Preliminary communication
The Church of St. Vid at Mount Vidova Gora
Hrvoje Gjurašin
; Muzej hrvatskih arheoloških spomenika HR -Split 21 000
Abstract
Mount Vidova Gora (778 m above sea level) is the highest peak of not only the island ofBrač but of all Adriatic islands. About 100 meters west of the peak} there were barely visible remains ofa church.
The church was mentioned for the first time in the visitation of 1579} as vacant and ruined.
In 1992} the Croatian Archaeological Monuments Museum undertook protective archeological researches and conservation works of remains ofthis sacral structure.
The church has a somewhat elonrtated semicircular apse at the eastern side} and does not particularly stand out from other known early-Romanesque churches at the island. By its size (7}95 x 4}80 m)} the church ofSt. Vid is among the largest churches ofthe period at the island.
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92693
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Publication date:
28.9.2000.
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