According to the date on the western portal, it was long thought that the chapel was built in the 17th century, but thorough research performed during the last reconstruction showed that the core of the chapel had already been constructed in the 11th century or even earlier. The manner of construction with stone hewing and grouting indicate a Romanesque construction of the 11th, 12th and partly 13th centuries, while stones dating from the Roman era were used for the construction of the corners. The architrave of the southern entrance is also Roman, which according to the semicircular shape and the size, is also dated as Romanesque. The rectangular nave was at first illuminated by only two small circular windows (oculus) widening into to the inner part, resembling a funnel. The windows are carved from a single piece of stone and are unique in the area of Gorenjska. The altar part was at first a semi-circular apse which became too small in the 14th century and was then extended into a threeeighths concluded presbytery. The nave was elevated and covered with a new roof with a rooftop belfry and consecrated in 1645 in an attempt to delete the traces of the era when the chapel was used for religious ceremonies by Protestants. The interior was enriched with a wooden painted ceiling.

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