Le spolia nella costruzione della chiesetta di Sant’Elia in isola di Brazza

The authors examine the re-use of antique material in regional/Dalmatian medieval architecture. The main subject is the church of St. Elias located on the Western part of the island of Brač (Dalmatia, Croatia). The church is dated in the Romanesque period – earliest phase of Dalmatian Romanesque (from the end of the 11^th c.). In the church interior and on the exterior walls, as well as in the church surroundings, many, mostly antique spolia and ruins of monuments of sepulchral character are found. The phenomenon of violent degradation of Roman monuments as a source of building material for the new sanctuaries in the area rich in stone, and in the time when nearby Roman quarries are back in use, confirms the fundamental principals of negation of antiquity