Modruški zbornik, Vol. 4-5 No. 4-5, 2011.
Prethodno priopćenje
Postanak naselja i gradnja crkve Bl. Dj. Marije od Čudesa u Oštarijama
Ivan Tironi
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The present parish church of Our Lady of Miracles in Oštarije was built as a votive church of the Frankopans, a Croatian family of princes. Tradition has it that it served as a cathedral for a short time. Built in the mid–15th century, the church was damaged in the war against the Ottomans when the only parts that were left standing were the outer walls. During the 17th century, it's interior was used as a shelter to royal military troupes. Soldiers then started building their houses around it. The first drawings and descriptions of the church were made in the 17th century. At the end of the same century it received a new choir while the most of the church remained unroofed. The choir was reconstructed at the beginning of the 19th century and in the first decades of the 20th century. The church owes its construction primarily to Prince Stjepan II Frankopan who wanted to build a church dedicated to Our Lady of the Miracles in the vicinity of Modruš. His wish and attempts were supported by Franjo, the bishop of Krbava, who became the bishop of Modruš in 1457 after the bishop’s seat was transferred from Krbava. The church was built as a hall church probably covered with groined vaults whose thrust was carried to the perimeter walls in order to avoid construction of buttresses. The choir was built as an elongated rectangle. According to the comparative material so far researched, architectural influences on the church of Our Lady of Miracles could come from the royal chapel of St George in Wiener Neustadt in Austria. During the construction of the Austrian church Stjepan Frankopan was in close contact with the Habsburg administration and served as captain for the Duchy of Carniola. It was exactly the social status which enabled Stjepan Frankopan to find an architect for the church in Oštarije. With the help of Croatian builders, this architect made a great architectural accomplishment in the context of Late Gothic Croatian religious architecture outside Zagreb. Judging by it's stylistic features, the church in Oštarije arguably influenced religious architecture of the time in the area of the Krbava – Modruš bishopric.
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1.1.2011.
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