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Dubrovnik, Church of St. Luke
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The Church of St. Luke was probably built in the first half of the 12th century. It is now part of a larger Gothic church.
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Dubrovnik, Church of St. Nicholas in Prijeko
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The Church of St. Nicholas is situated on the North-Eastern part of Dubrovnik, in Prijeko, on a very important urban point and on a cliff that rose steeply above the lowland part (campus). It is also known by different names such as Ecclesia S. Nicole de Campo, appresa Doghana, Saneto Nicola de piazza or Saneto Nicola in salinize, because in the 14th century was built another Church dedicated to St. Nicholas.
The Church of St. Nicholas in Dubrovnik is mentioned around 1100 in connection with the war between Dubrovnik and the Serbian King Konstantin Bodin (reigned 1081- ca. 1099).
It's a single nave building with four bays and a dome, similar to the Church of St. Peter in Omiš. Its apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. The walls of the apse and dome were decorated with shallow semicircural niches.
In the course of time the Church was rebuilt several times. The northern lateral nave was annexed to the original pre-Romanesque church and the altar area was rebuilt. The southern side, dome and apse still have shallow decorative niches.
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Island of Koločep, Church of St. Nicholas (St. Vitus)
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The Church of St. Nicholas is situated on a small plateau, halfway between Donje and Gornje Čelo. It was probably built between the 9th and the 11th century. Judging by the archival documentation from the 13th century, the Church was dedicated to Saint Vitus. On the other hand, fresco decoration indicates othervise.
Its a single nave edifice with a dome on pendantives, an apse which is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside and has facade divided by lesenes. Inside, the edifice is divided with two lesenes in three bays. Fragments of the original doorpost decorated with a motif of double three-bar knots have been found, and were later used as building material. Parts of the altar screen, that probably belonged to the original Church, are decorated with various braided motifs of geometric design.
Remains of early medieval frescoes, that date to the end of the 11th century, represent figures of saints and have been preserved on the walls and on the vaults of the Church. Some researchers have found stylistic similarities with frescoes of the Church of St. John (Ivan) on the Island of Šipan.
On the Western side of the Church is a bell-tower with a bronze bell made in the 16th century by Ivan Krstitelj Rabljanin, which was brought from the Church of St. Mary in Donje Čelo in the 20th century.
Thorough conservation and archeological works were carried out in the 20th century so the Church of St. Nicholas is still in use, primarily as a cemetery church.
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Island of Koločep, Gornje Čelo, Church of St. Anthony of Padua
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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.
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Island of Lopud, Church of St. Elijah
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The remains of the Church of Sv. Elijah are situated on the south side of the semicircular bay of the Island of Lopud built probably in the 9th century, while Church furnishing from the 11th century indicates that the Church was restored the restoration at the end of the early medieval period. The Church of St. Elijah was first mentioned in written sources 1249.
Its a single nave building with a dome supported by squinches. Allegedly, traces of frescoes could once be seen on these squinches, but today the rain mostly washed them away. Interior walls have lesenes placed in the middle of the wall leaning against the stone consoles, which is specific to this edifice. Apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside.
In time, the Church was left without a western facade and a roof, and with their demolition, the original square dome disappeared.
Fragments of stone decoration can still be seen, including transena, altar screen beam with parts of inscription in Latin and consoles.
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Island of Lopud, Church of St. John the Baptist
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The Church of St. John is situated in the area of Glavotok at the top of the hill named Ivanje brdo.
It was built in the 6th or 7th century, of which testify fragments of stone sculpture (pillars, capitals, etc.) scattered around the Church. After the demolition of the early Christian basilica a new edifice was erected around 1000/1050.
Its a single nave edifice with a dome. Outer walls are dissected by shallow niches, including a rectangular dome. A special feature of the Church of St. John is in the fact that in its interior, in a certain rhythm at the beginning of the barrel vault and in the apse, numerous earthen vessels were built in, which are smooth inside and quite well preserved, and indicate Byzantine influence (similar can be found in the Church of St. Nicholas and St. Sergius in Koločep).
The building was extended from the West side in the 14th century adding a completely new building. Even though the Church is in remains it is still in use on certain days.
Stylistically this Church is one of the earliest pre-Romanesque churches on the Island of Lopud.
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Island of Lopud, Church of St. Nicholas the Greek
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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.
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Island of Šipan, Church of St. John
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The Church of St. John is located in Šilovo Selo, in the vicinity of Sundjurdje. The original pre-Romanesque Church was expanded in the 15th century and a new renaissance Church of flat surfaces and much larger dimensions was built. The original Church became a presbytery.
The original Church of St. John was a single nave edifice built probably in the 11th century. The interior had a semicircular vault intersected by two girdles and divided into three aisles.The facade walls feature a rhythmical alteration of decorative lesenes and niches (four on each side of the building) that are deeper than on other buildings on Šipan, of the same period. The apse was semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside.
Fresco decoration, with inscriptions in Latin, can be found in the apse and on the South wall, indicating that once the entire interior was painted.
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Island of Šipan, Church of St. Michael, in Pakljena
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The Church of St. Michael is situated on the Island of Šipan, in Pakljena, next to the benedictine Church of St. Mary. It was most probably built around the years 1000/1050.
Its a single nave edifice, with three bays, a dome based on squinches and an apse which is semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside.
The Church was partly refurbished and extended in the 14th century. In the time of the renaissance and/or baroque a bell-tower was added on the Western side of the building.
Fragments of fresco decoration are still visible, as well as some stone reliefs.
The church bears similarities to the Church of St John (Sveti Ivan) on the Island of Lopud.
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Ston, Church of St. Archangel Michael
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The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Ston was probably erected by Prince Stefan Vojislav, the archont of the Serbs and a Terbounian Serb (reigned ca. 1037-1050), in the first half of the 11th century. The church is situated on top of the hill named Gradac and it might have served as a palace church.
Its a rectangular, single-nave building, which is divided with composite pilasters into three bays (the middle one has a blind dome, while Eastern and Western have groin vaults) and a bell-tower situated on its Western side. The altar apse is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. The exterior is decorated with lesenes and niches, while door frames and stone window have low-relief decoration.
Fresco decoration has been severely damaged but we can still recognize its iconographical programme. Certainly the most significant is the fresco decoration of the ktetor who is holding a model of the church and along with Latin inscriptions we can conclude that the paintings are of Western pre-Romanesque and Byzantine influence finished probably around 1050 (for sure until 1081).
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