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Around Dubrovnik Left Old Harbour Right Recital at the Rector’s Palace Dubrovnik Byron Called it “the Pearl of the adriatiC”. George Bernard Shaw proclaimed that “Those who seek paradise on earth should seek it in Dubrovnik.” Now fully recovered from the bitter Serbian and Montenegrin siege of 1990–91, this remarkable former city-state has in its historic centre perhaps the most attractive and well preserved Baroque core of any European city, its swathe of churches, palaces and old stone houses neatly contained within the sturdy walls that have protected its famed libertas (freedom) for centuries. Much of what you see today is the result of painstaking reconstruction after the earthquake of 1667; now, all new building work is strictly controlled, even down to the shade of green to be used on the shutters of the city’s main thoroughfare, the Stradun. Sights Stradun and City Walls Dominican Monastery Cathedral Church of St Blaise Rector’s Palace Old Harbour War Photo Limited Museum of Modern Art Sponza Palace Lovrijenac Fortress City walls 58 Preceding pages Hvar Town, island of Hvar
Stradun and City Walls There are few better ways to begin your exploration of Dubrovnik than a stroll down the Stradun or a walk around the city walls (see pp8–11). Dominican Monastery The Dominicans were allowed into the city in the 14th century, on condition that they helped to protect its southern entrance. The monastery buildings that you see today – the large church, cloisters and museum – were constructed from scratch after the original complex was more or less flattened by the earthquake of 1667. Highlights include the Gothic cloisters, 14th-century Italian painter Paolo Veneziano’s Crucifixion (in the church), and the museum, which houses an 11th-century Bible and a painting by Titian, St Blaise, St Mary Magdalene, the Angel Tobias and the Purchaser – the man on his knees in the latter is a member of the then powerful Pui family, who funded the work. Svetog Dominika 4 Map K4 020 321 423 9am–6pm daily Adm charge Crucifixion by Paolo Veneziano Skull of St Blaize Cathedral Erected after the 1667 earthquake, today’s Baroque cathedral (see p39), crafted by Italian architects, replaced an earlier Romanesque structure. The cathedral houses a treasury with a famous collection of more than 200 reliquaries, including a 12th-century Byzantine case containing the skull of the much venerated St Blaise, and casks containing his hands and one of his legs. It also displays what is claimed to be a fragment of the cross on which Jesus was crucified, and a copy of Raphael’s Virgin of the Chair reputed to have been made by the grand master himself. Kneza Damjana Jude 1 Map J6 020 323 459 8am– 5:30pm, 5–7pm daily Free Church of St Blaise The original 14th-century church survived the earthquake largely intact, only to burn down in a fire in 1706. Work started on the present incarnation later the same year, to plans by Italian architect Marino Grapelli, who based the design of the interior on that of a Baroque church in his home town. Punctuating the ornate façade are four pillars watched over by an array of saints. The stained-glass windows are another striking feature – a late-20th-century addition of a kind quite unusual in this part of Europe (see pp11, 38). Rector’s Palace The position of Rector of Dubrovnik was the ultimate jobshare; each incumbent held it for just one month. For that brief period, the Rector’s Palace was his home (see pp14–15). Around Dubrovnik 59
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