{"id":4156,"date":"2026-05-03T10:22:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T10:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/go-bosnia.com\/?post_type=entitet&p=4156"},"modified":"2026-06-21T09:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:05:52","slug":"old-log-church","status":"publish","type":"entitet","link":"https:\/\/go-bosnia.com\/en\/entitet\/stara-crkva-brvnara\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Log Church"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/path><\/svg><\/span>~1.5 km from Banja Slatina, municipality of Lakta\u0161i<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Dedication: Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span>Built: ~1745\u20131750<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Architecture in miniature<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The wooden church in Mali Bla\u0161ko is fascinating in its proportions: on just 28 square meters of wooden structure, the entire liturgical program was successfully fitted in \u2014 altar, nave, narthex, and choir. This architectural compactness is not a flaw but a special feature of the wooden-building craft, which, under conditions banning the construction of Orthodox sacred buildings during Ottoman rule, had to find modest yet functional forms.

The richly painted interior and carved imperial doors, the work of master icon painters from the late 19th century, show that size was never an obstacle to beauty.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Legend and ste\u0107ci<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The church is linked to one of the most beautiful legends about the wooden churches of the Diocese of Banja Luka: that villagers moved it at night because the Turks had desecrated it by bringing in horses, and told the pasha that the church had moved on its own. This legend, which exists in several versions across Bosnia and Herzegovina, reflects the real historical conditions under which sacred buildings were constructed during the Ottoman period.

The eight ste\u0107ci found in the cemetery next to the church tell a different story \u2014 that this sacred place is older than the wooden church itself, perhaps dating back to the late medieval period of the Bosnian Kingdom.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arhitektura u malom Crkva brvnara u Malom Bla\u0161ku fascinira proporcijama: na samo 28 kvadratnih metara drvene konstrukcije uspje\u0161no je ugra\u0111en kompletan liturgijski program \u2014 oltar, naos, priprata i hor. Ova arhitektonska zbijenost nije nedostatak nego posebnost brvnarskog graditeljskog umje\u0107a koje je u uslovima zabrane gradnje pravoslavnih svetinja za turske vladavine moralo prona\u0107i skromne ali funkcionalne… <\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4157,"parent":0,"template":"","tags":[24,11,25,12,10],"class_list":["post-4156","entitet","type-entitet","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-duhovna-oaza","tag-idealno-za-fotografije","tag-setnja","tag-tragovima-proslosti","tag-u-srcu-tradicije"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t