Clocher de l'église notre-Dame de Zvonik, Split, Croatie. Construit dans un petit espace à l'intérieur de l'ancienne porte de fer du mur ouest de Dioclétien.
3911 x 5867 px | 33,1 x 49,7 cm | 13 x 19,6 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
18 août 2017
Lieu:
Split, Croatia, Europe,
Informations supplémentaires:
Wikipedia: The Belltower of the Church of Our Lady of Zvonik is a disused Roman Catholic church in Split, Croatia. Built into a small space (an early guardhouse) within the ancient Iron Gate of Diocletian's western wall. Today little survives of the building, apart from the belltower, one of the oldest in Croatia. The remains of The Church Our Lady of Zvonik, located over a cavity of the west wall above the Porta Aurea of Diocletian's Palace. That space, in the time of Diocletian (285-305), was a narrow corridor that was once used as a guardhouse. The space was converted into the church sometime in the 6th century when the complex saw an influx of refugees from outlying communities. During this expansion of the city, the Iron Gate became an internal link between the old and the new part, although, in the beginning, it was the main entrance to the city. These doors matched in shape with the Porta argentea; however, they are better preserved. The inner courtyard and sections of the octagonal towers on the outside are remarkably well-preserved. Dedicated initially to St. Theodore, similar churches exist/existed over the Golden Gate, and the Bronze Gate. The old church, which is probably older than its pre-Romanesque phase, the cross-domed vaults and the pre-Romanesque bell tower, the oldest in the city and one of the oldest in the Adriatic, have been almost entirely preserved. The original statue of the winged goddess Nike was stolen/destroyed in the middle of the lintel, and a Cross was carved in its place, probably in the 7th century.
