Bezienswaardigheid
City of Solin
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Nikša
June 7, 2016
Roman customs and laws ordered that the dead be buried outside towns, and the Christians followed the tradition, as well. In Salona, the first Christian cemeteries were created at the time of illegality, when Christianity had no right of preaching, on private country lands such as Kapljuč (). Here, at graves of prominent members of the Christian community, or even a local martyr, worshipping of their remains gradually developed, and the Christians’ desire to be buried as close as possible to their champions has resulted in large cemeteries. There, above some chapel or memory, whereever a religious dignitary was buried, they built large cemetery basilicas.
Roman customs and laws ordered that the dead be buried outside towns, and the Christians followed the tradition, as well. In Salona, the first Christian cemeteries were created at the time of illegality, when Christianity had no right of preaching, on private country lands such as Kapljuč (). Here,…
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Solin, Splitsko-dalmatinska županija