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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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Dubrovnik, the Sigurata Church in Prijekom
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The Sigurata Church is located in the northwestern part of the Prijeko area, in the historic center of Dubrovnik, near the Franciscan monastery. Today it's part of the nunnery of the Franciscan school sisters. The name Sigurata comes from the Latin name for the Transfiguration of the Lord - Transfiguratio Domini.
It was a single nave edifice with a dome. The building was divided into three bays with semicircular vaults and an apse that is semicircular inside and rectangular on the outside. Today, the Church is a three-nave building as a result of the last major reconstruction that took place after the earthquake in 1667. Two aisles were added and connection with the side aisles was established by removing the walls between the girders in all three aisles.
Research in the 20th century identified two older phases of construction. The first points to the crossroads of late antiquity and the early Middle Ages (from the 6th to the 8th century), the second to the early Middle Ages (9th century), while the pre-Romanesque single-nave building with a dome probably dates from the 10th or the 11th century. The church changed after that, and it probably got three naves even before the great earthquake.
Fragments of fresco decoration probably date in the 14th century.
It recalls characteristics of the Churches of St. Peter in Omiš, St. Nicholas in Dubrovnik and St. Michael in Ston.
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Gabrili, Church of St. Demetrius
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The Church of Saint Demetrius in Gabrili, in the Kanali (Konavli) region, was possibly built in the late 11th century, although it has parts which date back to the 9th century. It makes it the oldest preserved Church in Konavli.
Its a single nave edifice, with a quadrilateral apse on its Eastern side, which makes her similar (in plan) to the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Ston (without a dome). The facade is decorated with rosettes.
The Church fell to ruins at an unknown date.
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Island of Mrkan, Church of St. Michael
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The Church of St. Michael is situated on the Island of Markan, near Cavtat, and was first mentioned in the sources in 1218. Most researchers believe it was probably built around the end of the 12th century, when Cavtat was at the centre of the coastal part of Raška. Others date it to the end of the 11th century.
Its a single nave edifice with a dome which has until today left unstudied. Next to its ruins are the remains of the Benedictine Monastery.
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Ratac, Church A
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Church A is situated in Ratac between the cities of Sutomore and Bar. It belongs to a monastery complex. The church was built in the second half of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th century. It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse on its Eastern end. The church has a ground-level crypt modelled according to the Early Christian, two-storey mausoleums. The remains of plaster indicate that the church was fresco decorated. Remnants of the mosaic allude to the period between the 4th and the 6th century.
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Škaljari, Church of St. Domnius
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The Church of St. Domnius is situated near the city of Kotor and is dated in the late 12th century, and was first mentioned in written documents in the 14th century.
It is a single nave edifice, semicircular apse and bell tower on the Western side, with a ground-level crypt. The Church is built of stone.
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