Church of St. Nicholas, Vukovar, Croatia

Church of St Nicholas is a Serbian Orthodox church and one of the oldest baroque buildings of the Serb community north of the Sava River.

Present church was built in the period from 1733 till 1737. The church is built on location of old wooden church from 1690. The church was closed and looted during the World War II (1941-1942), and in 1991 interior of the church was dynamited by the local Croatian armed units in the city. Of the total 1991 pre-war internal inventory there is kept only 39 icons, 3 gospels and part of archive and church vessels. Reconstruction of external damage is completed, while the restoration of the interior is still in progress.

St Nicholas is nave building with an apse and bell tower at the main facade. The main front in the central part is slightly accentuated, processed by single and doubled pilasters, cornices and attic wavy line on the edges of a classicist vases. Slender tower that emphasize edge pilasters ending baroque arches with the lantern. Vaulted nave of the church is divided into four bays, which are separated by a wide archivolts resting on Ionic capitals, while the semi-dome-vaulted sanctuary. The bell tower, which was completed in 1767, is 37 meters high.

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Neven Vadas (10 months ago)
One should confess one's sins for the fifth star

Vesna Anđelić (3 years ago)
Super

zelimir dragicevic (3 years ago)
As a Croat and a Catholic, I sincerely rejoice at the great honor of our fellow citizens of the Orthodox faith, that they restored their Church of St. Nicholas in Vukovar and that their Patriarch will visit them today, October 16, 2022. Welcome and may God protect you.

Gerald Schulze (3 years ago)
Renovated outdoor facilities, looks very tidy and tidy, unfortunately closed on a Wednesday at 5:00 p.m

bentl1 (4 years ago)
Nice

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