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Island of Koločep, Church near the Jekavac bay (St. George?)
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The Church near the Jekavac bay of unknown dedication (perhaps St. George?) is a single nave buildings of three-aisled vaulted division, probably with a dome over the middle vaulted field, and an apse (semicircular on the inside, and rectangular on the outside) The building belonged to a typical variant of churches with niches on the inside and bare surfaces on the outside.
Some researchers believe it was built on the grounds of a Roman and later Early Christian edifice. The assumption that an Early Medieval Church was created by adapting an earlier Early Christian building is supported by the unusual thickness of the walls. The different way of masonry on certain parts of the wall speaks in favor of the dating of the subsequent intervention in the 14th or 15th century.
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Island of Koločep, Church of St. Barbara in Borje (Gospa Nuncijata)
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The remains of the Church of St. Barbara are located above the eastern ridge of Gornje Čelo, south of the road leading from Dinkovo Selo to Rajić's house, in an area called Borje. V. Lisičar was the first to mention the Church indicating that its other dedication was Gospa Nuncijata or Gospa Navještenja (Church of the Annunciation). Unfortunately, the results of the research, conducted in 1975, have not been published yet so we don't have enough information regarding this Church.
The Church is a single nave edifice with a dome, with an apse which is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. It was probably build sometime between 9th and 11th century.
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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, Church of St. Sergius
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The Church of St. Sergius was probably built at the end of the 11th century, even though Ivica Žile supposes it might have been built between the 9th and 10th century judging by the remains of an altar, pillar and a capital. The Church is nowadays almost completely ruined.
Its a single nave building with an apse that is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. There is no information about the dome nor about the girders that would divide the three-bay vault, but by analogy with other preserved Churches of the same type on the island (St. Nicholas and St. Anthony of Padua) its original existence can be assumed. The South wall is preserved best, at the height of approximately 3m, and has on its central bay a niche. In the 12th century on the South side of the church a parallel room was added, and on the North side - a cistern.
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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 St. Andrew, Church of St. Andrew
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The remains of the Church of St. Andrew, which dates to the second half of the 11th century based on the analysis of a preserved and decorated lintel, are situated on the Island of St. Andrew.
The Church has not been researched so there are no information on its type, measures, architecture or construction.
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Island of Šipan, Church of St. Michael (Sutmiho) above the sea
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Ruined Church dedicated to St. Michael is located on a gorge above the sea, East of Bige Bay, on Island of Šipan.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse, built in the close proximity of an antique archaeological site. Also, with some capitals that were found, researchers believe that it was first built in the 6th or 7th century. In the Late Middle Ages the Church was expanded with the addition of the Western part and a vault, while its Northern window was reshaped.
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Topolo, Church of St. Stephen
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The Church of St. Stephen is situated in the village Topolo, 5km North from Ston, probably built in the 11th century.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse, both in the inside and the outside. It has a semicircular vault.
Since no archaeological research has been conducted there is no information regarding this Church and its development through the centuries, nor to what extent it preserves the remains of the original pre-Romanesque building.
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