Maps of Power

Osor, Island of Cres, Church of St. Platon

Crkva Sv. Platona, Црква Св. Платона

Begin between 01.01.0800 and 31.12.0850

Properties

ID 118165
System Class Place
Place Abandoned Church palaioekklesia crkvište
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Dedication Saint Platon
Ground Plans Single Nave Basilica
Stylistic Classification Pre-Romanesque
Administrative unit Primorje Gorski Kotar County , Croatia

Description

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.