Bribir, Šibenik-Knin County
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Bribir is a village in Šibenik-Knin County, near the town of Skradin, in southern Croatia. In its location in the Roman period was town Varvaria, while during the medieval times it was an important and rich settlement with a stronghold and Franciscan monastery, a capital city of power of the Šubić family.
Geography
The village is located at the foot of the hill of Bribir, in the Ravni Kotari geographical region. It is 14 km from Skradin.[3] The old Bribir is on a hill 305 m high, located nearby the main medieval road that linked Zadar and Knin, because of which with near Ostrovica, was given name of "the key to Zadar".[4]
History
In its surroundings were found sites dating to paleolithic, neolithic, eneolithic and early bronze age.[3][4] Up until the Roman conquest, the Liburnians had inhabited the region and built the settlement at the hill of Bribir (Croatian: Bribirska glavica), which is now an archaeological site. After the Roman conquest in 1st century AD, it was known as the town (municipium) of Varvaria.[3] It had big city walls encompassing more than 7 hectares.[3] Pliny the Elder mentioned Varvarini as one of 14 municipalities under the jurisdiction of Scardona (Skradin).[4]
In the
By the end of the 14th century it was losing prominence as the centre of the county (moved to Ostrovica), but continued to be the centre of activity of already branched family which ruled over it in the 15th century.[5] In the early 16th century, Šubić's family with native population had to flee when it was conquered in 1523 by the Ottomans.[3] It is not known how the town fell.[5] The Orthodox population in the 16th century started to settled beneath the hill where is the location of the current village which was founded in the beginning of the 18th century.[3][7] Bribir was under Venetian rule from 1684, and centuries later was part of the war-time Republic of Serbian Krajina (1991–1995).[3]
Buildings and monuments
Due to its rich history, on the surroundings of the village can be seen remains of Roman and medieval buildings, Roman-era city-walls, late antique rotunda and Early Christian mausoleum with sarcophagi, nymphaeum with mosaics, early medieval cemetery Vratnice from ca. 9th century (where were found Old-Croatian archaeological artifacts).[3][4]
The Šubić's built a large palace on the hill of Bribir, an ideal place to control the surrounding territory, overseeing all roads and approaches from the sea (from Zadar to Šibenik) to the hinterland (from Velebit to Svilaja near Knin).[4] They founded the Romanesque-style church of St. John the Evangelist (first mentioned from 1229),[3] which was the seat of Bribir archpresbyter.[4]
During the same period the three small churches of St. Nicholas, St. Stephen and St. Saviour were built.[4] All these and previous churches were almost completely in ruins by the 17th century.[4][7] On the place of one medieval church, in 1574 was built Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Joachim and Anne.[3]
Demographic history
population | 396 | 590 | 405 | 440 | 459 | 550 | 630 | 663 | 680 | 723 | 706 | 580 | 568 | 549 | 79 | 103 | 89 |
1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
In the 2011 census, the village had 103 inhabitants.[10]
Ethnic group | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 |
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Serbs | 665 | 528 | 454 | 517 (94.17%) |
Croats | 37 | 18 | 28 | 21 (3.82%) |
Others | 4 | 34 | 86 | 11 |
Total | 706 | 580 | 568 | 549 |
References
- Wikidata Q119585703.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2021 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2021. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. 2022.
- ^ Croatian Encyclopaedia (2021), Bribir
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ante Milošević, Varvaria, Breberium, Bribir: The Past and the Monuments (2015), Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments
- ^ a b c d Karbić, Damir (2007). "Zlatni vijek Bribira". Hrvatska revija (2).
- ^ Klaić, Vjekoslav (1900). Povjest Hrvata: Od Najstarijih vremena do Svršetka XIX Stoljeća. svezak drugi, dio prvi, by b2 p1, (in Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 101–103.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c d e f g h i Klemar, Kosjenka Laszlo (2016). "Srednjovjekovni franjevački samostan i crkva Sv. Marije u Bribiru". Prilozi povijesti umjetnosti u Dalmaciji. 43 (1). Split: 87–105.
- ISBN 9789533520704.
Osnivanje franjevačkog samostana scrkvom sv. Marije datira se u sam kraj 13. stoljeća te izravno povezuje s velikaškim rodom Šubića (Gunjača, 1968.: 236; Laszlo Klemar, 2016.: 91). Smatra se da je crkva sv. Marije bila najreprezentativnija franjevačka crkva u kontinentalnom dijelu Dalmacije (Laszlo Klemar, 2016.: 93). U sačuvanim historijskim izvorima nema vijesti o izgradnji crkve i samostana, ali je za zahvate raznih rekonstrukcija i opremanja crkve kroz 15. stoljeće posvjedočen višekratan angažman šibenskih i zadarskih majstora (Laszlo Klemar, 2016.: 96).
- ^ Karbić, Damir (2000). "Šubići i "dobri kralj Zvonimir". Prilog proučavanju upotrebe legendi u politici hrvatskih velikaških obitelji". Krčki zbornik. 42. Baška: 271–280.
- ^ "Population by Age and Sex, by Settlements, 2011 Census: Bribir". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.
Further reading
- Bibliography of works on Bribir on Varvaria-Breberium-Bribir website