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Svač, Franciscan Monastery, Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Franjevački samostan u Svaču, Фрањевачки самостан у Свачу

Begin 01.01.1288
End 31.12.1288

Properties

ID 124324
System Class Place
Place Abandoned Monastery
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška , Tabula Imperii Byzantini , TIB 17
Dedication Blessed Virgin Mary
Denomination Latin
Evidence Ruins
Ground Plans Single Nave Basilica
Stylistic Classification Romanesque , Gothic
Administrative unit Montenegro

Description

The Franciscan Monastery dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary is situated in Svač near the city of Ulcinj and was built by the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314) in 1288. Today in ruins, only the foundations remain, it was a single-nave edifice with a rectangular apse and wooden roof. Fragments of fresco decoration are still visible. In the lunette of the portal of the church, parts of the fresco of the Virgin have been preserved.

Files

The Area of Svač with Remnants of Three Churches
The Area of Svač with Remnants of Three Churches