Church of St Nedjelja, Selca

Beneath the prehistoric hillfort on the western side of the hill of Gradac, above Selca on the island of Brač, stands the pre-Romanesque church of St Nedjelja. It is interesting to visitors because it is mentioned in the Povlja Charter and is surrounded by a medieval cemetery. It belongs to the municipality of Selca in Split-Dalmatia County.

It is single-nave, with a semicircular apse, built of roughly dressed stone and covered by a gabled roof of stone slabs. At the top of the façade is a stone bell gable. Inside is a barrel vault without transverse ribs and blind arcades. On the altar is a painting on slate from the 18th century with the Mother of God, the Child and saints. The enclosed space around the church is occupied by a medieval cemetery with monolithic tombstones.

The church is a protected cultural good, entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-4783.

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: Wikidata (CC0).