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Island of Lopud, Church of St. Nicholas the Greek

Crkva Sv. Nikole Grčkog, Lopud, Црква Св. Николе Грчког

Begin between 01.01.1075 and 31.12.1100

Properties

ID 118004
System Class Place
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Dedication Saint Nicholas
Evidence Existing Monument
Ground Plans Single Nave Basilica with a Dome
Place Existing Church
Stylistic Classification Pre-Romanesque
Administrative unit Dubrovnik Neretva County , Croatia

Description

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.