Church of St. Luke, Ždrelac

The church of St. Luke is located in Ždrelac, in the municipality of Pašman, in Zadar County. For visitors it is interesting for its Baroque portal, tall bell tower and three marble altars.

The church has a rectangular floor plan, with a square sacristy at the back, and is oriented from north to south. The facade is built of ashlar and has a portal with a Baroque pediment and a bell tower of square cross-section that projects from the plane of the facade. On each side of the bell tower are two arched windows, and it ends in a six-sided pyramid. Three semicircular openings pierce each of the side walls. Documents mention it as early as the 13th century, it was renovated in the first half of the 18th century, and at the end of the 19th century it received a stone bell tower. The church has three marble altars, and on the main one the altarpiece is valuable.

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-4259.

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