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by Ivan Stojanović

Archive for the ‘Heritage’ Category

Our Lady of Health

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 1 July 2010
Kotorski bedemi

Our Lady of Health Church (Kotor) dates back from the 15th century. It was built half way up St. John’s Hill.

Temple of Christ’s Nativity

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 30 June 2010

Hram Hristovog Roždestva Temple of Christ’s Nativity is located in Mojkovac. It is dedicated to the birth of Jesus Christ and the fallen heroes of the Mojkovac battle  (1916.)

Kurtagić Mosque

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 30 June 2010

Kurtagića Džamija Kurtagić mosque (Rozaje )built by  The Sultan Murat II ( 1697th)

Church of St. Klara

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 28 June 2010

Crkva Svete Klare This church with Franciscan monastery derives from the eighteenth century. The church has a luxurious Baroque altar, the work of the sculptor Francesco Kabjanka. On the place of today’s Franciscan monastery once there was women’s Benedictine monastery with the church of St. Bartholomew which does not exist today. The monastery has a very rich library with a great number of old books, printed from 1450 to 1500.

text:  http://kotor.travel

St. Ozana’s Church or The Church of St. Mary of The River

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 25 June 2010

Crkva Svete Marije Koleđate This church was built in 1221 on fundaments of the old Christian Episcopal basilica from the sixth century. In this church once it was baptistery – which was discovered in the research after the 1979 earthquake. The church depicted with frescoes in the fourteenth century by pictores greci. Today in the church there are relics of Saint Ozana, and that is why the citizens of Kotor also call this church Blessed Ozana.

tetx: http://www.tokotor.me

Church of St. Nicholas

Posted by Ivan Stojanovic On 23 June 2010

Crkva Sveti Nikola Church of St. Nicholas is the most important Orthodox Church in Kotor. It is located in the northern part of the old town. It was built in the early twentieth century.

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