Štrped
Štrped is a village in Istria, Croatia, situated at the base of the Ćićarija range. Ecclesiastically, it is under the Buzet parish.
Architecture
Its spiritual centre is the Sv. Duh church, located 1 km north of Štrped in an eponymous hamlet. It was built in three phases. The first phase was a 13th century Romanesque aisleless church of which a portal with stone lunette is all that remains. The second phase finished in the year 1500 and involved the addition of a late Gothic polygonal sacristy with a pointed vault. The third phase saw the nave covered with a Baroque roof and the addition of a semicircular loggia. Among the mason's marks on the outer side of the apse is that of the "Carniolan Master", also responsible for Sv. Jurja church in Oprtalj. The main altar was built in 1636, but an some remains of an older altar dating to the beginning of the 16th century persist. There is also a gilded wooden side-altar. The church has been the subject of a number of works since 1969.History
The environs of Štrped were settled in prehistoric and ancient times.In 1521, a Latin inscription was made on the eastern wall of Sv. Duha:
A monastery of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual was built next to Sv. Duha in 1620, but it was destroyed in a fire in 1768 and abandoned in 1773.
In 1636, a gilded side-altar was built for Sv. Duha church, with the inscription:
In 1699, a benefactor stone was inscribed with the inscription by the hand or commission of gvardian John and placed in the north wall next to the altar:
In 1850 Sv. Duha was given a new whitewash, as attested by an inscription:
In 1857, the current southern altar in honour of saint Anthony of Padua was set in place in Sv. Duh with the inscription:
Glagolitic inscription
By the time of its 1906 publication by, a Glagolitic inscription dated 6 April 1500 had become known to epigraphers from the presbytery of Sv. Duha church in Štrped:The ⰒⰓ is written as a ligature. The inscription was further mentioned by Vjekoslav Spinčić in 1913, in 1915, and Branko Fučić in 1969, with Ivančević providing a reproduction. Finally, an image of the inscription was published by Fučić in 1982.
Although the inscription is short, it played a prominent role in the debate between Italian irredentists and Slavs over the future of the Julian March.
Demographics
According to the 2021 census, its population was 222.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.