The oldest surviving pre-Romanesque Church of the Holy Salvation from the 9th century

The Church of the Holy Salvation, or Holy Savior, was a Pre-Romanesque church in the Dalmatian hinterland of Croatia. The ruins of the church are an important historical site, as they belong to one of the best-preserved monuments of early Croatian sacral architecture.
The church is located in the small village of Cetina near the source of the river Cetina, 8 km northwest of the town of Vrlika. Church of St. Savior (Sveti Spas) from the 9th century, or his very well-preserved and preserved remains. It stands a little to the side of the settlement. The one-nave building is dominated by the massive belfry in the facade. An old cemetery with more than 1,100 graves was discovered near the church, 800 of which are decorated with tombstones called stećki. The scenery of the Dinaric Mountains in the background with Croatia's highest mountain, Sinjal (often referred to as Dinara), 1831 m high, also contributes to the impressiveness of the place.
Among the many diverse grave finds (jewelry, tools, weapons, money, canvas), luxuriously made earrings and parts of a gilded silver belt decorated with human and animal figures with Gothic symbols were also found (these finds are preserved in the Museum of Croatian Archaeological Monuments in Split ). Church of St. The Savior is registered in the Register of Cultural Monuments. The church has the oldest surviving belfry in a medieval Croatian building.
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