Church of St. George – Rovanjska

The church is in Rovanjska (in Rawna) located very close to the waterfront. It has preserved the original form of half-cross with a specific cupola in an oval shape and barrel-vaulted ceiling.

The church is a real pearl of the pre-romanesque sacral architecture, imagined as a big sundial and calendar. The experts guess the time of its construction between the 9th and 11th century and they place it along the most important churches of this period such as the famous “Holly Cross” in Nin and St Pelegrin in Savar.

To construct something like this, more than a thousand years ago, anyhow represented an astonishing architectural project requiring significant knowledge in astronomy and mathematics.

Today the church of St George is a cultural – heritage monument (zero-category protected) of the Republic of Croatia.