Ratac, Crkva A, Rateç, Rateço, Reteç, Reteçium, Rhoteçium, Ратац, Црква А
Begin between 01.01.1150 and 31.12.1230
Properties
| ID | 123172 |
|---|---|
| System Class | |
| Place | Abandoned Church palaioekklesia crkvište |
| Case Study | Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška |
| Dedication | Unknown |
| Denomination | Latin |
| Evidence | Ruins — Ruins (from Latin ruina, "a collapse") are the remains of a civilisation's architecture. The term refers to formerly intact structures that have fallen into a state of partial or total disrepair over time due to a variety of factors, such as lack of maintenance, deliberate destruction by humans, or uncontrollable destruction by natural phenomena. |
| Ground Plans | Single Nave Basilica |
| Stylistic Classification | Romanesque |
| Administrative unit | Montenegro |
Description
Church A is situated in Ratac between the cities of Sutomore and Bar. It belongs to a monastery complex. The church was built in the second half of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th century. It is a single nave edifice with a semicircular apse on its Eastern end. The church has a ground-level crypt modelled according to the Early Christian, two-storey mausoleums. The remains of plaster indicate that the church was fresco decorated. Remnants of the mosaic allude to the period between the 4th and the 6th century.