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Island of Koločep, Gornje Čelo, Church of St. Anthony of Padua

Crkva Sv. Antuna Padovanskog, Црква Св. Антуна Падованског

Begin between 01.01.0800 and 31.12.1000
End 31.12.1350

Properties

ID 118313
System Class Place
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Dedication Saint Anthony
Ground Plans Single Nave Basilica with a Dome
Place Existing Church
Stylistic Classification Pre-Romanesque
Administrative unit Dubrovnik Neretva County , Croatia

Description

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.

Files

The Church of St. Ante on the Island of Koločep (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0)
The Church of St. Ante on the Island of Koločep (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0)