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St. BLAISE CHURCH
St Blaise is a baroque church built in between
1705 and 1717 (to replace the building of 1368 that was lost by
fire) by Venetian architect and sculptor M. Gropeli. The extended
interior, modeled on San Maurizio in Venice, is rectangular with
a central dome, and preserves some of the treasures from the earlier
church. At the church's main altar there is the golden statue of
St. Blaise (Sv.Vlaho) - patron of Dubrovnik holding a model of the
Town from 16th C.
The painted organ loft behind the high altar is by Petar Mattel
Matejeviæ (early 18th C); the glass windows by lvo Dulèiæ (1971).
High on the walls are stone statues of Saints Peter and Jerome,
by Nikola Lazanid of Braè (late 16th C), and above the side door
a wooden figure of St. Anthony, of unknown date. |
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CITY BELL TOWER
The elegant Bell Tower, 35m tall, dating from 1444,
was broken down and rebuilt in 1928. The modem clock, with bronze
jacks in the form of soldiers that strike the hour (Maro and Baro)
is a faithful copy, with the addition of a figured time indicator,
of one dating from 1478 (original can be seen in Sponza palace).
The huge bell in the tower, over 2000 kilos in weight, is the only
original detail from the first bell tower and was casted by Ivan
Krstitelj Rabljanin (John the Baptist of Rab) in 1506. The adjoining
Glavna Straža (Main Guard), incorporating a Gothic upper story of
1490 from the Ragusan admiral's house, was constructed in 1706-1708,
when the baroque portal was inserted after the design by Marino
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RECTORS'S PALLACE
address: Pred dvorom 1, phone: +385 20 321 437
open: 9 am -6 pm, entrance fee: 15 kn, children 10 kn
web: http://www.mdc.hr/dubrovnik/
Rectors Palace was the residence of the Dubrovnik's
Republic Rector. It was built in a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance
styles, probably due to two explosions that happened in 1435 and
1463, and the Great Earthquake in 1667, after which the Rector's
Palace was badly damaged. Thereby, the reconstruction’s were done
by Onofrio di Giordana della Cava, Michelozzo and Juraj Dalmatinac
(renaissance arcade - ground floor), Salvi di Michiele, Jerolim
Skarpa of Korèula, Bogosaliæ, Bogojeviæ, Grubaèeviæ (Gothic bifores
at the first floor).
The columns and four of the Capitals (first, second, sixth, and
seventh from the right) are Gothic in manner. Two of Onofrio's original
capitals flank the entrance, one depicting justice with a pair of
lions, the other the Rector administering justice to the citizens.
The loggia is vaulted with graceful Gothic ribs which spring fan
wise from carved Renaissance corbels. Arcaded marble seats line
the rear wall and that to the left.
The inner atrium has a Renaissance arcade on three sides and on
the fourth side there is an imposing staircase that leads to an
arcaded balcony. Below the stair arch is a Venetian Gothic fountain
and a doorway (angel in niche above) leading to the offices of the
Conservation Department in the former repository of the State Archives.
The bust of Miho Pracat (Michaeli Prazzato) by Pietro Giacometti
da Recanati (1638) was the only monument to a citizen ever erected
(or even allowed) by the Dubrovnik Republic. Pracat, a 16th C merchant
adventurer from Lopud, bequeathed his riches to the Republic. A
small staircase leads to the mezzanine and former hall of the Lesser
Coundi, which now houses temporary exhibitions. At the first floor
the Rector's working and private rooms were situated. Today, these
rooms are part of the museum. The Rector's Palace also contains
the rooms of the palace guards, on the mezzanine, and a small Pinacotheca
with works by local painters from the 15th -16th C (notably Blaž
Jurjev Trogiranin, the first important personality in local painting
and a major figure in the late Gothic art of Dalmatia, and Lovro
Dobrièeviæ Marinov, who introduced the renaissance style), and by
artists from Italy and Northern Europe. There is also an extensive
collection of Ragusan coins, seals, and measurements. |
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CATHEDRAL
address: Kneza Damjana Jude 1, phone: +385 20 323 459
8 am -8 pm, Sundays 11 am -5.30 pm, entrance fee: 5 kn, children 3 kn
Dubrovnik's Cathedral stands in the center of Poljana
Marin Držiæ, close to Rector's Palace. The first Dubrovnik Cathedral
was built from the 12th to the 14th century in Romanesque style.
It was destroyed in the Great Earthquake in 1667 and the present
Cathedral was built on its place. The reconstruction of the Cathedral
was done by Buffalini (1671), Andreotti, Napoli, and finally finished
by Katièiæ in 1713.
This Romanesque Baroque style Cathedral is a three-hall building
which contains a rich treasury and a line of paintings by top masters.
The Cathedral is a cruciform in plan, with the high altar unusually
towards the W and a high dome over the crossing. The exterior is
decorated with a balustrade enclosing the roofs of the aisles and
surmounted by statues of saints. The interior is light and spacious
and accommodates paintings of old masters such as Titian's large
polyptych of the Assumption, Padovanino's four paintings Andrea
del Sarto's works, etc. The Cathedral's Treasury is situated in
the beautiful baroque chapel designed by Gropelli and painted by
Mattei Matejeviæ. The Treasury consists of 138 reliquaries, most
of which are traditionally carried in procession round the city
on the feast of St. Blaise (February, 3).
On the altar stand the three major reliquaries of St. Blaise: the
Reliquary of the Skull in the form of a Byzantine crown of enamel
and silver filigree work set with 24 12th C enamels, a 12th C silver-gilt
arm reliquary, set with nine Byzantine enamels (originally 18),
and a 17th C silver filigree leg reliquary with the arms of the
Republic in enamel. Behind is a large late-Gothic silver Cross enclosing
part of the true cross, decorated with reliefs in silver-gilt by
J. Matov (16th C), and a silver statuette of St. Blaise. |
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JESUIT CHURCH
Jezuite Street leads to the foot of the imposing
staircase (modeled in 1738 on the 'Spanish Steps' in Rome) that
mounts to Sv. Ignacija, the baroque church of the Jesuits, designed
by A. Pozzo (1725) in imitation of the Gesu in Rome. The belfry
boasts a bell cast in 1355. The focal point of the spacious interior
is the apse painted by the Sicilian G. Garcia (1738). |
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