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CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE OF THE VILLAGE KOTOR
Starac Ranko
Sažetak
Village on the hill above the fith of river Dubračina itno the sea is a well known medieval ecclesiastical center whose inhabitants moved to the sea after a sequence of changes in cultural and safety conditions and built the town Crikvenica. Kotor didn’t have many inhabitants but it had an important role because of the carefully chosen location between the Littoral region and the central part of Vinodol region. This is confirmed by the number of churches and chapels that today are ruined or even totally destroyed. In last few years with great efforts (the material needed for reconstruction can only be carried to Kotor by donkeys) researches, reconstruction and presentation works are made on the ruins of the former parish church of Saint Simon and Jude Tadeus that was originally one-naval church with an arch in romanic style, reconstructed in the 15. century when they enlarged the sanctuary and added chapels on both sides so the church (governed by franciscan monastery in Trsat) now has the form of latin cross.
In future, small church of St. Juraj from the early Middle Ages and the spacious pilgrim church of Holy Trinity, between Kotor and Podbadanj, will be reconstructed. First villages in Kotor are much older. The name comes from the croatian translation of antique coastal town Ad Turres, under the today’s sport center in Crikvenica. It shows the coexistence between romanized inhabitants and new inhabitants, Croatians, was pacific. New inhabitants accepted the traditional local name, but since they were a
majority they change it into croatian and connected Kotor with Grižane and Belgrad forming one parish, e.i,. adminstrative and territorial unity. Walking around Kotor hill rare pieces of antique bricks and amphora, but also pieces of house objects, can
be found. The prehistorical part of Kotor has not yet been searched, but judging by dish fragments and ruined wall from the late Bronze Age, this hill must have been a fortified town. From this period we have evidence in the grave on Stolnić, that was
an occasional discovery above the stone mine on Podbadanj.
Ključne riječi
Kotor; late Bronze Age; prehistorical cumulus; antiquity; Middle Age; churches and chapels; research; conservation and presentation; Crikvenica
Hrčak ID:
332382
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Datum izdavanja:
9.12.2004.
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