Church of St. Nicholas in Varoš, Pre-Romanesque church in Varoš district, Split, Croatia

The Church of St. Nicholas in Varoš is a pre-Romanesque single-nave building on a Greek-cross plan with a rectangular apse and an inscribed transept. Four monolithic ancient columns from Diocletian's Palace, topped with pre-Romanesque capitals, support the longitudinal and transverse barrel vaults. A square dome with three blind arcades per side sits on the roof, and the church is covered with stone slabs. It measures 10.50 m long with the apse and 5 m wide.

Construction began in 1068 under Nemira Mesagalina and continued with her brother Ivan and his wife Tiha, who added a low bell tower around 1100. A church of St. Nicholas in Varoš is documented in 1119. In the late 17th century the building was extended east and west and a sacristy replaced the apse; restoration in 1949–1951 returned its original form.

Locals call it Crkva sv. Nikole na Stagnji, and it belongs to the group of Marian churches at the foot of Marjan, once known as de Pedemontis. The Latin lintel inscription names the donors: the honourable citizen Ivan, his wife Tiha, and inside, Ivan's sister Stana.

The church stands in Veli Varoš, in the Stagnja area at the foot of Marjan Hill, and is reached on foot through the neighbourhood's narrow streets. It measures 10.50 m long with the apse and 5 m wide, so the interior is small. The bell gable now stands on the south side of the building.

The church was long known as St. Nicholas de Pedemontis, "at the foot of the hill" of Marjan, which places it among Split's so-called Marjan churches. Its four interior columns are monoliths taken from Diocletian's Palace and fitted with pre-Romanesque capitals. The 1068 founder, Nemira Mesagalina, is named in the sources alongside her brother Ivan and his wife Tiha.