Prižba Archaeological Site, Srima

The Prižba archaeological site is located in Srima, in the town of Vodice in Šibenik-Knin County. It is a complex of a twin early Christian basilica, which makes it of interest to lovers of early Christian archaeology on the Dalmatian coast.

The northern church consists of a nave with a semicircular apse reinforced by buttresses, a bench for the clergy, a narthex, northern annexes containing a baptistery complex, southern annexes with a cistern, and a prothyron. The southern church consists of a nave, a spacious apse articulated by lesenes, a narthex and two auxiliary rooms attached to the southern wall. In the narthex of the southern church and east of the complex several burials have been investigated, and a large amount of stone furnishings has been found. The monumental complex has been conserved and presented, and it dates from the 5th and 6th century.

The site is a protected cultural good and is entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-5324.

Photo: JiriMatejicek, 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: Wikidata (CC0).