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Biskupija, Church of Holy Trinity

Crkva Sv. Trojice, Црква Св. Тројице

Begin 01.01.1088

Properties

ID 117873
System Class Place
Place Abandoned Church palaioekklesia crkvište
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Dedication Holy Trinity
Evidence Excavation , Historiography
Ground Plans Eight-Leaf
Stylistic Classification Pre-Romanesque
Administrative unit Croatia , Šibenik Knin County

Description

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).