Gradske zidine antičke Narone i Erešova kula
(Gradska vrata na sjevernom zidu)
Gradske zidine antičke Narone i Erešova kula
(Gradska vrata na sjevernom zidu)
Naselje na mjestu današnjeg naselja Vid spominje se već u 4. stoljeću prije Krista, a svoj vrhunac doseglo je u vrijeme Rimskog Carstva kao važni grad Narona, jedno od najznačajnijih administrativnih i gospodarskih središta rimske provincije Dalmacije. O tome svjedoče i vrlo dobro sačuvani ostatci gradskih zidina koji spuštajući se s vrha brežuljka prema dolini zatvaraju prostor u obliku lepeze. Čine ih sjeverne i zapadne gradske zidine uz koji su prislonjene kule kvadratnog tlocrta te gradska vrata na sjevernom zidu. Građeni su u više faza, od vremena helenizma i 4. ili 3. stoljeća prije Krista, tijekom 2. stoljeća prije Krista do zadnje faze iz 2. stoljeća i vremena barbarskih provala na područje Rimskog Carstva. Tako se u početnoj fazi na vrhu brežuljka grade dvije kule kružnog tlocrta, a u kasnijim se fazama one pretvaraju u kvadratne kule i grade se zidine te se prema potrebi obnavljaju. Obrambeni je zid na nekim mjestima sačuvan i do visine od nekoliko metara te kao takav predstavlja najsačuvanije gradske zidine iz antičkog doba u Dalmaciji. Do jedne od kula iz rimskog doba na zapadnom zidu mjesni je župnik don Bariša Ereš u 19. stoljeću sagradio kuću u narodu poznatu kao Erešova kula. Ona je značajna kao svojevrsni prvi muzej na otvorenom, tj. lapidarij rimskih kamenih spomenika iz Narone jer su brojni kameni natpisi, ulomci kamene arhitekture i skulpture ugrađeni u njezine zidove i tako su ostali sačuvani i vidljivi. Zanimljivo je da su u njemu uzidane i pojedini prijepisi antičkih natpisa koji su napustile Vid.
Town Walls of the Ancient Narona and Ereš Tower
(Town Gate on the Northern Wall)
The settlement at today’s settlement of Vid is mentioned as early as the 4th century BC, and it reached its peak at the times of the Roman Empire as the important town of Narona, one of the most significant administrative and economic centres of the Roman province of Dalmatia. This is witnessed by the very well preserved remnants of the town walls which, descending from the top of the hills towards the valley, close the area in the form of a fan. They are comprised of the Northern and Western town walls adjoined to which are the square ground plan towers and the town gate on the Northern wall. They were built in several stages, from the Hellenistic times and the 4th or 3rd century BC, during the 2nd century BC until the last stage from the 2nd century and the times of the barbaric invasions on the territory of the Roman Empire. Thus, in the early stage, at the top of the hill, two towers of a round ground plan were built; in the later stages, they were turned into square towers and walls were built and renovated according to need. The defence wall is preserved in some places up to the height of several meters and as such, represents the most preserved antique town walls in Dalmatia. On the Western wall, beside one of the towers from the Roman period, Fr. Bariša Ereš, a local pastor, in the 19th century built a house known among the people as the Ereš Tower. It is significant as a kind of a first museum in the open, i.e. a collection of Roman stone monuments from Narona because numerous stone inscriptions, fragments of stone architecture and sculptures are built into its walls and thus remained preserved and visible. It is interesting that built into it are some transcripts of antique inscriptions that left Vid.