Many times rebuilt/restored, the church (chapel) of St. Stephen, at Janjina’s cemetery, is still being used today.

Although the earliest historical records of it are from the year 1222 AD, the church is considerably older than that. It is believed that it originates from the pagan times, because a Roman tombstone, from the 1st century AD, had been found in its immediate vicinity, as well as some Roman coins and other objects from the Roman period.

That the church has been renovated or rebuilt very early can be seen from its bell, which records the year 1414. A nobleman, Andriko Lukarić had built a monastery next to the church in 1360. Today the monastery no longer exists. In 1891 the local people rebuilt the church once again. They rebuilt it on the old foundations, so that original shape was not changed.

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