The church is that of a central type, it features the
Croatian interlace (or simply "troplet") and a carved name of the
župan (count) of Nin "Godečaj", who administered the county of Nin during the time of the
Croatian principality. He built the church next to his local seat in the 9th-century. The church is known under the moniker of "the smallest
cathedral in the world." The name comes from the fact that it was once the seat of the
bishop of Nin, a historical position which ceased to exist in the 18th century. According to a theory from an art
historian Mladen Pejaković, the design has an intentionally unbalanced
elliptical form designated to "follow" the position of the
Sun, retaining the functionality of a
calendar and
sundial. ==Gallery==