Bijacovce: MRA-SVK-Bia001
Type Sample Item
Sample ID
- MRA-SVK-Bia001
Sample Material Type
- Mural painting
Sample Sub-type
- fragment
Dimensions (cm)
- Length
- 2
- Width
- 1.7
- Height
- 0.2
- Notes
- right top fragment
- Length
- 2.4
- Width
- 1.8
- Height
- 0.2
- Notes
- right bottom fragment
Weight
- weight value (g)
- 8.63
- Notes
- all fragments together
Geographic Location
- Country
- Slovak Republic
- Place
- Bijacovce
Site/monument
- Slovakia (SVK)
Bijacovce
Bijacovce-rotunda
Historical note about the site/monument
- The Rotunda is a sacred construction adjacent to the parish church of All Saints in Bijacovce, in central-western Slovakia. Made in quarry stone in the 13th century and dedicated to the Saints Cosmos and Damian, the rotunda could have been originally built as a chapel for pilgrimage since it is related to a miraculous event. Some experts assumed that the building could have the function of karner, or ossuary, due to its standing by a church. The building was probably realized to match the church in the vicinity and together they form a fascinating group of historical building. The Rotunda is called after his round plan and is covered by a single dome with no apse. The interior of the building hosts various painting to date to several periods, form the Middle Ages to the contemporary period. The appearance of Rotunda is not the original: it could have got its present shape after a reconstruction occurred in the middle of the 18th century. Even so, the roof underwent frequent renovation throughout the rest of the 18th century up to the beginning of the 20th century, probably connected with permanent moisture. Even so, the building was again repaired many times in the next century.
Chronological period (sample)
- 13th century