Wooden Eaves or Trpezari are communal table set up within churchyard. They were used during church holidays for dining, gathering relatives and hosting their friends. Constructed from hewn timber beams places on the larger corner and joint stones, their sides were built using a skeletal bondruk system with posts and braces. The roofs, either gable or hipped, were covered with ceramic tiles. These structures could be single or multi-sectioned, joined under a common roof. Some included built-in tables and benches, with certain wooden shelter featuring specially designed head seats for the heads of family clans at the table.
After World War II, these structres lost their original function and gradually disappeared. However, in the churchyard of Luznice, 27 wooden eaves have been preserved, arranged along the inner side of the fence. This collection represents the largest number of preserved structures of this kind in one location.
SOBRAŠICE (WOODEN EAVES) IN LUŽNICE
The Sobrašice (Wooden Eaves) in Lužnice were designated as a cultural heritage – cultural monument, by the Decision of the Cultural Heritage Preservation Institute Kragujevac, No. 54/1, dated March 20, 1968. They were later classified as a cultural heritage of exceptional importance for the Republic of Serbia on April 7, 1979 (‘Official Gazette’).
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