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Gornji Matejevac, Latin Church
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The Church in situated in Gornji Matejevac, near the city of Niš.
It is a single-nave building in the shape of a concise elongated inscribed cross (divided into three bays) with a dome. The dome is octagonal on the outside, with four windows. The later added narthex leans against its Western side, and occupies a slightly smaller area than the nave. To the East is a semicircular altar apse, vaulted with a semi-calotte.
The Church got its name 'Latin' in the 16th century when the Catholics (people from Dubrovnik, the Latins) were using it.
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Skadar, Monastery of the Most Pure Mother of God of Krajina
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The Monastery of the Most Pure Mother of God of Krajina ("Craini"), with its main church dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God, was built near the South-Western shore of Lake Skadar. As most researchers believe, its ktetor was the Serbian Prince Jovan Vladimir (reigned 990-1016), whose remains were transferred here not long after he was murdered in 1016 in Prespa. Next to him his wife Kosara was buried. The church was renewed and enlarged several times, but the original plan is still visible. It is a single nave edifice with semicircular conchae on its Southern, Eastern and Northern sides, making it a trefoil building, similar to the Church of St. John the Baptist in Zaton on the River Lim, built at approximately the same time, and the Church of St. Panteleimon in Ohrid (the burial church of St. Kliment of Ohrid), built during the time of Tsar Samuel's domination in the Balkans. The Church of the Most Pure Mother of God of Krajina was renewed at the end of the 14th century, probably at the time when the Metropolitan see of Zeta was transferred. It is believed that Balša III Djurdjević (reigned 1403-1421), the ruler of Zeta, was responsible for its renovation. Today, only fragments of fresco decoration indicate that the church was once embellished. (FŠ LPD., 331 - in ecclesia sancta Mariae, in loco qui dicitur Craini).
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Trepča, Saxon Church
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The Saxon Church is situated in Stari Trg, near Trepča (near Kosovska Mitrovica). The earliest written historical source mentioning the existence of the Catholic Church in Trepča is a letter from Pope Benedict IX to Archbishop Marin of Bar, written in 1303. Therefore, we know that the Church was built before 1303 and was initially dedicated to the Holy Virgin. It is recorded that the body of King Milutin was transferred to this Church from his mausoleum (the Church of St. Stephen in Banjska) when the Turks invaded, and later moved to Bulgaria (Sofia).
As name suggests the Saxon Church was erected thanks to German miners, referred to as the Saxons in Serbian sources. In Trepča lived a strong colony from Dubrovnik, and in ecclesiastical terms Trepča was under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Kotor.
Its a three-aisle, domed, basilica with three semicircular apses, modelled after the cathedrals of Kotor (Church of St. Tryphon) and Dubrovnik (Romanesque cathedral). Today is in ruins, with only an Eastern wall with three apses remaining (with still visible gothic windows). The Church was fresco painted in Byzantine iconography and style.
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