1389) before the battle on the Kosovo field (Kosovo Polje) in 1389. Evdokija Balšić commissioned the monk Gerasim in the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska in 1409 to write the manuscript of the Dialogues (paterik) by Saint Gregory the Great (...sia božestvennaja kniga, glagoljemaa dialogь, ispisa se iže vь ōbitěli prěčityje i prěslaьnyje vladyčice naše bogorodice nerukotvorennyje čjudotvorice črьnogorьskye povelěnïem blagověrnyje i blagočьstivyje i hristoljubivyje gospogje despotice kyr Eudokyje, dьšti blagověrnago i hristoljubivago i velikago gospodina Gjurgja Balšikja...). The scribe Vladislav Gramatik resided in the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska between 1457 and 1497. In 1479 he compiled a liturgical book (panegyrikon) in the Monastery at the foot of the Crna Gora in the region of Žegligovo (monastiri prěsvetyje vladičice naše bogorodice iže vъ podkrilïi Črьnye Gory, vь prědělě Žegligovʼcěm). The scribe Dimitrij Kantakuzin also temporarily resided in the monastery. The scribal notes of both copyists mention the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska in the year 1469 (vь vьsečьstněmь monastiri prěsvetye bogorodice suštee iže v podkrilïi Črьnye Gory), 1473 (vъ vъsečъstněm monastiri prěsvetye vladičice naše bogorodice i prisnoděvy Marïe, suštee iže v podkrilïi Črъnye Gory), 1479 (vь vьsečьstněm monastiri prěsvetyje vladičice naše bogorodice iže vъ podkrilïi Črьnye Gory, vь prědělě Žegligovʼcěm) and 1480/81 (Vladislavu dïaku ōt Črьnogorskye bogorodice). The Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska is registered as "Holy Mother of God in Kara Donlu" or "Monastery Karadonlu with the second name Holy Mother of God" in the Defter for the Sanjak Köstendil from the years 1570 to 1572. In the 17th century (between 1647 and 1654) the Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo Rajić payed a visit to the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska (Da se zna kogda pridohь azь arhiepiskopь Gavriilь vъ carьnogorsku bogorodicu). The British traveller Edward Brown saw most probably the Monastery of Sveta Bogorodica Črьnogorska, when he passed through the city of Kumanovo in 1668/69 (near which [scil. Kumanovo] there is still a Greek Monastery, upon the side of the Hills).
The Church has a ground plan of an inscribed-cross with five domes, resembling those of Staro Nagoričine and Church of St. Panteleimon in Nerezi (near Skoplje), narthex and a three-partite apse. The central dome has a twelve-sided drum and is set on four massive pillars. The smaller domes, erected in the shape of octagons, are located in the corners of the building - the eastern ones are situated on the prosthesis and the deaconry, and the western ones above the narthex. The narthex is decorated with a modest architectural sculpture. The Church is vaulted with barrel and cruciform arches, placed on the walls, pillars and pilasters in the interior of the building. The façade is decorated with lesenes.
This Church is a true representative of the building traditions of the Palaiologan epoch, such as Churches in Arta, Mistra and Thessaloniki.
The Church has been fresco painted between 1348 and 1352, representing the largest painted ensemble on the Macedonian territory in the 14th century and the second largest in the Balkans. |
121970
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Sveti Spas
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(AA I, 593 (175); SN ZSp., 718 - que vocatur lo Spaiso; u svetago Spasa). The village of Sveti Spas probably lies below the surface of the Fierza reservoir. |
121477
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Sveti Stefan
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Place |
(MD ZHSvS., 181, nap. 42 - de villa S. Stefani). |
122130
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Sveti Stefan
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Place |
The fortified settlment on the Island of Sveti Stefan was probably first mentioned in 1442 after Stefan Vukčić seized control over Gornje Zeta. The Island was sieged by the Turks and traded with Venice. |
119905
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Svibnica
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Place |
The Village of Svibnica was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp 571 I - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahovišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica, sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi). |
123956
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Symiza Fortress
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Place |
The fortified settlement of Symiza was first settled in the early iron age and refortified in the Antiquity. The settlement was continued during the medieval age. In the last period of its use Symiza was used as a lordly manor. |
117890
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Telašćica, Island of Dugi, Church of St. John
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The Church of St. John is situated on the Island of Dugi, in Telašćica.
Its a single nave edifice, whose interior is divided into three bays and has a semicircular apse on its Eastern end. Since middle bay is narrower than the other two, some researchers believe it used to have a dome.
The Church is mentioned in a document, which is dated between 1060 and 1065. |
117827
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Telašćica, Island of Dugi, Church of St. Victor
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The Church of St. Victor is situated on the Island of Dugi, in Telašćica. It already existed in the period 989-999 and, thus, must have been built before that date (some researchers suggest 5th or 6th century).
Its a single nave building with a dome and a semicircular apse on its Eastern end. On the South side of the Church a rectangular room was added of unknown purpose.
It is very similar to the Church of St. Pelegrin in Savar on the same Island. The ruins of the Church can be found on Citorij Hill. |
123958
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Tepelena Fortress
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Place |
The Tepelena Fortress was byzantine fortress at the crossroad of two important roads through the Vjosa valley and the Drin valley respectively. The Byzantine fortress was destroyed by Beyazit III and rebuilt afterwards. Unfortunately the Byzantine fortress can hardly be traced. |
134948
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The National Library of Russia in Saint-Petersburg
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The National Library of Russia (NLR, Russian: Российская национальная библиотека, РНБ), located in Saint Petersburg, is the first, and one of three national public libraries in Russia. The NLR is currently ranked among the world's major libraries. It has the second biggest library collection in the Russian Federation, a treasury of national heritage, and is the All-Russian Information, Research and Cultural Center. Over the course of its history, the library has aimed for comprehensive acquisition of the national printed output and has provided free access to its collections. |
134942
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The Old Building of the National Library of Serbia in Belgrade
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Place |
In 1925 the National Library of Serbia moved into a building in the district of Kosančićev Venac only to be bombed and gutted by fire sixteen years later from 6 to 9 April 1941 at the start of World War II.
The bombing by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe of the city of Belgrade officially proclaimed open, completely destroyed the Library building including a priceless book collection of 500,000 volumes, an invaluable collection of 1,424 Cyrillic manuscripts and charters, a collection of old maps, medieval manuscripts and prints of roughly 1,500 items, collections of 4,000 journals as well as 1,800 newspaper titles, its rich and irreplaceable archives of Turkish documents about Serbia and the complete correspondence of distinguished figures of the cultural and political history of Serbia, and all holdings lists and catalogs. The entire national cultural heritage existing in print almost disappeared overnight. |
119357
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Tikova
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Place |
The village of Tikova is mentioned in ca. 1314 (Sp. IV 4 - i ōt tud u Tykov'skii dělь). |
123277
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Tirana
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The town of Tirana was first mentioned in 1372 in Venetian sources. still in 1510 Tirana was described by Marinus Barletius as a small settlement. Only in 1614, when Sulejman Pasha Bargjini began to build a Mosque, Hamam (a bathhouse) and a Imaret (a soup kitchen for the poor and travellers). |
121571
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Tivat
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(AM KS., I, 54 (37-37 - Vinee vero de THeodo; IS KUK., 20 - Latus Tiueti). |
132074
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Tivat, Benedictine Monastery of St. Mark
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Pavao Butorac states that there was "for sure" a Benedictine Monastery of St. Mark in Tivat: "Monasterium S. Marci de Pinita, cum eiusdem nominis ecclesia, in situ Pini (Tivat), non longe a litore maris, certo surgebat." (p. 10). He gives no other additional information about the site though as well as no link to the sources. |
122416
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Tivat, Church of St. Sergius
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The Church of St. Sergius is situated on Djurdjevo brdo in Tivat.
It was built in the 16th century on the grounds of probably Pre-Romanesque edifice with an original inscription, from a lintel mentioning Saint Sergius, Saint Nicholas and Saint Demetrius built into its wall.
Apart from the fragments, built into today's Church, there are no traces of the original building, therefore its orientation, dimensions or materials, architecture and construction are unknown. |
122142
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Tophala Fortress
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The Tophala fortress was located on the Tophala island and is part of a defense system in the Lake Skadar. |
123060
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Toplica, Church of St. Nicholas (near Kuršumlija)
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The Church of St. Nicholas is situated in Toplica, near Kuršumlija, in the upper valley of Toplica River. It is the oldest Church built by Stefan Nemanja in Byzantine manner, sometime between 1155 and 1165.
Its a single nave edifice, divided along its length into three parts. with a dome and an apse, also divided into three parts. The dome rises above the squarely designed central bay of the nave. There is a bell tower on the West side of the Church (built probably at the beginning of the 13th century since the building material is slightly different from the rest of the Church), resembling the Church of St. Tryphon in Kotor. The façade is decorated with shallow blind arches.
A tomb inside the Church was probably meant to be Nemanja's gravesite. |
122935
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Toplica, Church of the Mother of God (near Kuršumlija)
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The Church of the Mother of God is situated in Toplica, near Kuršumlija. The edifice was erected by Stefan Nemanja in 1155-1165, in an ancient place of cult dated to the 6th century.
Its a single nave triconchos, with an apse (triangular on the outside and semicircular on the inside) on its Eastern end and a narthex with two towers with rectangular ground plans (some researchers indicate that the towers were to mark the Church as a royal endowment, in accordance with the dominant custom of the time in the countries close to Raška, primarily Hungary). The Church was probably built by Constantinopolitan builders (masters). Therefore, some researchers believe that the construction of this and the Church dedicated to St. Nicholas, situated in its close proximity, sparked dispute between Nemanja (who was close to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos) and his older brothers.
Today the Church is in ruins. |
121673
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Topolo, Church of St. Stephen
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The Church of St. Stephen is situated in the village Topolo, 5km North from Ston, probably built in the 11th century.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse, both in the inside and the outside. It has a semicircular vault.
Since no archaeological research has been conducted there is no information regarding this Church and its development through the centuries, nor to what extent it preserves the remains of the original pre-Romanesque building. |
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Traiectus
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Place |
Traiectus can not be satisfactorily localised. Mijović/Kovačević suggest a localisation in the Bay of Kotor or as Herceg Novi. |
118519
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Treasury of the Monastery in Cetinje (Cetinjski manastir)
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The Cetinjski manastir of the Serbian Orthodox Church (Orthodox Metropolis of Montenegro and the Littoral) in the historical capital of Montenegro, Cetinje, houses an renowned and very important treasury, which preserves manuscripts, incunabula, icons, liturgical objects and textiles. |
122907
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Trebinje, Church of St. Paul, Monastery of St. Peter de Campo
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The Church of St. Paul is situated within the Monastery of St. Peter de Campo, on the edge of Dižvar field and to the South of the village of Bihovo, near Trebinje. The church was erected by the Grand Župan Desa of Raška (reigned 1144-1165) in the period from 1145 to 1150, according to the account of Mavro Orbini. It is a single nave edifice with a triconchal plan, with an apse which is semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside. The roof was wooden. In the tomb construction, placed on the Northern wall of the narthex, the Grand Župan Desa of Raška was buried. |
122911
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Trebinje, Church of St. Peter, Monastery of St. Peter de Campo
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Place |
The Church of St. Peter is situated within the Monastery of St. Peter de Campo, on the edge of Dižvar field and to the South of the village of Bihovo near Trebinje. It was built probably at the end of the 11th century (around 1080?). The remains of the church were demolished in 1906, and a new building was erected. It had a cruciform plan (cross inscribed in a single nave basilica) with a semicircular apse on its Eastern end, with chapels situated on the North-Western and South-Western parts of the church and a narthex. It had a wooden roof. Inside the church thirteen graves were found. One gravestone mentions Prince Sramko, which is dated to the end of the 12th century. |
122921
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Trebinje, Monastery of St. Peter de Campo
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The remains of the Monastery of St. Peter de Campo are situated on the edge of Dižvar field and to the South of the village of Bihovo, near Trebinje. The complex consisted of two churches dedicated to St. Peter (rebuilt in 1906) and St. Paul (remains), monastery walls and a necropolis (stećci). Not much is known regarding the time, in which this monastery was erected. The Bishopric of Trebinje is first mentioned in a letter of Pope Benedict VIII (1012-1024) in 1022, which indicates that the monastery was erected prior to this date. In the "Letopis popa Dukljanina" it is stated that Radoslav, the brother of the Dioclean ruler Mihailo Vojisavljević (reigned ca. 1046-1081), was buried here. Mavro Orbini reports that the Grand Župan Desa of Raška (reigned 1144-1165) was buried in the Church of St. Paul within this monastery complex. |
121581
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Trebolje
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., larye-i Trebolye). |
121584
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Trebopolje
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Place |
(MSM GL., XII, 27 - selo Trěbopolje). |
119359
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Trebča
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Place |
The village of Trebča was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1322-1331) to the Monastery of Dečani in 1330 (DH 75 – Selo trěpča). |
121587
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Trepča
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Place |
(DA L. de F., 10 124' - i(n) Tripze). |
124521
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Trepča, Saxon Church
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Place |
The Saxon Church is situated in Stari Trg, near Trepča (near Kosovska Mitrovica). The earliest written historical source mentioning the existence of the Catholic Church in Trepča is a letter from Pope Benedict IX to Archbishop Marin of Bar, written in 1303. Therefore, we know that the Church was built before 1303 and was initially dedicated to the Holy Virgin. It is recorded that the body of King Milutin was transferred to this Church from his mausoleum (the Church of St. Stephen in Banjska) when the Turks invaded, and later moved to Bulgaria (Sofia).
As name suggests the Saxon Church was erected thanks to German miners, referred to as the Saxons in Serbian sources. In Trepča lived a strong colony from Dubrovnik, and in ecclesiastical terms Trepča was under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Kotor.
Its a three-aisle, domed, basilica with three semicircular apses, modelled after the cathedrals of Kotor (Church of St. Tryphon) and Dubrovnik (Romanesque cathedral). Today is in ruins, with only an Eastern wall with three apses remaining (with still visible gothic windows). The Church was fresco painted in Byzantine iconography and style. |
121578
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Trgovište
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Place |
(KJ TDR., 79 n. 155 - S. Triphonis de Gergoviste; DA L. de F., 5, 92 - in Tergoviste). |
119368
|
Trnov
|
Place |
The Village of Trnov was mentioned in the year 1314 (Sp. IV 4 - u Dolije čelo Tr'novago dola do potoka u Glavočь). |
121589
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Trnovo
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Place |
(MMS., 26 - ōdь Trьnova). |
118126
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Trogir, Church of St. Barbara
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Place |
The Church of St. Barbara was built between the 9th and 11th centuries. It was first dedicated to Saint Martin. Around 870 its patrocinium was changed, and the Church was dedicated to Saint Barbara.
Its a three nave building which used to have a dome. Fragments of fresco decoration have remained. |
117867
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Trogir, Church of St. Mary
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary in Trogir was built in the 11th century and demolished in the year 1851. It was a six-leaf edifice with a dome. Only an apse was preserved as part of the adjacent Church of St. Sebastian. Both churches were connected. |
118156
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Trogir, Church of St. Stephen
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Place |
The Church of St. Stephen was built before 1100 and demolished in 1769. Some parts of the demolished Church were re-used in the Late Baroque Cathedral of Trogir.
Its was probably a three-nave edifice with a dome or a bell-tower at the intersection, similar to the Church of St. Lovra in Zadar. |
123112
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Trpanj, Church of St. Peter
|
Place |
The Church of St. Peter is situated in Trpanj, on the Island of Pelješac. It was in ruins by 1922, when it was demolished. In from of the Church was a cemetery where the dead were buried by 1904.
Its was a single nave edifice, with semicircular vault, and probably two bays. |
131750
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Tupanj, Necropolis with 18 Tombstones
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Place |
On two tumuli situated in Tupanj there is a necropolis with 18 stećak-type tombstones. |
131747
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Tupanj, Necropolis with 33 Tombstones
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Place |
On the Tupanj plain there is necropolis with 33 stećak-type tombstones divided between two tumuli. |
119370
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Tušimlja
|
Place |
The Village of Tušimlja was given to a certain Irica by the King Stefan Uroš I and Queen Jelena. King Milutin revoked the donation and gave the village in the year 1314 to the Banjska Monastery (SP. IV 4 - . Selo u Rasě Tušimlja). |
121611
|
Ugnje
|
Place |
(MMS., 532 - koja donose Vrělja je i Ugnjane). |
121615
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Ujniče
|
Place |
(LjS Sp., III, 9 - selo U. nyče (sic!)). |
121011
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Ulcinj
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Place |
The medieval Ulcinj was the relocated successor to the roman Ulcinium, although it is not known when or why the town was relocated further south. Despite the relocation of the town, the old akropolis was still inhabited and part of the towns defensive structures. Other parts of the Walls were the "torre delle Madona" and the bastion S. Domenico. The Venetians renovated the town in 1429 and after an earthquake in 1444. The Walls war still called ancient in 1553 (FŠ LPD., 306; Vm Lj., 54; VĐ ŽSN., 31 - Ecaterum, Dulcignum; grad(ь) Lьcinь). |
122693
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Ulcinj, Church of Christ the Saviour
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Place |
The Church of Christ the Saviour is situated in the old town of Ulcinj and was found beneath the Romanesque Church of St. Mary (Sveta Marija). The Church of St. Mary itself was transformed into a mosque (cf. the remnants of a minaret at its South-Western corner) and is now the Archaeological Museum in Ulcinj. The Church of Christ the Saviour was a single nave edifice, perhaps with a dome (as some researchers have suggested). Next to the Southern wall a ciborium was found, which could have belonged to another church. |
132014
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Ulcinj, Monasterium S. Mariae
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Place |
The French historian Nicholas Petrovitch sheds light on a repeated mention of the queen Hélène d'Anjou's sister named Maria in D. Farlati's oeuvre. Here, Farlati mentions that she, together with her son Anselme, were buried in the Monastery of Saint Mary or Saint Marcus in Ulcinj and that the monastery was (probably) founded in 1288, as were other franciscan establishment of the Hélène d'Anjou period:
"[...] Monasterium S. Marci de Dulchinio per Dominam Mariam de domo Chieriz de Francia Reginam de Zenta [...] Qua regina jacet sepulta in Ecclesia S. Marci de Dulchinio coram altare majore cum Domino Anselmo ejus filio;" (Farlati VI, p. 440).
"[...] Monasterium S. Mariae de Dulcigno per dominam Mariam de Domo Chiutiz de Francia Reginam de Zenta [...] Quae regina jacet sepulta in templo S. Mariae, al. S. Marci, de Dulcigno coram altare majore sub pavimento cum Anselmo ejus filio." (Farlati VII, p. 59). |
121409
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Ulcinj, Monastery of St. Archangel Gabriel
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Place |
(SLj List. 5, 84-85 - che li munexi (monaci) de la gliexia de s. Arcangelo ... e per la communitade de Dolcigno). |
119376
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Ulotino in Plav
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Place |
The village of Ulotino in Plav was donated by the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) to the Monastery of Banjska in memory of his mother (I ošte carstvo mi priloži u Plavě selo Ulotino sь megjami i otesomь i sь vsemi pravinami sela togo, i sь planinomь, i sь livadami, kako su pronijarnje drьžali, da ima crьkvь Svetago Stepana ... dni i do věka). |
119385
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Uninče
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Uninče was given by Tsar Uroš I to the Monastery of Sveti Peter and Paul in Lim (ZSp 595 IX - Selo Uninče, a meda jemu otь Lěkšnice, itd.). Uninče was mentioned as a hamlet of the Village of Nedokusi (ZSp. 601 XV - Selo Nedakusi. A zaselije Nedakusomь Uinьče selo). |
121620
|
Upod
|
Place |
(BvAr MD 544 - selo Upod). |
119390
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Utrž
|
Place |
According to the edition and the secondary literature it is unclear, if Utrž is a place name.Miodrag Purković argues in favor of a place name. The village of Utrž is mentioned in 1314 (Sp. IV 5 - ōt Cěm've gdě se zove utrьžь na brьhь). |
117887
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Uzdolje, Church of Luke the Evangelist (Church of St. John)
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Place |
The Church of St. Luke (newest research indicated that the Church is dedicated to St. John) was built in the year 895 on behalf of the Serbian Duke Mutimir (reigned ca. 850-891). The Church bears the following inscription: "OCTINGENT orum non AGINTA ET QuiNQue aNNORUM DomiNI Feret ... DEN ... hIC BENE COmPoSuiT OPVS PRINCEPS NAmQue MVNCYMIR".
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse. |
119388
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Ušće
|
Place |
The Village of Ušće was mentioned as one of the estates of the Studenica Monastery (MS 8). |
119650
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Ušće, Church of St. Nicholas
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Place |
This is the place, where according to tradition the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) and his brother Vukan awaited the relics of Saint Simeon (Stefan Nemanja), brought from the Monastery of Hilandar to the Monastery of Studenica by their brother Sveti Sava (Starinar VIII-IX, 285-288). |
120506
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Vajuši
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 94 - villa clamada Vaiussi). |
120509
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Valona
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Place |
Valona was the southern border of the Byzantine Thema of Durres. In Summer 1081 the Normans invaded the region and conquered Valona together with Kanina and Orikos. After 1204 Vlora became Byzantine again. It shortly was part of the Realm of Manfred of Hohenstaufen as part of his spouse's, Helena, daughter of the Epirote despote Mihail II, dowry. In the year 1272 Vlora was ruled by Charles of Anjou who became King of Albania. 1340 Stefan Uroš IV Dušan conquered and ruled the region. Aftewards Balsha II became the ruler before the Venetians. In 1417 Valon was conquered by the Ottomans as their first harbour in the Adriatic sea. After the natural harbour was hardly usable the town center relocated during Ottoman rule to the current place (AA I, 23, 255 (4, 73); LjS PP I, 62 (57) - Nazarius episcopus Aulonae; ōd trga Vavlokьskga; castellanum castri Aveloni). |
123362
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Vau i Dejës
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Place |
The medieval town of Danja was first mentioned in 1189 and became a royal palace of the Serbian kings. In 1361 Danja also became a bishopric. Since 1396 the town was ruled by the Albanian noble family of the Zaharia. In 1426 Danja was conquered by the Ottomans and in 1447 ceded to the Venetians after it was conquered by Skanderbeg. In 1474 the Ottomans conquered and partly destroyed the town of Danja and its fortifications. |
119728
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Vaznesenje Monastery
|
Place |
The Vaznesenje Monastery in the Kablar Region was built in the 12th or 13th (Enc I 306). |
118690
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Velije Polje
|
Place |
In the year 1343, the Village of Velije Polje was given by King Dušan to the Monastery of Saint Peter and Paul in Belo Polje (ZSp. 598-599 I - Urošь četvrьti, vь hrista Bog ver'ni i samodrьžav'ni gospodinь vsehь semlь i pomor'skihь i grьčkihь ... i priloži kraljevstvo mi crьkvi svetimь apostolomь Petru i Plavu u Limě selo u Crьn'či Velije Polje i zaselkomь zь Brezovomь i Zagradomь i sь ljudmi, i sь megjami, i sь vsemi pravinami selo toga, i sь mlini.). |
118693
|
Velika
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Place |
The village of Velika was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1322-1331) to the Monastery of Dečani in 1330 (DH 75 – Selo Velika). |
131731
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Velimlje, 11 Tombstones
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Place |
There is a group of eleven stećak-type tombstones near the Orthodox Church of St. Archangel Michael in Velimlje, out of which five specimens are to be found integrated in the church walls. |
131735
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Velimlje, Five Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a group of five tombstones near the Orthodox Church of St. John (Sv. Jovan) in Velimlje. This site appears to be a remnant of a former larger necropolis. |
131733
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Velimlje, Počivala, Six Tombstones
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Place |
There is a group of six tombstones of the stećak type near the Orthodox Church of St. Sava and its cemetery on the Počivala site. |
120516
|
Velogošte
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 56 - karye-i Velogoshte) |
120519
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Velča
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 35 - karye-i Velça). |
120536
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Verbe
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 59 - karye-i Verbe) |
122522
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Vidova Gora, Island of Brač, Church of St. Vitus
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Place |
The Church of St. Vitus is situated on the highest peak of the Island of Brač, Vidova gora, 778 m above sea level, and is also the highest point of the entire Adriatic archipelago.
The remains of the Church indicate a single nave edifice divided by two pilasters into two bays, with a semicircular apse, both on the outside and the inside. Judging by its ground plan, it was probably built between the 9th and the 11th century. |
123464
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Vig, Roman Castrum
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Place |
The Roman castrum near Vig was built between 313 and 320 to protect the Roman road from Lissus to Ratiaria. The castrum was home to a cohort of 500 soldiers. Some historians suggest an identification of Vig with Ad Picaria of the Tabula Peutingeriana. Vig was abandoned after in the second half of the 4th century, when the road from Lissus to Ratiaria lost its importance. |
123467
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Vig, Roman Castrum
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Place |
The Roman castrum near Vig was built between 313 and 320 to protect the Roman road from Lissus to Ratiaria. The castrum was home to a cohort of 500 soldiers. Some historians suggest an identification of Vig with Ad Picaria of the Tabula Peutingeriana. Vig was abandoned after in the second half of the 4th century, when the road from Lissus to Ratiaria lost its importance. |
117928
|
Vinkovci, Church of St. Elijah
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Place |
The Church of St Elijah in Vinkovci was built around the year 1100 and is the only Pre-Romanesque monument in inland Croatia. The tombs of the Church contained coins of King Ladislaus I of Hungary (reigned 1077-1095).
Its a single nave gothic edifice with a polygonal apse. Around the Church is a cemetery, which was in use from the 11th to the second half of the 18th century, as evidenced by numerous archaeological finds. |
120539
|
Vir
|
Place |
(MMS., 114 - preko u Virь; ōdь Vira) |
120542
|
Visačko
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 80 - karye-i Visaçko) |
120544
|
Vitahovo
|
Place |
Vitahovo is now a hamlet of the village of Rajetiće (MMS., 11 - sela ... Vitahovo) |
131704
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Višnjića Do, Prevale, 51 Tombstones
|
Place |
There si a group of 51 tombstones of stećak-type near the Orthodox cemetery on the Prevale site in Višnjića Do. |
123377
|
Vlašići, Island of Pag, Church of St. Jerome (St. John)
|
Place |
Medieval Church of St. Jerome is situated in Vlašići, on the Island of Pag, built probably on the remains of an older, Early Christian edifice, a chapel and baptistery dedicated to St. John the Baptist.
It was a single nave building with a semicircular apse, dated in the 11th century. |
119795
|
Vojuše
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Vojuše, which belonged to the Village of Topolnica, was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Monastery of Žiča (ZSp. 571 - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi ... ). The Hamlet of Vojuše is identified as modern Vraneša near Kraljevo. |
131511
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Voljavac, 23 Tombstones
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Place |
There are 23 tombstones of stećak-type on a hill by the Church of the Holy Mother of God. |
123403
|
Voljavac, Church of the Holy Mother of God
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Place |
The Church of the Holy Mother of God is situated in the village of Voljavac in Montenegro. It was built at the end of the 12th century by the Serbian Grand Župan Stefan Nemanja (reigned 1166/68-1196) on the remnants of an older edifice and was confirmed as a possession of the Church of the Holy Apostles on Lim by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321). This church is a single nave vaulted edifice, with three bays, semicircular apse and a narthex. At the Western side of the church were two pilasters, similar to the Churches of St. Luke and of St. Anne in Kotor. Its entrance is in the West. It was in ruins until 1995 and then renewed. Before the renovation, the walls were preserved up to a height of 50 to 70 cm. Old graves and spolia are to be found around the church, and to its North a recent cemetery. To the North-West of the church a free-standing bell tower was erected in 1995. |
123129
|
Voskopoja
|
Place |
The town of Voskopoja was founded around the year 1300 and was called in Greek Moschopolis. The town was probably inhabited mainly by Vlachs and became an important regional centre during Ottoman rule. |
121835
|
Vrana
|
Place |
(AM KSp., I, 496 (175) - hab(ab)verunt domum de Vranna in Brescoua). |
119510
|
Vraneša, Church of the Holy Mother of God
|
Place |
The Church of the Holy Mother of God (Bogorodica) Vraništica in the village of Vraneša near Šahovića was built in the 13th or 14th century (Enc I 215). |
120547
|
Vranište
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 54 - karye-i Ivranişte). |
119644
|
Vranjina, Vranjina Monastery, Church of St. Nicholas
|
Place |
The Church of St. Nicholas in the Vranjina Monastery was probaly founded by Bishop Hilarion of Zeta. Tsar Dušan gave the Church to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Prizren (ZSp 706-708). (FŠ LPD., 346; VM LJ., 88; SN ZSp. 59; AA I, 679 (205) - qui Vuranie dicitur; u ostrove Vranine). The Church was multiple times renewed. |
118709
|
Vranovina
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Vranovina was given to the Banska Monastery by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (Sp. IV 2 - . I zaselije Srьbanja i Vranovina i Dragoragь potokь). |
120551
|
Vrap
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 87 - karye-i Vrap). |
131713
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Vratkovići, Bobotovo Groblje, 15 Tombstones
|
Place |
An additional group of fifteen stećak-type tombstones was identified by Šefik Bešlagić about 100 m southwest to the group of five stećak tombstones on the site of Bobotovo cemetery. |
131711
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Vratkovići, Bobotovo Groblje, Five Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a group of additional five stećak-type tombstones about 100 m west to the stećak necropolis on the site of Bobotovo cemetery. |
131709
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Vratkovići, Bobotovo Groblje, Necropolis with 15 Tombstones
|
Place |
On a hill on the site of the Bobotovo cemetery near Vratkovići, there is a necropolis with fifteen stećak-type tombstones. |
131719
|
Vraćenovići, Necropolis with 72 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 72 stećak-type tombstones next to the modern Orthodox cemetery and the St. Georges Church in Vraćenovići. |
119764
|
Vraćevštica
|
Place |
The Village of Vraćevštica was given by Despot Đurađ Branković to the serbian Nobleman Radić. At the 6th of September 1456 Despot Đurađ Branković and his son gave the village to Metropolit Benedict of Gradac (ZSp 335 H, 775 I). |
118725
|
Vrbava
|
Place |
The donation of the village of Vrbava was confirmed to the Grand Logothete Stefan Ratković by the King of Bosnia Stefan Tomaš (reigned 1443-1461) (Rad I 156). |
120576
|
Vrbica
|
Place |
(DA L. de F. XV, 279 - de Verbica) |
118732
|
Vrbovac
|
Place |
The Hamlet of Vrbovac was mentioned in the year 1314 (Sp. IV 3 - ōt Vrьbob'ca). |
118734
|
Vrela
|
Place |
In the year 1485 the village of Vrela was donated to the Monastery of Cetinje by Ivan Crnojević, the ruler of Zeta (ZSp 779 X - I ešte priložihь edinu vodenicu gornju na Vrěla. MMS., 532 - kojaja donose Vrělne). |
117898
|
Vrgada, Island of Vrgada, Church of St. Andrew
|
Place |
The Church of St. Andrew is situated on the Island of Vrgadi, on a cemetery in the Pržina (Pocrikva) bay. It is located at the foot of a hill on which are the remains of an early Byzantine fortress. Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus mentions Vrgada as the only inhabited island in the Zadar area. Therefore, historians assume that this church was used by a Byzantine military fortress.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse, built probably in the mid-11th century. Some researchers suggest that it was built in the 6th century in order to be reconstructed in the 9th and again in the 11th century. |
118740
|
Vrmoša
|
Place |
The village of Vrmoša was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski (reigned 1321-1331) to the Monastery of Dečani in the year 1330 (DH 75 – Selo Vrmoša, MSM Gl., XII, 42 - selo Vrьmošь). |
118265
|
Vrsi, Church of St. Thomas
|
Place |
About the church of St. Thomas nearly nothing is known. |
132417
|
Vrsuta
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the name of the mountain "Vrsuta" (1183 m) derived from "vrh Suta" and, thus, from the Latin toponym of "Sancta Maria". |
120292
|
Vrutci, Church of St. Stephen
|
Place |
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. |
130487
|
Vršina, Church of St. George
|
Place |
The Church of St. George is situated in Vršine, near Podstrana.
Its a single nave edifice with barrel vault, rectangular apse, dated in the 11th century. The side walls of the Church are divided by two shallow and wide niches separated by pilasters with imposts. Today the entire Church has been renewed when the bell on the Western side was added.
The Church was first mentioned in 1106. |
119690
|
Vukovci, Church of the Holy Trinity
|
Place |
The Church of the Holy Trinity in Vukovica was most probably built in the year 1336 (SN. 3636). It is located on the local cemetery and today its walls are covered with white stone. A bell tower was built above the entrance of the church in the West. To the West of this church remains of an older edifice can be discerned. |
120578
|
Vulkatani
|
Place |
(FC CVen. de F., 6, 136 - villa clamada Vulcatani). |
120761
|
Zaberždani
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 78 - karye-i Zabrjdani). |
118242
|
Zadar
|
Place |
Zadar, in Italian Zara, in Latin Jadera, a picturesque historical town in South-Western Croatia, the former capital of Dalmatia. It is located on the end of a low-lying peninsula that is separated by the Zadar Channel from the islands of Ugljan and Pašman. The inlet between the peninsula and the mainland creates a natural deepwater harbour.
The old town on the peninsula dates from the 9th century BC, when it was a Liburnian settlement called Jadera. The town became Roman in the 1st century AD. Spared in the Avar and Slavic invasions of Dalmatia (c. 5th–6th century AD), it remained a thriving commercial, cultural, and artistic centre of Byzantine Dalmatia. Between 1045 and 1358 the town was intermittently at war with Venice, and in 1409 it was sold to Venice. It withstood a Turkish attack in 1571, and in the succeeding period Zadar became the most heavily fortified town on the Adriatic until its fortifications were partly demolished in the late 19th century. |
117869
|
Zadar, Church at Kolovare
|
Place |
The Church at Kolovare was built before 1100 AD and is only known from the model of the city of Zadar from 1560, which is displayed in the Museo Storico Navale in Venice.
It was a six leaf edifice, similar to the Church Stomorice. Its exact position is unknown. |
117931
|
Zadar, Church at the City Gate
|
Place |
The church at the city gate of Zadar was built in Late Antiquity and renovated at some point between the 9th and 11th centuries. |
118161
|
Zadar, Church of Saint Peter the Old
|
Place |
The Church of St. Peter the Old was built in the 10th or 11th century. It is attached to the apse of the Early Christian Church of St. Andrew. The Church of St. Peter the Old is mentioned in 918 in the testament of Prior Andrew. The building itself is still existing, but seems not to be used as Church anymore.
Its a single nave edifice with two aisles - making it unique building and rather hard to be classified.
It has three phases of development: the first is dated in the 6th century and its a single nave edifice dedicated to St. Andrew; later a rectangular edifice was added to this building on its Eastern side and its called St. Peter the Old and in the later phase this building has been remodeled as a building two aisles and two apses. Today the entire edifice is called Church of St. Peter the Old. |
118171
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Zadar, Church of St. Anastasia (Stošija)
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Place |
The Church of St. Stošija in Zadar was dedicated to Saint Anastasia in the year 931. It was already in ruins in the year 1675. The church was, together with a Church of St. George, possibly part of the so-called basilicae geminae (i.e. a church composed of a nave and one aisle).
Its a three nave basilica, built throughout centuries. |
117877
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Zadar, Church of St. Donatus
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Place |
The Church of St. Donatus was built in the late 8th or early 9th century as part of the Cathedral complex of Zadar at the old Roman forum. Goss argues that this church is maybe one of the first Pre-Romanesque examples in the Dalmatian cities and the Croatian hinterland. The Church of St. Donatus was originally dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but became rededicated to St. Donatus in the 15th century.
It is a circular domed edifice with three radially situated apses and an ambulatory, with also circular gallery.
The Church bears slight resemblance to Charlemagne's court chapel in Aachen and the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna. |
118122
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Zadar, Church of St. Lawrence
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Place |
The Church of St. Lawrence is situated in Zadar and was possibly built in the 10th or 11th century. It underwent some renovations at the end of the 11th or beginning of the 12th century. The Church was again refurbished in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries.
The Church is longitudinal in shape and has four pillars, so it seems that it has three naves. But the side naves are so narrow that they can hardly be passed through, and each nave is vaulted with calottes (on trumpets). Therefore, most researchers consider this to be a single nave Church with a dome.
Church was fresco decorated, but none of it is preserved. Rich sculptural decoration is mostly in Zadar Archaeological Museum. |
123213
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Zadar, Church of St. Mary
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Place |
The Church of St. Mary (Birth of the Virgin) is situated in Zadar and was built in the 11th century. In 1091 was refurbished and turned into a three nave edifice. Later, in the 16th century it got its present appearance. |
118135
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Zadar, Church of St. Nediljica (St. John the Baptist)
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Place |
The Church of Sveta Nediljica (former dedication was to St. John the Baptist) is situated in Zadar and was built in the second half of the 11th century. The church was destroyed in the year 1891.
It was a three nave edifice and had a tri partite apse (the middle one was rectangular while the other two, on both sides, were semicircular on the inside. All were rectangular on the outside). Next to the church, on the South side, there is a square bell tower with lesenes and had a door which connected it to the Church. On the North side of the Church a sacristy was added, which also had a door which connected it to the Church. A crypt was beneath the Church.
Researchers believe that this Church was built on the remains of the previous one, probably from Early Christian period. |
123201
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Zadar, Church of St. Stošija in Puntamiki
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Place |
The Church of St. Stošija is situated in Puntamika, in Zadar. It was probably built in the 9th century and was excavated in 1952..
Its a single nave edifice, built with the adaptation of the former ancient cistern, which, as we know, is not an isolated case because the Churches of St. John and Sv. Theodore in Bol on Brač were also erected that way. A trapezoidal apse was added to the cistern, and the space between the old and new walls was filled with rubble. Apart from the spacious entrance, the only opening in the Church was a transept in the middle of the apse, traces of which were found during the excavation. |
117817
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Zadar, Church of St. Vitus
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Place |
The Church of St. Vitus in Zadar was erected in the 10th or the 11th century, while the city was under the supreme rule of the Byzantine Empire. It was demolished in 1877, but the descriptions of the exterior of the building, made by the Zadar painter Ivan Smirić, have been preserved.
It was an edifice in the form of a free cross with a dome, very similar to the Church of the Holy Cross in Nino. |
117864
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Zadar, Stomorica Church (S. Maria de Pusterla)
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Place |
The Stomorica Church in the city of Zadar was most probably built in the 11th century. Goss argues for this date based on architectural grounds, i.e. the combination of the church and a bell tower. In Croatian coastal cities bell towers are not to be found before the 11th century. The church came out of use before the year 1560, when it was demolished. It is not shown in the model of Zadar of the same year, which is kept in the Museo Storico Navale in Venice. The Stomorica Church was discovered in the year 1880 and excavated between 1956 and 1967.
Its a six leaf Church (or as some researchers indicate - a circular ground plan with five semicircular apses) with a dome, an atrium and a bell tower on its Western side. Remains of fresco paintings were found. |
120764
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Zagarač
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Place |
(LT P Ist., 15 - t gornega sela Zagaračь). |
118930
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Zagorani
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Place |
The Hamlet Zagorani of Village of Kraviće was confirmed on the 15th of July 1363 by Tsar Uroš to the Serbian nobleman Musa (OSp. 167). |
118933
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Zagrad (2)
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Place |
In 1343 the hamlet of Zagrad, being part of the settlement Velije Polje, was donated to the Monastery of the Saints Peter and Paul in Lim by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355; Urošь četvrьti, vь Hrista Boga ver'ni i samodrьžav'ni gospodinь vsehь srьbьskihь zemlь i pomor'skihь i grьčkihь ... i priloži kraljevstvo mi crьkvi svetimь apostolomь Petru i Pavlu u Limě selo u Crьn'či Velije Polje i zaselkomь zь Brezovomь i Zagradomь i sь ljudmi, i sь megjami, i sь vsemi pravinami sela toga, i sь mlini). |
131546
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Zagrađe, Grčko groblje, Necropolis with 14 Tombstones
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Place |
There is a necropolis with 14 stećak-type tombstones on the Grčko polje site near the hamlet Zagrađe. |
131550
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Zagrađe, Hercegova crkva, One Tombstone
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Place |
There is one artistically carved stećak-type tombstone inside of the so-called Herceg's church (described by Š. Bešlagić as church ruins). |
131562
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Zagrebnice, Necropolis with 12 Tombstones
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Place |
There is a necropolis with 12 stećak-type tombstones on the Zagrebnice site. |
119851
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Zaklopita Luka
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Place |
The Village of Zaklopita Luka was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Žica Monastery (ZSp 516 I - ... a u Zatoně sela: Črьča sь zaselijemь si, obě Ivani sь Zamьčane sь zaselijemь, Dubovo Gane, i vьsa siě sela sьzaselijami si...). |
121844
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Zakoli
|
Place |
(FC CVen. di Scut., 102 - villa clamada Zacholi). |
120766
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Zalazi
|
Place |
(MMS., 151 - i Zalaze so svěmi cravinami svoimi). |
119848
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Zamčane u Zatonu
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Place |
The Village of Zamčane was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp 571 - ... a u Zatoně sela: Črьča sь zaselijemь si, obě Ivani sь Zamьčane sь zaselijemь, Dubovo Gane, i vьsa siě sela sьzaselijami si...). |
118936
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Zasad
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Place |
The Village of Zasad was given by Stefan Nemanja to the Studenica Monastery (ZSp. 568 I - Prьveje selo Brezova, i selo Gušterice, i selo Zasadь, selo Ćakovo, selo Poolumirь, selo Cer’e, selo Bresnikь, selo Rastište, selo Savovo, i Glavoči, selo Mlan'ča, selo Mugurice, Selo Mi ... doćje takoo da se pušta, i premo nemu monastirь Pavlica, metohь Studenice sь trimy nurïamy podь Kopaonikomь). |
119610
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Zaton, Church of St. John the Baptist
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Place |
The Church of St. John the Baptist in Zaton on the River Lim near Bijelo Polje is a trefoil church built in the 9th or the 10th century, was destroyed in the 14th century and again in the 20th century. Finally, it was rebuilt in the 21st century. The similarity with the Church of St. Panteleimon in Ohrid indicates that it was probably erected during the reign of Tsar Samuel. The ground plan indicates a single nave church with square base and three conchae on its Eastern, Northern and Southern sides. Fragments of fresco decoration and a stone slab floor were found. Researchers believe that the church was fresco decorated in the time of the Serbian Prince Miroslav (reigned 1162-1190). |
120759
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Zavala
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Place |
(BĐ Iz Ist., 198 - selo Zavala) |
120363
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Zavala, Church of St. Peter
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Place |
The Church of St. Peter in Zavala is situated on the Western rim of Popovo Polje, 50km to the West of the town of Trebinje. It is first mentioned in the written sources from the 16th century.
The original appearance of the Church of St. Peter in Zavala is interpreted in two ways: as an example of a building with four pillars, like the Church of St. Mikula in Split (Tihić / Basler) or as a single-nave building (Jovanović). The church is known for its sculptural decoration dated to the 9th and the 10th centuries, however fragments of the altar screen undoubtedly point to the conclusion that the Church of St. Peter in Zavala was built probably in the 11th century.
Researchers believe that the sculptural decoration belonged to the original church (which indicates that the remains of today's church are of a much later date) or they were transferred from the church, the remains of which were found beneath the katholikon of the nearby Monastery of Zavala.
Remains of the alter screen with motifs of the Eucharist, ambons and tombstones are kept at the Museum of Hercegovina in Trebinje. Most fragments have different geometrical ornaments and images of birds that symbolise the Eucharist. |
120769
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Začir
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Place |
(MMS., 114 - na Čirь na Mali; MMS., 531 - dadohь zamenu ... na Začiru, zemlju za zemlju). |
123470
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Zejmen, Church of Shën Koll
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Place |
The Church of Shën Koll in Zejmen is not preserved. |
121846
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Zize
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., 116 - karye-i Zize). |
122901
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Zvečan, Church of St. George
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Place |
The Church of St. George is situated in the city of Zvečan, in the Mitrovica district in Kosovo. It was built at the end of the 11th century probably by Vukan, because he controlled that high fortress at the time.
Its a cruciform edifice with a dome, made of alternating rows of brick and stone. It was constructed in the Byzantine style. Soon, the Church became an important cultic place. It is also known that in 1168, Nemanja sent his priests to pray for his victory while in conflict with his brothers . |
123036
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Zvërnec, Church of Shën Mëri
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Place |
The monastery church of Shën Mëri was built during the 13th century in a late byzantine style, but only the fundaments have survived. |
123144
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Çetë, Church of St Paraskevi
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Place |
The church of St Paraskevi in Çetë was built in the second half of the 13th century as a Catholic church, but was first mentioned in documents of the archbishopric of Ohrid in 1691. |
119373
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Ćakovo
|
Place |
The Village of Ćakovo was given by grand župan Stefan Nemanja to the Studenica Monastery (ZSp. 568 I - Prьveje selo Brezova, i selo Gušterice, i selo Zasadь, selo Ćakovo, selo Poolumirь, selo Cer’e, selo Bresnikь, selo Rastište, selo Savovo, i Glavoči, selo Mlan'ča, selo Mugurice, Selo Mi ... ). |
121641
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Čarnik
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Place |
(HI SDSArv., 97 - karye-i Çarnik). |
119730
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Čačak, Gradac Church of the Mother of God (Church of the Ascension)
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Place |
The Church of the Mother of God (today's Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ) was situated in today's city of Čačak (former Moravski Gradac). It was built by the Grand Župan (Stefan) Stracimir, brother of Stefan Nemanja (RL. 9, 43, Mar 65) probably before 1186. It became episcopal Church in the 14th century, and later turned into a metropolitanate. During Ottoman occupation the Church was turned into a mosque. Today, on its place, a new Church, dedicated to Christ, was built.
The first written testimonies of the Church are found in the Studenica typicon (1207–1215), and later in the Charter of the Žiča Monastery.
It was a single nave edifice with a dome, tripartite apse and two bell towers on the Western side. The present appearance is the result of some adaptations, especially those into a mosque. |
119923
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Čelča
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Place |
The Hamlet of Čelče, which belonged to the Village of Krokočevo, was given by King Uroš I to the Monastery of the Holy Mother of God in Ston (ZSp 601 XVI - Selo Krokočevo, a zaselije mu Čelьča i sь megami mu kako je otь prědi bylo). Some time Later Purković states that the Hamlet of Čelče belonged to the Village of Lešnica and was given by Stefan Uroš I to the Monastery of Sv. Peter and Paul in Lim (ZSp 594 III - Selo Lěšьnica sь vsěmi medami, a zaselije mu Čelьča, a meda Čelьčy u Člověču Glavu, kako je otь prěde bylo). |
121681
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Čepikuće, Church of St. Martin
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Place |
The Church of St. Martin is situated in the village Čepikuće. It was built in the 6th century (in the time of Emperor Justinian, ruled 527-565), and at the end of 11th century was reduced in length.
Its a single nave vaulted building, with two niches on its lateral sides. Its apse is semicircular on the inside and trapezoidal on the outside (as was probably in the 6th century).
It the 17th century the building was enlarged by a longer and wide baroque vestibule. |
119919
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Čečina
|
Place |
The Village of Čečina was given by King Stefan the Firstcrowned to the Žiča Monastery (ZSp 571 I - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь mi svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьica sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sьvsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahovišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica, sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi...). |
122018
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Črnoglave
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 72 - karye-i Çirnoglave). |
119404
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Črnča
|
Place |
In ca. 1220 the village of Črnča was donated by the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) to the Monastery of Žiča (a u Zatoně sela: Črьnьča sь zaselijemь si, obě Ivani sь zaselijemь, Zamьčane sь zaselijemь, Dubovo Gane, i vьsa siě sela sь zaselijami si). |
121693
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Črnča
|
Place |
(MMS, 11 - Črьnьča sь zaselijemь). |
131702
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Šavnik, Five Tombstones
|
Place |
On the hill, next to the Orthodox church and cemetery, in the village itself, there is a group of five stećak tombstones, which were built into the foundations of the church. |
119409
|
Šekulari
|
Place |
The village of Šekular is mentioned in ca. 1314 (SP. IV 6 - ōt Šekularь u studen'c'). |
119436
|
Šemgon
|
Place |
The Village of Šemgon was given by despot Stefan Lazarević to the Mileševo Monastery (ZSp. 607 I - ... Priložihь monastiru gospodina mi svetagu Savy iže vь Milěševe petь selь u Moravicahь, imže imena sïa: dva Guglja, tretïe Hrasio Polje, četvrьto Šemgonь, peto Rupeljevo.). The only remnant of the Village of Šemgon is a toponym called Šengolj which lies between the Villages of Rasna, Visibaba and Uzići. |
121697
|
Šiklja
|
Place |
(LŠ Gl., XV, 286 - selo u Gprnjemь Pilotě Šiklja). |
122032
|
Šin Vlaš
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 89 - karye-i Şin Ulaş). |
122023
|
Šin-Gergi
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 89 - karye-i Şin Gergi). |
122028
|
Šin-Nikolo
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., karye-i Şin Nikola). |
121700
|
Šinak
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 109 - karye-i Şinak). |
119411
|
Šipačno
|
Place |
The Village of Šipačno was given by Prince Stefan Lazarević and his Mother and Brother to the Hilandar Monastery (ZSp. 458 I - ... Azь vь Hrista Boga blagověrnïi gospodinь Srьbljemь i Posavïja i stranamь Podunavskïimь knezь Stefanь i sь blagočьstivoju materïju mojeju, kneginomь Milicomь, i sь prěvьzljubjenïimь bratomь si Vlьkomь. I kako prïhodi kь mně izь Hïlandara čьstněiši vь inokohь strarcь kÿrь Iakovь i popь kÿrь Sïlьvestrь i Sÿmonь igumьnь orašьčkii, i uspoměnuše mi za crьkovь u Ibru Vьvedenïe, svetaa vь. Svetihь, baštinu Obrada Dragoïlalïikja, kako ju je bilь obreklь Hïlandaru i u hrisovulь upisalь a ne izdalь, i iznevěri jegospodьstvu mi Obradь, i za njegovu nevěru uzehь mu, i dahь njegovu baštinu vlastelïiu momu u pronïju. I viděhь potruždenije i usrьdьno moljenïe ihь, i zgovorï se sь gospogomь i mankomь mi, kneginomь Milicomь i sь gospodinomь mi prěosveštennïimь patrïarhomь kÿrь Danïlomь, i sь mitropolïti i čьstnimi igumenь i vlastelï moimi, i priložihь crьkovь Vьvedenïe, svetaja vь svetihь, prěčistoi materï Hrista Boga našego Hilandarskoi, jaže jestь vь Svetěi Gorě adonscěi, pokrovu i utvrьždenïju hristijanskomu i mojei teploi prědstatelьnïci i pomoštnïci. ZSp. 775-776 - Selu že hramu Vьvedeniju svetaja vьsvetihь sь povelěnijemь gospodstva mi priloži Obradь baštinu svoju i otca njegova i deda, selo Kukanь i aselije mu Šipьč'no, i zaselije mu Čajetina, i sazelije mu Novoseljani. ZSp 776-777 - My že sь zboromь crьkve velike egovo usrьdïe i moljenïe prijem'še po tomužde obrazu i směrenïe mi zapisa veovodě Obradu Dekin'dïkju vь věčnuju baštinu do věka vyše rečennu cr'kvь jaže jestь vь zapisanïi svetïihь gospodь i kralь i gospodina cara Stěfana, takožde i milostiju i zapisanïemь blagočьstivago gospodina Srblemь kneza Lazara selo Kukanь i zaselьkь mu Čajetina i Šip'čno i Novoseljani sь vsemi megjami i pravinami i sь planinomь sela togai nikimь neotjemljemo i nepotvoreno ... ). |
131776
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Šipačno, Necropolis with 56 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 56 stećak-type tombstones in Šipačno. |
131778
|
Šipačno, Three Tombstones
|
Place |
There are three stećak-type tombstones integrated in the walls of the Orthodox Church of The Holy Saviour (Crkva sv. Spasa) in Šipačno. There used to be a necropolis here with several monuments. |
119414
|
Šipčani
|
Place |
The village of Šipčani is mentioned in 1330 (DH 32). |
121703
|
Škaljari
|
Place |
(IS P., 5, nap. 20 - Rathichi Scaglaris). |
123167
|
Škaljari, Church of St. Domnius
|
Place |
The Church of St. Domnius is situated near the city of Kotor and is dated in the late 12th century, and was first mentioned in written documents in the 14th century.
It is a single nave edifice, semicircular apse and bell tower on the Western side, with a ground-level crypt. The Church is built of stone. |
121705
|
Škreli
|
Place |
(FC. Cven. di Scut., 96 - villa clamada Schirelli). |
122728
|
Škrip, Island of Brač, Church of the Holy Spirit
|
Place |
The Church of the Holy Spirit is situated on the Island of Brač, in Škrip.
It was first built in the 7th century and it was a three nave basilica with a wooden ceiling and roof.
In 840 Škrip was looted and ruined, therefore the Church as well. In the 11th century a new edifice was built. It is a three nave building divined into three bays, with a semicircular apse on its Eastern end. Bell tower was added in the 14th century. |
121710
|
Špinja
|
Place |
(CĐ Iz Ist., 197 - selo špinja). |
121713
|
Špolati
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 96 - karye-i Işpolati). |
122036
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Štepani
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 97 - karye-i Iştepani). |
131743
|
Štrpci, Five Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a group of five stećak-type tombstones near the Orthodox Church and its cemetery in the village Štrpci. |
131745
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Štrpci, Necropolis with 37 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 37 stećak-type tombstones in the village Štrpci. |
132352
|
Šudikova
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Šudikova" derived from the Latin toponym of "Sanctus Jacobus". |
119698
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Šudikova Monastery
|
Place |
The Šudikova Monastery is situated to the North of Berane (Gsnd XI 125). |
131544
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Šćepan Polje, Necropolis with 110 Tombstones
|
Place |
There is a necropolis with 110 stećak-type tombstones on a wide meadow on a hill near the village Šćepan Polje and the ruins of the old town of Sokol. |
131548
|
Šćepan Polje, Zagrađe, Hercegova crkva
|
Place |
In the northern foothills of this area there are the ruins of the so-called Herceg's church (Hercegova crkva) with a dome and another leaning large church according to Š. Bešlagić (Bešlagić 1971, p. 436).
His description of this site corresponds most plausibly to the site of the existing Church of St. John (Sv. Jovan) on the grounds of the Monastery of Zagrađe. |
120751
|
Žabjak (1)
|
Place |
(SLj List. X, 153 - al castello de Zabiach; GSUD XLVII, 229 - pisahь u Zabjakъ). |
120754
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Žabjak (2)
|
Place |
(HI SDSArv., 88 - karye-i Jabuak). |
132262
|
Žanjica
|
Place |
According to Aleksandar Loma, the toponym "Žanjica, Žanjic" derived from the Latin (Dalmatoromanic) toponym of "Sanctus Julianus". |
122104
|
Žanjica, Mala Gospa
|
Place |
The Church Mala Gospa is a small fortified church on an island near to the coast of Žanjica. |
118229
|
Žažvić, Early Croatian Church
|
Place |
The church in Žažvić was probably built in the 11th century. It was excavated in the year 1891, then again covered and never re-examined. |
120756
|
Ždrebaonik Monastery
|
Place |
(VP Pr.CSp., 116) |
118926
|
Žiča
|
Place |
The Village of Žiča was given to the Monastery of Žiča by King Stefan I (ZSp. 571 I - ... na krьmu i na odějanije služeštimь svetomu hramu semu: selo Talьsko i sь Ratinovь i sь Zaklopitovь Lukovь, Topolьnica, sь Vojušami, Ribьnica i sь vьsěmi obьršьmi i sь Brěnovь, Žiča sь Batinomь, Ribizi sь Črьnovь Rěkomь, Tlьsto Brьdo sь Rašьkimь Dělomь i sь Štitarinovь, Pěšьčanica vьsa sь Pěčanomь, Bukovica, Grahopvišta vьsa, Svinьci, Gračanica, Radievo, Konarevo, Črьnjave sь Sěrčovь, Brěstnica sь trьgomь, Svibnica sь Okruglomь, Bobole sь Čečinomь, Gvočanica sь Pupavnimi;). |
119608
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Žiča Monastery, Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ
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The Church of the Ascension of Jesus Christ in the Žiča Monastery is situated 32km from Vrnjačka Banja and near the city of Kraljevo. It was built by the Serbian King Stefan Prvovenčani (reigned 1196-1227) and his brother Saint Sava (ca. 1175-1236) in 1207 and was finished of 20 May 1221, on the feast of Ascension when the Great Council was held (Teodosije 139-141). It was the see of the Serbian Orthodox Archbishopric since 1219 and a place of coronation of the Serbian Kings (after Stefan had received the royal wreath from Pope Honorius III in 1217 and was coronated in Žiča). It is also a mausoleum of the First-Crowned Serbian King.
The ground plan of the church follows the pattern formed previously in the Church of the Holy Mother of God in the Studenica Monastery with some differences visible at the altar space, making it a model of all future buildings of the 13th century, of the so-called Raška monumental architecture. The church was built in several stages. Firstly, a single nave edifice was erected with three bays and a narthex with a parekklesion on both of its sides, semicircular apse and a dome. The present Western section was separated by a narthex wall until the end of the 13th century, when the wall was removed and the narthex was joined to the nave in a single space. The lateral arms of the transept were erected next to the central bay. After 1220 (but prior to the Great Council in 1221) the prothesis and the diaconicon were added in the altar. By 1230 a spacious exonarthex with a bell-tower was built on the Western side, which has a katechoumemion on the upper floor and a parakklesionon the upper floor of the tower. Another special feature of this church is its façade, which is painted in red. It is believed that the builders came both from Byzantium and the Adriatic. The church was fresco painted by artists from Byzantium. There are two layers of frescoes in the interior: the older one, created around 1220, belongs to the so-called Golden Age of Serbian painting and the younger one, from the beginning of the 14th century, belongs to the painting from the period of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321), created under the influence of the so-called Palaiologan Renaissance style. |
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Žiča, Church of St. Peter and Paul
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The Church of St. Peter and Paul was built in the 13th century (Gsnd XIV). |
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Žrnovo (Island of Korčula), Church of St. Vitus
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The Church of St. Vitus is situated at the cemetery of Žrnovo near Korčula.
The edifice is to this day unknown since it is not preserved. A fragment decorated with a plait which is today built into the morgue of the local cemetery, proves that there was a pre-Romanesque Church dedicated to the saint, otherwise significant for the early medieval period. Judging by the style of decoration of the fragment the Church appears to be built in the 11th century. In the 13th century a Romanesque Church dedicated to the same saint was built on the site. |
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Žugić Bara, Necropolis with about 300 Tombstones
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There are about 300 tombstones of stećak type in the vicinity of the hamlet Žugić Bara. |