Church of Our Lady of Srima, Srima

The Church of Our Lady of Srima stands on top of the hill that overlooks Srima, in the area of the Town of Vodice, in Šibenik-Knin County. From there a view opens over the surroundings, and the church itself is a real little collection of Romanesque details.

It was built between the 12th and 13th centuries as a single-nave church with a rectangular apse, of uneven ground plan but correctly oriented. On the facade and on the south wall of the nave there is a Romanesque portal each, and the semicircular lunette is recessed relative to the thresholds and decorated with a cross in relief. Above the west entrance is a narrow vertical window with a semicircular arch, similar to the one in the apse. At the top of the facade is a bell gable. The vault is barrel-shaped, and the roof was once entirely of stone slabs. In the apse is a fresco of Mary with Jesus and St Vitus and St George.

The church is a protected cultural property and is entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-5507.

Data: Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Culture and Media), Open Licence; coordinates: DGU (centre of the settlement).