CHURCH OF ST. ARCHANGEL MICHAEL VELIčANI

Church of St. Archangel Michael
Church of St. Archangel Michael
Црква светог Арханђела Михајла
	Church of St. Archangel Michael with a medieval Stećak necropolis
	Church of St. Archangel Michael
	42°51′54″N 18°01′15″E / 42.865108°N 18.020770°E
Location	Veličani, Popovo Polje
Country	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Denomination	Serbian Orthodox Church
History
Cult(s) present	St. Archangel Michael
Architecture
Heritage designation	National Monument
Designated	4 March 2003
Style	single-nave with semi-circular apse and a small preslica bell tower
Completed	1863
Specifications
Length	972 metres (3,189 ft)
Width	760 metres (2,490 ft)
Diameter	790 metres (2,590 ft)
Materials	Limestone

Church of St. Archangel Michael ( Serbian Cyrillic: Црква Светог Арханђела Михајла) is Orthodox Christian church in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in Veličani village within contemporary Orthodox cemetery, in a central part of Popovo Polje, municipality Trebinje, Republika Srpska entity.

National monument

Church is surrounded with medieval Stećak necropolis, and together they constitute an assemble, which is designated a National monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and declared by Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 4 March 2003.^[1]^[2]

^ "DECISION - The architectural ensemble of the Church of the Holy Archangel and stećak necropolis". Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovina (in Serbian). Retrieved 15 September 2015.
^ "List of national monuments in Bosnia and Herzegovina". Commission to preserve national monuments of Bosnia and Herzegovin. Retrieved 15 September 2015.

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