Church of St Vitus, Predavac

The Church of St Vitus is located in the village of Predavac, in the municipality of Rovišće in Bjelovar-Bilogora County. It is a simple 19th-century parish building, stylistically close to classicism, and a good example of sacred architecture in this part of Slavonia and Podravina.

It is a single-nave church with a rectangular ground plan and a rounded sanctuary. The bell tower is on the central axis of the main façade, and the sacristy was added on the west side in 1997. The nave is covered with Bohemian (segmental) vaults, the apse with a half-dome, and the sacristy has a flat ceiling. The choir gallery is by the south wall, and a wooden railing separates it from the nave. The roof is gabled and covered with grooved tiles, while the bell tower ends in a tin onion dome. The main altar and two side altars, dedicated to St Vitus, St Elijah and St Roch, date from the time of construction. The outer surfaces are given rhythm by pilasters alternating with rounded windows and niches.

The church is a protected cultural good and is entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-2925.

Photo: Fraxinus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Data: Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Culture and Media), Open Licence; coordinates: DGU (centre of the settlement).