Roman catholic church of Saint John, the Baptist in the village of Muzhievo

In the suburbs of the Muzhievo village best known for its gold mines, right in the middle of the wheat field stand tall the remnants of the Roman catholic church named after St.John, the Baptist. The church was built in 1117 and was subsequently rebuilt in the 16th century.

Honestly speaking – it’s a fascinating building. I’m not even sure how it managed to avoid the complete destruction throughout all these years. One would think it’d be long disassembled into the building materials to be used by the inhabitants of the nearby houses. What’s even more amazing is that no trails lead directly to the church, forcing us to spend quite some time wandering around searching for something that would at least remotely resemble one. Not having found even a sign of a footprint we finally took the matter into our own hands and decided to make our own trail. In fact, I walked around the building several times taking a close look and I was sure no one had approached the church during the past month. I’m guessing people must be looking at it from the main road.



This gynormous building is found right in the middle of the field



The faсade of the church



An excellent architectural style and a well preserved entrance to the church. The shape of the entrance is in accordance with the classical gothic style.



This is the upper part of the wall above the entrance. A clear evidence of the roman style windows.



A clover-shaped baby-window. Yet another sign of the roman style.



The backview. The thickness of the walls also unequivocally points to the roman style.



And this is what’s left of the window arch.

18.10.2010. 08:13

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