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Dubrovnik is one of the most beautiful cities on the Adriatic Sea and hides many historical secrets. It has often been the target of many conquerors, so it is not surprising that two histories or religions intersect in the same place. However, Croatia has been hiding one thing from the public in Dubrovnik for years, and it is closely related to the Dubrovnik Serbs and their side of history.
On the walls of one of Dubrovnik’s Franciscan monasteries, appeared under the plaster, nothing less and nothing more than 14th-century Orthodox frescoes, writes Objektiv.
However, this news does not seem to suit anyone in Croatia to be heard, and they ignore it completely, and even hide it from being published, probably for fear of proving that Serbs once inhabited Dubrovnik.
Namely, according to Miloš S. (38), who visited Dubrovnik and saw Orthodox frescoes on the walls of the Franciscan monastery of the Little Brothers, but also saw the Church of the Transfiguration of Christ, none of the clergymen wanted to explain what it was about.
“I noticed icons appearing under the plaster, I immediately recognized the Orthodox iconography, because I am someone who regularly visits monasteries, both Orthodox and others throughout the former Yugoslavia. I love it. I was interested in where the orthodox icons in the Franciscan monastery come from. I tried to ask. people who worship there, but when they heard my question, they all turned their heads and left me without a word, “says Miloš.
According to him, in all the places he knocked on the door with that question, he hit the wall of silence.
“I did a little research and found that these frescoes under plaster first appeared in 1992 and haven’t been talked about in Croatia since then, but even here. They tried to paint them once, but all the plaster with paint fell off and the icons have reappeared “, reveals his research Miloš.
All this reminds to the cult film directed by Goran Paskaljević “Time of Miracles” when the new communist authorities wanted to turn the church into a school, but they always exploded through lime icons, no matter how many times the partisans painted them.
As our portal discovers, the icons that appeared on the walls of the Franciscan monastery are actually from the 14th century, because in that place there was an Orthodox church, which the Franciscans later appropriated and turned into their monastery in Dubrovnik. In that place, the church was built by one of the most powerful Serbian rulers, King Uroš II Milutin, in 1317, so it is possible that the icons are from that time.
On the official website of the Diocese of Dubrovnik, when it comes to the Monastery of the Little Brothers in Dubrovnik, there are no records before 1317 and the arrival of the Serbian king Uroš II Milutin. They also state that “it is quite possible that the monastery was founded then.”
In the Croatian media, but also in the tourist brochures of Dubrovnik, the orthodox icons of the 14th century cannot be found here, but it is cleverly hidden and nobody wants to talk about it.
Kurir.rs/Objektiv
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