Štrped Sterpeto | |
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Village | |
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  Štrped | |
| Coordinates:45°25′32″N13°55′30″E / 45.4254237°N 13.925037°E /45.4254237; 13.925037 | |
| Country |  Croatia |
| County |  Istria |
| Municipality |  Buzet |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.2 sq mi (3.2 km2) |
| Elevation | 390 ft (119 m) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 222 |
| • Density | 180/sq mi (69/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 52420 Buzet |
| Area code | 052 |
Štrped (Italian:Sterpeto) is avillage in Istria,Croatia,[3] situated at the base of theĆićarija range. Ecclesiastically, it is under the Buzet parish.[4]
Its spiritual centre is theSv. Duh church, located 1 km north of Štrped in an eponymous hamlet. It was built in three phases. The first phase was a 13th centuryRomanesqueaisleless church of which a portal with stonelunette is all that remains. The second phase finished in the year 1500 and involved the addition of a lateGothic polygonalsacristy with a pointedvault. The third phase saw thenave covered with aBaroque roof and the addition of a semicircularloggia. Among themason's marks on the outer side of theapse is that of the "Carniolan Master",[a] also responsible forSv. Jurja church inOprtalj. The mainaltar was built in 1636, but an some remains of an older altar dating to the beginning of the 16th century persist. There is also agilded wooden side-altar. The church has been the subject of a number of works since 1969.[5][6]
The environs of Štrped were settled inprehistoric andancient times.[6]
In 1521, aLatin inscription was made on the eastern wall ofSv. Duha:[5]: 24
QVODCV. LIGA (VERIS).SVP
TER.ERI.LIG. INCEL: ET
QVO.SOL.SVP.TER
ERV.SOL ET INCELO
1521
A monastery of theOrder of Friars Minor Conventual was built next toSv. Duha in 1620, but it was destroyed in a fire in 1768 and abandoned in 1773.[6]
In 1636, a gilded side-altar was built forSv. Duha church, with the inscription:[5]: 24
IN CONCEPTIONE TVA VIRGO
IMMACVLATA
FVISTI
MDCXXXVI
In 1699, a benefactor stone was inscribed with the inscription by the hand or commission ofgvardian John and placed in the north wall next to the altar:[5]: 24
ILL:EXCDJOSEPH MAVROCENO
HOSPITI BENEFACTORI
F.IO.DOM.KREGLIAGVARD.
ANODOM M.D.C. LXXXXIX
In 1850Sv. Duha was given a newwhitewash, as attested by an inscription:[5]: 25
GIOV FLEGO FECE
STUCARE LA CHIESA S SPIRITO
NELL ANNO 1850
In 1857, the current southern altar in honour of saintAnthony of Padua was set in place inSv. Duh with the inscription:[5]: 24
ALTARE. HOC. OMNIPTOENTI DEO IN HONOREM
S. ANTONII PATAVINI
ERECTVM PRIVILEGIO QVOTIDIANO PERPETVO AC LIBERO
PRO OMNIBVSDEFVCTIS AD QVOSCVMQVE SACERDOTES
VIGORE BREVIS BENEDICTI PAPE XIV DIE IVOCTO
MDCCLI INSIGNITVM ATQVE A MINISTRO GENERALI
ORDINIS DIE IX MENSISIANVRI MCCLVI
DESIGNATVM
By the time of its 1906 publication byLuka Jelić [hr],[7][b] a Glagolitic inscription dated 6 April 1500 had become known toepigraphers from the presbytery ofSv. Duha church in Štrped:
Ⱍ·ⰗⰮⰔⰜ
ⰀⰒⰓⰋⰎⰀ ·
ⰄⰐⰬ ·Ⰵ·
The ⰒⰓ is written as aligature. The inscription was further mentioned byVjekoslav Spinčić in 1913,[8]Rudolf Strohal [hr] in 1915,[9]Radovan Ivančević [hr][5] andBranko Fučić[10] in 1969, with Ivančević providing a reproduction. Finally, an image of the inscription was published by Fučić in 1982.[11]: 339
Although the inscription is short, it played a prominent role in the debate betweenItalian irredentists andSlavs over the future of theJulian March.[12]
According to the 2021 census, its population was 222.[2]
| population | 378 | 410 | 290 | 342 | 344 | 432 | 298 | 272 | 183 | 163 | 175 | 181 | 177 | 189 | 222 | ||
| 1857 | 1869 | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1921 | 1931 | 1948 | 1953 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 | 2021 |
As of 2005, most residents were farmers, while part of the population worked in Buzet, with some recent development of small industry in Štrped itself.[6]
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