Conference paper
Blato - the Old and the New Cemetery of Holy Cross
Franko Oreb
Abstract
In this paper, the author presents the history of the cemetery and the church of St Cross in Blato, with a review of the results of the archaeological research conducted in 2004. He discusses the new hygiene and health measures regarding the ban of burials in and around churches (which was a custom in the Middle Ages), and the need to build cemeteries outside the inhabited area,
which was prescribed by the Franco-Austrian authorities at the beginning of the 19th century. Since burials in the cemetery of St Cross continued throughout the entire 19th century, it became too crowded. Due to the expansion of Blato, the cemetery had almost become its centre, because of which further burials were banned. For these reasons, at the beginning of the 20th century (1904/1905), a new cemetery was built on top of Veli Učijak, where the church of St Vitus was located. Bishop Marko Kalogjera of Split, born in Blato, was buried here in 1888.
Keywords
the old cemetery of St Cross; the new cemetery of St Vitus; Tišji humac
Hrčak ID:
296004
URI
Publication date:
1.1.2023.
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