Maps of Power

Island of Lopud, Church of St. Peter

Crkva Sv. Petra, Lopud, Црква Св. Петра, Лопуд

Begin 01.01.1000
End 01.01.1773

Properties

ID 118045
System Class Place
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Dedication Saint Peter
Evidence Ruins
Ground Plans Single Nave Basilica
Place Not Preserved Church
Stylistic Classification Pre-Romanesque
Administrative unit Dubrovnik Neretva County , Croatia

Description

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.