Crkva Sv. Jovana u Zatonu
History
The Church of St. John the Baptist and the Church of St. Stephen of the First Venerable date from 1220, to which is attached the monastery of Žiča, the seat of the Serbian archbishop. At the time of Holy Save, when it received autocephaly, the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Zaton Church and the Church had great importance. Here is some information about the time of construction of the church of St. Jovana and her creator. It is known, however, that this temple originates from the most visited place of the late
It was built before the church of St. Petra and Bijelom Polju from 1126. year, in which she wrote Miroslavljevo gospel. However, with the completion of the construction of the church of St. Petra, the seat of the parish, has been converted from the old church into a new church. Turkey su 1455. year Prushili Church in Zatonu. Other street churches occurred after the Second World War, when their then-government destroyed what was left of the Turkish ruined churches. The church remained in ruins until 2001, when it began its renovation, which lasted until 2009.
Detalji o kulturnom dobru
The church arose in the IX or X century. In that era the Nemanjića church was rebuilt, which is considered to be the one destroyed by the Ottomans, at the end of the XIV century. These remains, which were heavily damaged after the Second World War, were rebuilt at the beginning of the XXI century. The church was built with loosely pressed stones and was plastered. From the fragmentary fresco it can be concluded that the icon was painted. Found the remains of an old pod made of stone slabs. One of the graves was a Roman stone, which testifies that this area was inhabited in Roman times. The church took the form of a four-tiered plan, and at its foundation the influence of seaside architecture was visible, so that the church belonged to the Late Antiquity period. The church is located in the middle of the Seskog cemetery, many local witnesses testify to the construction of family tombs, and walls dug into the ground indicate that there once existed a much larger church complex, of which almost nothing is known now.
The cultural good is threatened by the expansion of the graveyard directly towards the church. The remaining churches, about one meter high, are preserved and buried. The biggest factor in damage, besides natural, is the neglect of the concerned organs and the protected object.