Church of St Maximus, Jesenice

Above the village of Krug, on the high ridge of Mošnica near Jesenice in the municipality of Dugi Rat, stands the church of St Maximus. This is a place for those who love the old little churches of Poljica and a broad view from the hills.

It is already mentioned in 1080 and is therefore considered one of the oldest Poljica churches. It is single-nave, correctly oriented to the east, with a semicircular apse, built of rubble stone and covered with stone slabs on two slopes, and it has a masonry bell gable. The north wall rests on a substructure of large blocks, and the south one directly on the rock. The nave has a barrel vault, the apse a half-dome. The plastered side walls with niches are decorated with red folk geometric and floral motifs and consecration crosses. Kept inside are a slab with interlace ornament and a small column with an early Christian cross. The church was renovated in 2006.

The church is a protected cultural good, entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-6283.

Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 hr, 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).