Golubić, Šibenik-Knin County

Golubić (Serbian Cyrillic: Голубић) is a village located 9 km north of Knin, in the continental part of Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.

[3] Specific importance is the present day Orthodox Church of St. Stephen, in which were discovered pre-Romanesque reliefs, and reduced remains of a westwork, dating to the early 9th century and later to the period of Branimir, Duke of Croatia (879–c.

892), showing existence of one of "the earliest Carolingian churches in Croatia" (and possibly dedicated to St. Mary and St.

After the fall of Serbian Krajina, most Serbs left the village,[5] and Bosnian Croats settled here.

On October 2, 2011, the Croatian government issued a ban on a commemoration gathering, ordering the church to remove the monument as "two thirds of the place that the monument was built on belong to the state and that only one third belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC)."

Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Stephen
A memorial dedicated to Serb victims from the Croatian War of Independence .