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Church of The Holy Cross in Križevci
Zorislav Horvat
Sažetak
The Church of the Holy Cross in Križevci is an
old parish church of the city of Donji Križ (Cris),
which has experienced many changes until the
present day. There was probably a Romanic church
on the same spot before, which was replaced by a
Gothic building during the first half of the 14th
century, perhaps even with the old sanctuary. The
Gothic sanctuary was built – probably not by
accident – after Donji Križ was awarded the title of
a «Free and Royal City». The sanctuary developed
in several phases, which are sometimes
contradictory. The nave from the 14th century,
which was also changed as time passed, was
perhaps once on fire, but the wall and ceiling
paintings in the interior show that it was over roofed
very early. The Osmanic threat induced the people
of Križevci to fortify their city as well as the very
church of the Holy Cross, around which
Renaissance fortifications were built and torn down
afterwards. The Ecclesiastic Institutions Reform by
king Joseph II in 1786 caused the desertion of the
old parish church of the Holy Cross, it was,
however, reconstructed by the end of the 19th
century as well as in 1912. The latest restoration
and art-conservation research has lead to various
new realisations and changes of our opinion.
(Translated by Marina Bertovic)
Ključne riječi
Church of the Holy Cross; Križevci; sacral architecture, Gothic
Hrčak ID:
2604
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Datum izdavanja:
20.12.2005.
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