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| ID | 123176 |
|---|---|
| System Class | Bibliography |
| Bibliography | Article |
| Case Study | Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška |
Description
Joseph Presel, Ratac 1913, in: Matica crnogorska. Arheologija 11/44 (2010) 175-188.
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Places (2)
| Name | Class | Begin | End | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratac, Church A | Place | 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. | ||
| Ratac, Church C (Bogorodica Ratačka) | Place | The Benedictine monastery complex of St. Mary is situated on the Ratac peninsula between Sutomore and Bar. Between the 9th and the 11th century a Benedictine monastery was founded, initially dedicated to Saint Archangel Michael and later to the Holy Mother of God, also known by the name Bogorodica Ratačka (Mother of God from Ratac). The oldest church is from the 11th century and is designated as Church C. The peculiarity of this single-nave building with a dome are the four bays, one of which in the West had probably the function of a narthex. This church is mentioned in the Kotor Charter by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) in 1319, confirming the charter by his mother the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314) from 1305 and indicating that the church was dedicated to the Mother of God. A Latin inscription from September 1347 to the left of the Southern entrance to the Church C mentions the monastery's abbot Paulo Rugerii (Marković 2004, 201). The monastery complex consisted of several buildings. Among them three churches stand out. During the 14th and 15th centuries other buildings and fortifications were added to the monastery, especially when there was a danger from the Ottomans. The monastery and its buildings were looted and demolished by the Ottomans in the 16th century. The Venetians turned it into a military fortress, which was later taken over by the Ottomans. The walls of the monastery were especially devastated in the Second World War (1941-1945), where the occupying forces installed artillery and built bunkers. (KJ TDR., 102 nap 205 - Abbas de S. Micaele (!) de Reteza; SN ZSp., 604 - u Rьtьčьka, svetoi Bogorodici Rьtьčьskoi). |