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Crnogorčević 1901

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ID 122929
System Class Bibliography
Bibliography Book
Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška

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Mladen Crnogorčević, Crkve i manastiri u općini Budvanskoj (Zadar 1901).

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Places (2)
Name Class Begin End Description
Budva, Church of St. John the Baptist Place The Church of St. John the Baptist is situated in the old town of Budva and was erected in the 7th century. It was reconstructed multiple times. The church was initially built as a rotunda and later transformed into a single nave edifice. On the Southern side, above the chapels on the ground floor, a two-storey episcopal palace was erected, and on the Northern side, from the square base, rises a bell tower with a clock (refurbished in 1850). The church houses the famous miraculous icon of the Madonna in Punta or the so-called "Our Lady of Budva" (13th to 14th centuries), which was brought to the Church of St. John the Baptist from the Church of St. Mary in Punta. Remains of fresco decoration from the 14th century are still visible on the inner Northern wall. The church has two side chapels, one in the North, the other in the South. The Northern side chapel houses the miraculous icon of the Madonna in Punta. Today the Church of St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic church. Immediately to the South of the episcopal palace an Early Christian basilica from the 5th and 6th centuries was excavated.
Budva, Church of St. Sabbas Place The Church of St. Sabbas is situated in the old town (stari grad) of Budva and was consecrated in 1142. At that time, St. Sabbas was a patron saint of Budva, whose cult had come to the Southern Adriatic from the East through the Byzantine dignitaries, who had served in the theme of Dalmatia. It is a single nave building leaning against the town wall, vaulted, with the interior divided into three bays. Its facade is constructed with alternating blocks of greyish and rose-coloured stone. The entrance to the church lies in the West.