Dubrovnik Cathedral
A Baroque church rebuilt from the rubble of Dubrovnik's 1667 earthquake — its foundations partly funded by Richard the Lionheart, who owed a votive for surviving a shipwreck off Lokrum on his way home from the Third Crusade.
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The current building, attributed to Italian architect Andrea Buffalini, replaced churches destroyed in the earthquake. Inside, paintings by Titian, Palma il Giovane, and Savoldo hang alongside a treasury of sacred relics that maps Dubrovnik's centuries of Mediterranean reach. Beneath the floor, excavations uncovered a 9th-century Byzantine basilica with carved altar screens and interlace sculpture.
What to look for
- Titian and Palma il Giovane canvases in the decorated interior
- The treasury of sacred art and relics reflecting Dubrovnik's Mediterranean ties
- The Baroque facade and overall structure designed by Andrea Buffalini after the 1667 disaster
Active seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik — dress for an operational place of worship before entering.
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More to see in Dubrovnik
- Walls of DubrovnikWalk an unbroken 1,940-metre circuit of medieval stone — up to 25 metres above the old city — that held Ragusa independent for centuries.
- Rector's PalaceFour disasters over two centuries — fire, a gunpowder explosion, and two earthquakes — rebuilt this palace each time in a different style and left the evidence in plain sight.
- StradunEvery building on this 300-metre limestone street was rebuilt to a government blueprint after the 1667 earthquake — and it shows.
- Sponza PalaceA stone arch inside warns every merchant: "When I measure goods, God measures with me."
- Franciscan Church & MonasteryThe 1667 earthquake flattened the church. One portal from 1498 made it through — and carved into it is a miniature of everything that didn't.
- Fort Lovrijenac (St. Lawrence Fortress)The fort Dubrovnik built in three months — just to stop Venice from ever owning the city.