Vasic, Sveti Nikola Kursumlija
Vasic, Sveti Nikola Kursumlija
Vasic, Sveti Nikola Kursumlija
5 5 Foreword
6 6 Saint Nicholas Monastery
and Toplica piscopacy
7 K 7 Saint Nicholas Church
XIX XX at the Turn of the XIX and XX century
8 8 The First Major Restoration
10 10 Contemporary Restorations
13 13 Original drawings by architect
Branislav Vulovi
from the Archives of the
Institute for Cultural Heritage Preservation Niš
(1948-1968) (1948-1968)
1. (Figure 1.)
(Cross-shaped pendant), .
(St.Nicholas in Kuršumlija), XII (century)
Foreword
, Stefan Nemanja, the founder of the Serbian dynasty Nemanji and also of
, XII Serbian medieval state, in the XII century, has built two monasteries in to-
, , days Kuršumlija, which in the Middle Ages, probably thanks to those church-
“ ”, es and their “lead roofs”, was named White Churches.
. He is certainly one of the most important Serbian rulers and at the same
, time one of the founders of the Serbian Orthodox Church, which celebrates
. . him as St.Simeon.
These two temples and their monasteries are positioned among the most
. important Serbian medieval monuments and accordingly protected by law
and classified as cultural monuments of great importance for the Republic
. of Serbia.
2. 3. (Figures 2.&3.)
(Stefan Nemanja’s Stamps), .
(St.Nicholas in Kuršumlija), 1166–1199.(?)
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Saint Nicholas Monastery
and Toplica piscopacy
, , The Church of St. Nicholas in Kuršumlija, as we know it, was not fully built
. at the same time. Its main part is certainly erected by Stefan Nemanja, while
, the later narthex and towers can not be precisely dated.
. The construction of the western part of the church is linked, in the opinion
of some researchers, for a period of placing Toplica episcopacy by St. Nich-
E , olas church, and has been dated to the period between yeras 1120 and 1230.
, 1120. 1230. . During the XIV century next to the north wall of the temple the chapel was
XIV , erected and the western wall was built up at some point, but today is pre-
. served only at foundation level.
The excavations of the monastery complex revealed a number of secular
, . buildings.
- , Next to the northern church tower another tower, but of residential use is
, located, and it could also belong to the Nemanja’s period, and in the immedi-
. ate vicinity there are some remains of the so-called episcopal palace.
, Monastery of St. Nicholas enjoyed a great reputation, so Archbishop Sava I,
I, placed right here one of the eight newly established church seats in Serbian
, . lands. Since then, St. Nicholas, who is conceived as a burial church, became
, , the mausoleum of Toplica bishops and other eminent personalities. The
. names of the first nine bishops are well known, and by the mid XIV century
, XIV Toplica episcopacy was raised to the level of metropolitan center.
. On the life of the monastery in the beginning of the Turkish rule, little is
, known, Toplica bishops are again mentioned only in the XVI century, when
XVI , they carried the title “belocrkvanski”.
. It is assumed that the monastery was abandoned
in the mid of the same century, and the greatest
, devastation it experienced in the XIX century.
XIX . , At this time the narthex,
. the altar area and the north tower were demolished.
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At the beginning of restoration works all the protective roof structures
, , 1951. , were removed, as well as a half-timbered building erected over the ruins of
. the north tower, only the structure over the dome remained there until 1951.
Longtime research works resulted in a major e ort in terms of reconstruc-
. tion and restoration.
1964. 1965. 1970. 1978. In the period from 1964 to 1965 and from 1970 to 1978 according to the de-
signs and under the direction of Branislav Vulovi the following parts were
: , , completely reconstructed: the main part of the church, the south tower and
. 1966. the north chapel, and partially: the narthex and the tower on the north side.
, Since the founding of Institute for cultural heritage reservation in Niš, its ex-
( . , . , . . perts(arch.Danica Jani and Milorad Vojinovi , arch.tech.Tatjana Mladenovi
, . . ) and Radoslavka Stojanovi ) will work together with Vulovi .
. At the same time, from 1967 to 1980, archaeological excavations of the inter-
1967. 1980. : nal parts of the church and the area around it were completed, as well as of
, secular buildings positioned near by.
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Contemporary Restorations
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Original drawings
by architect
Branislav Vulovi
from the Archives of the
Institute for Cultural Heritage
Preservation Niš
(1948-1968) (1948-1968)
, , Field drawings, calculations, analysis and other parts of the project for re-
construction of the monastery of St. Nicholas in Kuršumlija are kept in the
. archives of the Institute for Cultural Heritage Preservation Niš.
For the first time after they were made part of this rich documentation was
presented in the original to the members of the Society of Conservators of
2013. . Serbia in 2013 in the temple of St. Nicholas in Kuršumlija.
The exhibition was organized on the initiative of the Institute and archi-
, tects Aleksandar Radovi and Elena Vasi Petrovi , and with the blessing of
. . His Grace Bishop of Nis Jovan.
After this unusual exposition, which aroused great interest of the audience,
, there was the idea that this documentation should be digitized and
prepared for publication
. and further exposure.
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Taken from the book
, , Milka Canak Medic, ur e Boskovic, Monuments of Serbian architec-
, ture of the Middle Ages, Architecture of Nemanja’s time I, Institute for
I, Protection of Monuments of SR Serbia and the Archaeological Institute,
, 1986. Belgrade 1986.
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Archive of the Institute for Cultural Heritage Preservation Niš
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- from personal archives - Elena Vasic Petrovic
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ВАСИЋ Петровић, Елена, 1978-
a: Прва велика обнова манастира Светог Николе у Куршумлији -
седишта
некадашње Топличке епископије = Тhe First Major Restoration of the
:
Monastery of Saint Nicolas in Kursumlija - Seat of Former Toplica
Episcopasy / аутор Елена Васић Петровић = author Elena Vasić Petrović ;
: [превод на енглески Елена Васић Петровић]. - Ниш : Завод за заштиту
споменика културе Ниш, 2016 (Ниш : Vrbas komerc). - 35 стр. : илустр. ;
24 x 30 cm
:
“Ова публикација и истоимена изложба настале су као резултат
сарадње Завода за заштиту споменика културе Ниш и Завичајног
: удружења Топличана у Нишу, уз свесрдну помоћ гђе Јулке Кузмановић
Цветковић, саветника Народног музеја Топлице из Прокупља и
финансијску подршку Министарства правде РС и
:
Управе за сарадњу с црквама и верским заједницама.= This publication
and the exhibition of the same name camea as a result of the cooperation
between the Institute for Cultural Heritage Preservation Niš and the
Homeland Association of Toplica from Niš, with the help of Mrs. Julka
Kuzmanovi Cvetkovi , advisor of the National Museum of Toplica in
Prokuplje and with the financial support of the Ministry of Justice RS and
their Directorate for Cooperation with Churches and Religious
communities.” --> колофон. - Упоредо срп. текст и енгл. превод.
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