THE CHURCH OF ST. JURAJ OF RADUN
The holly church of St. Juraj of Radun or Šušnjara is one of few completely preserved churches dating in the early Middle Ages in our country. It is positioned approximately 200 meters north from the railway in Kaštel Stari. It was built at the end of 10th and beginning of 11th century by the villagers of the old Croatian village Radun and soon the graveyard was formed around it. Up until 16th century the villagers were buried there, when the settlement was abandoned and moved by the sea around the Ćipiko Koriolan’s Castle, the core of Kaštel Stari today.
The church of St. Juraj belongs to type of single-nave rectangular small churches with indented external and internal walls. Pilasters are located on the outer coating. It has a square apse which is semi-circular in the interior. The interior is divided by three pairs of pilasters which, connected by horizontal bands, support the barrel vault and divide it into four sections. They also shape on both side walls four sections of shallow niches. Shallow gaunt above the entrance, characteristic for some pre-Romanesque churches appears here over the southern gates.
Around the church and on the northern terraces, there is a large cemetery which, according to up-to-date information, can be dated to the 11th to 16th century. Findings are typical for the Middle Ages: earrings, rings, appliqués, spurs etc.
