What to do and see in Sibenik-Knin County, Dalmatia: The Best Sacred & Religious Sites

Remains of the Churhc of Holy Salvation are one of the most important pre-Romanesque buildings in Croatia located near the Source of the River Cetina. It is surronded with a large mediaeval necropolis.

Visovac is a little island owned by the Catholic Church, situated in the area of the lower flow of the river Krka between two waterfalls in Krka National Park - the Roski waterfall and Skradinski buk. Prior to human habitation of the island, it was only a "White rock" in the middle of the lake. It got today's shape thanks to the work of the priests that brought the land to the shallow water and separated it from the water with a wall, so the island with its vegetation became a "little paradise".

The church of "Uspenie Bogomatere" was built on the location where the Templars lived in the 12th century. It is a Baroque building from the 17th - 18th century. Until the beginning of the 19th century it was the Catholic Church of Holy Salvation, and it belonged to the women's Benedictine monastery. In 1810, by Napoleon's decision, the church was surrendered to the Orthodox episcope Bendedikt Kraljevic. The church is accented with a Baroque bell tower from the beginning of the 18th century.

The church of St. Barbara is a monument of gothic architecture. It is a single-naved church. The building of the church started at about 1400. Above the main entrance there is a gothic niche with a sculpture of St. Nicholas, the work of the Italian artist Bonino from Milan. Today there is a little museum in the church of St. Barbara, housing some very important art works from the period between the 14th and the 17th century.

This little church is one-nave, built in typical late Romanesque style. It was probably made from stones of the older church (early Christian basilica) that constructed at the same place. Exact construction date is unknown, it is estimated between 12th-16th century. The church is still used for masses in July, as an area tourist attraction.