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Island of Mljet, Church of St. Andrew
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The Church of St. Andrew is situated on the Island of Mljet. It was probably built at the end of the 11th and the beginning of the 12th century and the Church from that period has not been preserved. Therefore the original appearance and ground plan of the Early Medieval Church are not known.
The Church was rebuilt in the Gothic period with the construction of a pointed vault and has a Early Medieval transena built-in the facade.
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Island of Mljet, Church of St. Mary
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The former Benedictine monastery was built in the middle of the Great Lake, on the Western part of the Island of Mljet. On the North side of the fortified monastery complex is the Romanesque church of St. Mary. Allegedly, it was built in the 12th century after Desa, the Grand župan of Zachlumia, in 1151 donated the Island of Mljet to the Benedictines. The Church was first mentioned by Serbian king Stefan the First-Crowned at the beginning of the 13th century, when the Nemanjyd dynasty had supreme power over the Island of Mljet.
Its a single nave edifice with a dome. Typologically, the Church follows the tradition of rural single-nave domed Churches from the end of the 11th and the middle of the 12th century in Apulia. Also, the Church resembles the Church dedicated to the Mother of God Euergetis in Studenica Monastery, in the size, plan, forms etc.
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Island of Mljet, Church of St. Michael in Babino Polje
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The Church of St. Michael is situated North-West of Babino Polje, on the Island of Mljet. This part of Island is called after the patron saint of the Church (Sutmiho and Sutmiholjska bay). The Church was mentioned in 1430 as a Benedictine Church where monks resided upon arrival on this Island.
There is no information on the original ground plan and affiliation type of the Church. The construction of the early medieval church is indicated by fragments with plaited ornaments (a pilaster from the altar screen and a lintel with an inscription in Latin) that can be dated to the 10th or the 11th century.
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Island of Mljet, Church of St. Pancras in Babino Polje
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The Church of St. Pancras is situated near Babino Polje, in the Island of Mljet. It is dedicated to a one-time patron of the island, a 4th century martyr from Phrygia, who was killed in Rome in 304 AD during Christian prosecutions, under Emperor Diocletian (ruled 284-305).
The Church is a single nave building, dimensions 4x2m, with an apse on its Eastern end which is semicircular on the inside and rectangular on the outside. The naos was divided into two bays by the opposing, wide pilasters joined by an arch that strengthened the barrel vault.
The Church was probably built in the 11th century, and today is left in ruins. In the 12th century it fell into the hands of the Benedictines. At that time, Babino Polje became the administrative and ecclesiastical center of the whole island.
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Island of Mljet, Double Churches in Polače
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The remains of two Churches are situated in the Eastern part of the Polače bay, on the Island of Mljet. The Double Churches (the Northern and the Southern one) were built in the 5th century. The Northern one was expanded probably in the 11th century and is preserved up to 3m in height because it was in use in the Middle Ages. The Southern basilica remained only in its foundations.
Two single nave basilicas were built in the 5th (the Southern one has rectangular apse on the outside and a semicircular apse on the inside). A memorial was added to the South of the Double basilica.
In the early Middle Ages, lesenes were added to the Northern basilica in order to change the wooden into a barrel vaulted structure. At the same time, a vestibule was added to its West side. The walling of the Southern portal, between the two early Christian buildings, proves that since then the Southern part of the complex of Double basilicas was no longer in function.
The church space shaped in this way is known in the pre Romanesque architecture of Dalmatia
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