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Island of Ošljak, Church of St. Mary
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The Church of St. Mary is situated on the Island of Ošljak.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse, built probably in the 5th or 6th century. Its façade is decorated with lesenes. In the 9th or 11th century the Church was supplemented by a system of pilasters and vaults, so its interior was divided into three bays. In the 13th century the Church was redecorated once more, when its façade was changed. Bell tower was added on its Western side.
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Island of Pašman, Church of St. Martin
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The Church of St. Martin is situated on the Island of Pašman, in the village Nevidjane.
Today in ruins, the Church was a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse. It was first built in the 5th or the 6th century and was later, in the 9th or 11th century reconstructed. In the Middle Ages the Church was abandoned due to the plague. Church furnishings were later used for the baroque Church.
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Island of Pašman, Ćokovac hill, Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian
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The Benedictine Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian is situated on the Island of Pašman, on the Ćokovac hill.
It was first built by bishop Theodoric in 1059 on the foundations of a former Byzantine fortress and an early Christian church. After Venetians conquered Biograd in the 12th century, the Benedictines came and built a new monastery and church which was also destroyed in the 14th century in order to be thoroughly restored in the Gothic style.
Fragments of stone church furnishings were found during various excavations and are today kept in the monastery.
Here a collection of eight Glagolitic inscriptions carved on stone are kept.
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Iž Mali, Island of Iž, Church of St. Mary
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The Pre-Romanesque Church of St. Mary is situated in Iž Mali, on the Island of Iž, and was built before 1100. In the 17th century a rectangular nave was added to the existing central ground plan of the edifice. Above the central part of the Church is a dome.
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Savar, Island of Dugi, Church of St. Pelegrin
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The Church of St. Pelegrin is situated on the Island of Dugi, in Savar, and was built in the 9th or 10th century. It was most probably erected on the foundations of an older Church from the Early Christian period.
On the base is the old church core, which is a pre-Romanesque building of the central plan with a dome, a rectangular space was added in the 15th century. On the back side, in the 18th century, a sacristy was added. Apse was demolished and today is non existent.
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Telašćica, Island of Dugi, Church of St. John
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The Church of St. John is situated on the Island of Dugi, in Telašćica.
Its a single nave edifice, whose interior is divided into three bays and has a semicircular apse on its Eastern end. Since middle bay is narrower than the other two, some researchers believe it used to have a dome.
The Church is mentioned in a document, which is dated between 1060 and 1065.
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Telašćica, Island of Dugi, Church of St. Victor
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The Church of St. Victor is situated on the Island of Dugi, in Telašćica. It already existed in the period 989-999 and, thus, must have been built before that date (some researchers suggest 5th or 6th century).
Its a single nave building with a dome and a semicircular apse on its Eastern end. On the South side of the Church a rectangular room was added of unknown purpose.
It is very similar to the Church of St. Pelegrin in Savar on the same Island. The ruins of the Church can be found on Citorij Hill.
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Vrgada, Island of Vrgada, Church of St. Andrew
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The Church of St. Andrew is situated on the Island of Vrgadi, on a cemetery in the Pržina (Pocrikva) bay. It is located at the foot of a hill on which are the remains of an early Byzantine fortress. Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus mentions Vrgada as the only inhabited island in the Zadar area. Therefore, historians assume that this church was used by a Byzantine military fortress.
Its a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse, built probably in the mid-11th century. Some researchers suggest that it was built in the 6th century in order to be reconstructed in the 9th and again in the 11th century.
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