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Island of Sušac, Church of St. Nicholas

Crkva Sv. Nikole, Црква Св. Николе

Begin 01.01.0500
End 31.12.1080

Properties

ID 121823
System Class Place
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška
Dedication Saint Nicholas
Denomination Latin
Evidence Ruins
Ground Plans Single Nave Basilica , Pseudo Basilica
Place Abandoned Church palaioekklesia crkvište
Stylistic Classification Pre-Romanesque

Description

The Church of St. Nicholas is situated on the Island of Sušac, 23km West from the Island of Lastovo. The Island was inhabited in ancient times. An Early Christian Church, probably dedicated to St. Michael, was built in the 6th century. This building will be adapted into an early medieval Church dedicated to St. Nicholas.
Since the earliest mentioning of the Church is in the 12th century representing the terminus ante quem for its dating, researchers believe that it was probably built at the end of the 11th century. The Church today is in ruins.
Its a single nave vaulted building with an apse (semicircular in the inside and rectangular on the outside). In the interior it had three lesenes which were connected to each other by arches and closed the barrel-shaped lintels of the side niches and at the same time formed the basis for the construction of the barrel vault of the Church nave. A typical feature of this church is the "pseudo-basilica" roof. No decoration was found.