The Church of St. Vid at Mount Vidova Gora

Ranoromanička crkva Sv. Vida jedan je od rijetkih sakralnih spomenika iz tog razdoblja na otoku Braču koji je arheološki istražen i konzeroiran. Uovom prilogu donosimo sažeti izvještaj s tih iskopavanja, crteže nalaza i arhitekture i popratnu fotodokumentaciju .Mount Vidova Gora (778 m above sea level) is the highest peak of not only the island ofBrač but of all Adriatic islands. About 100 meters west of the peak} there were barely visible remains ofa church. The church was mentioned for the first time in the visitation of 1579} as vacant and ruined. In 1992} the Croatian Archaeological Monuments Museum undertook protective archeological researches and conservation works of remains ofthis sacral structure. The church has a somewhat elonrtated semicircular apse at the eastern side} and does not particularly stand out from other known early-Romanesque churches at the island. By its size (7}95 x 4}80 m)} the church ofSt. Vid is among the largest churches ofthe period at the island