Bijaći ( Italian : Santa Marta ) is a village in Croatia , 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) northeast of Trogir , at the contact point between the Trogir part and the Lower Kaštela part of the Velo field.
5-463: It was first mentioned in two old Croatian documents from AD 852 (Byaci) and AD 892 (Biaci). At the locality of Stombrate are the remains of an early Croatian church of St. Martha, mentioned in 1197. It is a three-nave structure with an angular apse and a bell tower on the front, built on the remains of an early Christian three-nave basilica. The remains of other structures, as well as the late antique and early Croatian cemetery have been discovered close to
10-464: Is a type of interlace , most characteristic for its three-ribbon pattern. It is one of the most often used patterns of pre-romanesque Croatian art. It is found on and within churches as well as monasteries built in early medieval Kingdom of Croatia between the 9th and beginning of the 12th century. The ornamental strings were sometimes grouped together with animal and herbal figures. Most representative examples of inscriptions embellished with
15-497: The buildings of the ducal palace. Biaći was one of better equipped occasional residences of the Croatian national rulers . The church of St. Martha was probably destroyed during Turkish invasions. 43°32′27″N 16°17′14″E / 43.5408°N 16.2872°E / 43.5408; 16.2872 Croatian wattle The Croatian interlace or Croatian wattle , known as the pleter or troplet in Croatian ,
20-721: The interlace include the Baška tablet , Baptismal font of Prince Višeslav and the Branimir Inscription . Other notable examples are located near Knin , in Ždrapanj and Žavić by the Bribir settlement, Rižinice near Solin and in Split and Zadar . Croatia has a civil and military decoration called the Order of the Croatian Interlace . Examples: This article about Croatian history
25-475: The ruins. Numerous fragments of pleter from the 9th and the 10th centuries have been found as well. Interesting are the parts of the altar partition, pediments and beams, and particularly the reconstructed quadrilateral ciborium (today kept at the Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments in Split ) with part of an inscription. Six stone lintels have also been found in the vicinity of the church. They belonged to
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