Dominican church, Dubrovnik

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This is the famous Dominican Friary church of Dubrovnik. Dated almost 700 years old it is also one of the buildings that damaged from the earthquake in 17th century. Today is it also interesting museum that if you have the time might be interesting to check it out.

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This is located at the east side of the town, near Ploce Gate entry. Construction started in 1225 for the monastery complex, but did not get completed until mid 1300's, and the monastery finally got the current shape in 15th century. It was a strategic point of defense of the town at early years, and the walls when built incorporated the church and monastery inside those walls. The portal looks Romanesque, and in 1419 a pointed arch was added. The cloister walkways and arches were constructed in 1456-83 time frame. The bell tower was started to be built in 1390, and it took 140 years to complete.
There is a Small museum that costs $4, or 20 kuna. It is very unworthy of the fee, but for the sake of the Nun there collecting money we went inside, and donated to the pot. There is only a couple of archaeological pieces and a few church statuettes.

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As you exit the eastern end of the Stradun and turn left onto Ulica sv. Dominika, you will quickly come upon a stairway with a marvelous carved stone balustrade. This leads to the entrance of the Dominican Monastery. The church was built in 1315 and, of course, like much of the rest of Dubrovnik, was rebuilt after the 1667 earthquake. The monastery was apparently built into the northern city wall to provide extra mass to the structure.

Intro Photo: These stairs and the stone balustrade lead to the entrance. It is said that the spaces between the balusters were filled in to prevent prying eyes from below from peeking up the ladies' skirts as they ascended the stairs

Photo 2: Another sunlit colonnade surrounds the cloister.

Photo 3: As Carol peers out from one of the enclosing arches, you will notice that the Cloister is above the grade of the colonnade.

Photo 4: This bougainvillea seems the perfect counterpoint for the monastery's stonework.

Photo 5: Yes, that is me in the orange shirt. At this point I'm thinking, "this is a pretty plain building". The walls of the church have little detail and the side altars and other ornamentation seem more appliqué than integral. The ornate crucifix is from 1358 by Veneziano.

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The Dominican Monastery, which is located near the Ploce Gate, contains a number of interesting sights. These include a pretty courtyard, the church, and a small, but good art museum. The museum contains a painting by Titian, as well as a number of works by local masters from the 1400s, 1500s and 1600s.

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The Dominican monastery is located at the most sensitive strategic point of the city. Its construction began in 1228. It was well protected abd by the 15th century that the monastery attained its present state, well integrated into the arrangement of the city walls by the Ploce gate. The Dominican church of Dubrovnik could also be considered the graveyard of its most famous dead.Notice in various places all over the church: in the nave, chapter, sacristy as well as the cloisters, are the graves of the noble families Crijević, Lukarević, Gradić, Gundulić and Đurđević, as well as the graves of notable craftsmen, goldsmiths, wool combers and weavers. I loved the graceful decorative arches around the courtyard most tof all and the well in the centre.

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The Dominican monastery is a large complex situated in the east part of the town, close to the city walls and the Fortress Revelin. It represents the major treasury of cultural and art heritage in Dubrovnik.
The Dominicans settled here in 1225, but the church and the monastery were completed in the 14th century. The church of simple architectural design is one of the largest Gothic buildings on the east Adriatic coast. The portal on the southern side with a pointed Gothic arch is work of Bonino of Milano (1419). The interior is rich of sacral works of art of high value, made predominately by the local artists. The 14th century painted crucifix is work of Venetian painter Paolo Veneziano, and the altarpiece of St. Magdalena is work of Titian and his assistants from 1550.

Go around either side of the Sponza Palace up to Prijeko and you will encounter the fine tiny Church of St. Nicholas. Behind it (East) is the Monastery (Museum) -modest admission charge. The complex contains a delicate 15C cloister with a central cistern, a hall-style Gothic Church, and an Art Gallery with 3 early 16C masterpieces, one a Titian and the others by Joos van Cleve; also a Paolo Veneziano as well as many other objets d'arte and a fine group of Dubrovnik School paintings of the same period.{no pictures allowed!!}.In the Church are some interesting items which you can photo. It is worth the walk and if you do it before lunch you can eat seafood out by the Old Port at Lokanda Peskarija.

When the sun is hot, the Assumption cathedral (Katedrala Uznesenja Marijina) is another oasis of freshness. Don't forget to clothe modestly !

It was built at the beginning of the 18th in Baroque style. The legends says that it was built at the place of a Romanesque church that had been built by Richard Brave Heart when his boat, back from the crusades, sank on Lokrum island and he was miraculously saved. For more on Richard Brave Heart, look at my Rouen page.

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This close up on the carved portal of the cathedral allows appreciating better the neatness of the carving. There are so many different figures, big or small, that you can spend a good time, trying to identify each of them.

Wherever you go in Dubrovnik, you will find deliciously carved stones. The rope-like columns of the doorway to the Cathedral are reminding of how much sailing was strongly linked with the history of Dubrovnik.