Today , the church fascinates with its architectural composition and exceptional integration with the natural environment . The large octagonal dome and the church tower are still intact even today , despite the devastating earthquake in 1979 . However , the church nave was completely destroyed , and only 4 walls are still standing but they are badly damaged . Despite this , the church still seems to be untouched and rare adventurers come to visit this masterpiece of architecture in the hill above Prcanj . The landscape of the upper medieval path of Prcanj is of great importance for the settlement and it is necessary to point out that it should be managed conscientiously in the future in order for its outstanding universal value to be maintained as an integral part of the UNESCO Natural and Culturo- Historical Region of Kotor .
VALLEY OF ST . ANNA - GLAVATI
The Valley of St . Anna represents the last preserved but not protected part of the cultural landscape of inner Kotor Bay in Montenegro , which has an authentic connection from the sea to the hill . The Valley of St . Anna in Prcanj with agricultural terraces , St . Ana Church and the estate of the former noble family with oak forest deserves to be placed at the top level of protection as a cultural landscape of special importance for the Municipality of Kotor . St . Ana Church is believed to date back to the 14th century and the ruins of an old parish house are the oldest remains of a residence in Prcanj .
The church is located 50 meters away from the sea in Vrmac hill . It is a one-nave church with two roofs , a semicircular apse and a broken vault in the middle and a church belfry . It belonged to the Sbutega family and is situated in an area called “ Calme ”, which means ‘ quiet ’. In front of the church , there was an ancient cemetery whose remains cannot be identified . The sloped terraces of agricultural estates made of stone walls , planted with olive trees , and oak forests sprinkled over a channelled stream of enclosed dry stonewalls are the features of the cultural landscape of this region . The techniques of channelling the stream flows and the way of maintaining the land in the traditional way testify the past eras and give evidence of the native landscape management . Valley of St . Ana is a unique cultural landscape of inner Kotor bay that stretches along the waterfront and has a full horizon to the hill . It is a kind of pause in the line-up of the settlement Prcanj and separates it from the Glavati settlement by the river Velja . The UNESCO Commission has stated that this area should be placed under careful spatial management after undergoing a study of the impact on cultural heritage in each intervention in order for its outstanding universal value ( OUV ) to be preserved .
STREET OF LUKOVIC FAMILY
Lukovic Street , with its luxurious palaces overlooking the sea , the Captain ’ s house with as many as 12 baroque balconies , and the ancient stone paving along the entire street front , according to numerous historians is at the very top of the artistic expression of the baroque profane architecture of streets in the South Adriatic . Lukovic Street was the core of the public life of the 16th and 17th century . It is named after the Lukovic family houses , which have exceptionally elegantly decorated stone balustrades ; the palaces follows the sea line , merging into the street front , and making a unique and indivisible ambient unit in a functional and aesthetic domain .
Opposed to the houses towards the sea , so-called ‘ ponta ’ were made over the time , for accessing sailboats with a plateau on which cargoes from ships were landed , as well as small ports for binding family boats . The coastal belt was an indivisible private space and made up a whole with the palaces . In the later period , around 1805 , when this region was already under the Austro-Hungarian empire , the emperor had the first coastal road built along the sea for military needs , thus completely interrupting the continuity of family gardens from the sea to the houses . This act changed forever the character of space , dividing it into two parts , one made up of family ports for boats with berths along the sea , and another made up of a paved street of the Lukovic family .
an integral approach towards protection of cultural landscape in Prcanj , Montenegro
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