Church of St Michael, Mitlo

The church of St Michael stands in Mitlo, not far from Blizna, in the local cemetery. Visitors value it for the traces of medieval painting in its interior.

It was most likely built in the 13th century, and rebuilt in 1406. It is single-nave, of stone, with a roof of slabs and a bell gable on the façade, where instead of a rosette there is an opening in the shape of a cross. The reconstruction gave it a vault and two Baroque windows, and on the north a small sacristy. Inside can be seen traces of consecration crosses painted a fresco, two custodies from the transition from Gothic to Renaissance are built in, and on the main altar is a rustic Baroque painting from the 18th century with St Michael and St John of Trogir.

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-4698.

Photo: KO TROGIR, 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).