Church of the Holy Cross and Cemetery with Stećci, Rastovac

In Donji Rastovac, in the municipality of Zagvozd in Split-Dalmatia County, stands the church of the Holy Cross with a cemetery containing stećci. It is of interest to those exploring the Zagora part of the county and medieval tombstones.

The church was built in 1612 in the local cemetery, and was once the parish church of Zagvozd. It is single-nave, with a rectangular ground plan and a rectangular apse, and its axis runs from east to west. Around it are stećci, and surface finds indicate that a medieval cemetery previously existed there. Inside is kept a valuable altar painting from the 16th or 17th century.

The church with its cemetery is a protected cultural good, entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-4477. The history of the site covers the period from the 15th to the 17th century.

Photo: KO Imotski, 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).