Church of St. Lucy, Jurandvor

The Church of St. Lucy

The Church of St. Lucy (Croatian: Crkva svete Lucije) in Jurandvor near Baška, Krk, Croatia is a Romanesque Catholic church from the year 1100 with two major medieval Croatian artifacts: the Baška Tablet,[1] and a checkerboard-pattern carving on the bell tower that is suspected to be one of the first instances of the Croatian coat of arms.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Fučić, Branko (September 1971). "Najstariji hrvatski glagoljski natpisi". Slovo (in Croatian). Old Church Slavonic Institute. 21: 238. ISSN 0583-6255. Retrieved 2013-02-04.
  2. ↑ Jonas Frykman; Gösta Arvastson (1995). Bjarne Stoklund, ed. Ethnologia Europaea. 25-26. Museum Tusculanum Press. p. 78. ISBN 9788772893426. Retrieved 2013-02-04.

Coordinates: 44°58′40″N 14°44′18″E / 44.977735°N 14.738224°E / 44.977735; 14.738224


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