Properties
| ID | 122950 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Bibliography |
| Bibliography | Inbook |
| Case Study | Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška |
Description
Milka Čanak-Medić, Dvojne kule na pročelju crkava Nemanjinog doba, in: Stefan Nemanja - sveti Simeon Mirotočivi. Istorija i predanje (ed. J. Kalić) (2000) 181-197.
Relations
Places (2)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toplica, Church of St. Nicholas (near Kuršumlija) | Place | The Church of St. Nicholas is situated in Toplica, near Kuršumlija, in the upper valley of Toplica River. It is the oldest Church built by Stefan Nemanja in Byzantine manner, sometime between 1155 and 1165. Its a single nave edifice, divided along its length into three parts. with a dome and an apse, also divided into three parts. The dome rises above the squarely designed central bay of the nave. There is a bell tower on the West side of the Church (built probably at the beginning of the 13th century since the building material is slightly different from the rest of the Church), resembling the Church of St. Tryphon in Kotor. The façade is decorated with shallow blind arches. A tomb inside the Church was probably meant to be Nemanja's gravesite. | ||
| Toplica, Church of the Mother of God (near Kuršumlija) | Place | The Church of the Mother of God is situated in Toplica, near Kuršumlija. The edifice was erected by Stefan Nemanja in 1155-1165, in an ancient place of cult dated to the 6th century. Its a single nave triconchos, with an apse (triangular on the outside and semicircular on the inside) on its Eastern end and a narthex with two towers with rectangular ground plans (some researchers indicate that the towers were to mark the Church as a royal endowment, in accordance with the dominant custom of the time in the countries close to Raška, primarily Hungary). The Church was probably built by Constantinopolitan builders (masters). Therefore, some researchers believe that the construction of this and the Church dedicated to St. Nicholas, situated in its close proximity, sparked dispute between Nemanja (who was close to the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos) and his older brothers. Today the Church is in ruins. |