Gospa od Škrpjela, Crna Gora / Our Lady of the Rocks, Montenegro

Gospa od Škrpjela

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Altars

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The Bishop of Kotor, Marin Drago, visited the church of Our Lady in 1689, and found it to be extremely well-decorated. It contains three marble altars. Two smaller baroque altars made from multi-colored marble, positioned in front of the entrance into the apse, bear the coat of arms belonging to the Perast noble family Smeća, which donated them during the middle of the 18th century. The one on the left was dedicated to Immaculate Conception. It was mentioned by Bishop Stjepan dell'Oglio of Kotor during his canonical visit. The old painting was made by Josip Rossi in 1886, and the new one, "Sacred Conversations", by Vojo Stanić. 

The painting shows saints and blessed persons from Boka Kotorska: St. Leopold Bogdan Mandić, blessed Ozana Kotorska, blessed Gracija, and God's servant, Ana Marija Marović. The painting was donated by the Grillo family from Trieste in 1987. The present altar of St. Roko, situated on the right side of the nave, was mentioned in 1689 under the name of St. Anthony. The altar bears the painting of St. Roko, the work of Francesco Fontebass. It was acquired in 1765.

 

Our Lady of the Rocks

Oh, console us, you powerful
Lady of the Rocks,
From the rock on which
You desired a temple to shine
Hail the Queen
Of the Boka sea
You are the red dawn,
The shield of our faith.

From the hymn "Our Lady of the Rocks"

About the website

This internet presentation has been realized by the non-governmental organization EXPEDITIO from Kotor, within the project “Museum Treasure of Perast” and in cooperation with Don Srećko Majić,  parish priest of Perast. The photographs were taken by Stevan Kordić.

The project is co-financed by the Government of Montenegro from the Fund for distributing part of the revenues from games of chance in 2009.

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Material for the website has been taken from the guide "Our Lady of the Rocks" published by the Turistička naklada, Zagreb and NIP "Gospa od Škrpjela", Perast, 2007


 


EU_flagRealization of this site is part of the Sostenuto project, conducted in partnership between EXPEDITIO and
organizations from France, Italy, Slovenia and Spain, through the MED programme of the European Union.