Preservation and restoration of the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Birth in the village of Bapska

Tema rada je crkva Rođenja Blažene Djevice Marije u Bapskoj odnosno konzervatorsko – restauratorske intervencije na crkvi koje su u trenutku pisanja rada još uvijek u tijeku. Prvi dio posvećen je pregledu relevantne stručne literature koja smješta crkvu unutar korpusa sakralne arhitekture kontinentalne Hrvatske. Slijedi povijesni pregled te kronologija gradnje crkve, podijeljena po fazama radi kompleksnosti graditeljskih slojeva same crkve koja konačni izgled dobiva različitim nadogradnjama i obnovama provedenima od najranije faze gradnje s početka XIII. stoljeća pa do posljednjih izmjena u XX. stoljeću. U drugom dijelu predstavljaju se planirani radovi na crkvi iz Elaborata istražnih konzervatorskih radova te prijedlog konačnog izgleda crkve uz navođenje komparativnih primjera kao uzora za takvu ideju prezentacije.This paper deals with the church of the Blessed Virgin Mary's Birth in the village of Bapska, and preservation and restoration works at the church which are still in the process. The first part of this paper is based on the presentation of relevant literature that mentions the church in Bapska within the corpus of the sacral architecture of eastern Croatia. Following is a historical review and chronology of the monument. It is a very complex architecture due to a several architectural layers formed through the centuries of existence, therefor, the final appearance of the church was determined by various upgrades and renovations carried out from the earliest stage of construction in the beginning of the 13th century until the last changes in the 20th century. The second part presents the planned preservation and restoration works and the preposition of the final appearance of the church, with reference to comparative examples as a model for idea of presentation