Berlitz Pocket Guide Croatia (Insight Pocket Guides) by Berlitz

Author:Berlitz [Berlitz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: APA
Published: 2017-04-01T04:00:00+00:00

Cloister of the Franciscan monastery

Jo Mercer/Apa Publications

Constructed in the mid-15th century, the palace was the seat of the Ragusan government as well as housing a lethal gunpowder store that ignited with devastating effect on a couple of occasions. The present building dates mainly from 1739 and is in Baroque style with a few gothic details. On the ground floor of the palace are prison cells and on the upper floor are the state apartments and the former courtroom and judicial chambers. The palace’s atrium makes a lovely concert venue.

Nearby is the cathedral (times vary according to season and services; charge for treasury), which was almost totally destroyed by the earthquake of 1667. The interior comes alive with dramatic celebrations of Mass and classical concerts during the Dubrovnik Festival. Note the compelling Assumption by Titian on the main altar. The adjoining treasury displays a horde of gold reliquaries, including the Byzantine skull case of St Blaise. A local legend tells of how Richard the Lionheart was saved from a shipwreck while returning from the Crusades and by way of thanks funded the building of the first cathedral.

In a narrow side street between the Stradun and Prijeko, near Pile Gate, War Photo Limited ( www.warphotoltd.com ; June–Sept daily 10am–10pm, May and Oct Wed–Mon 10am–4pm) is a slick gallery devoted to photojournalism from war zones around the world.

Most of Dubrovnik’s other sites are in the very compact area inside the city walls, mostly off Stradun or Luža Square. They include the Franciscan and Dominican monasteries, the Maritime Museum, the Rupe Granary (housing the Ethnographic Museum), the Jesuit Church and the city’s synagogue. Outside the town, the Homeland War Museum on the site of the Imperial Fort at the top of Srđ mountain is worth a visit even just for the view itself. The Dubrovnik Cable Car ( www.dubrovnikcablecar.com ) is an easy, if someway pricey, way to reach the summit.

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