The building was finished in 1713 by the Dubrovnik architect Ilija Katičić. The portal of the facade is flanked by four Corinthian columns. The treasury holds 182 reliquaries holding relics from the 11th to 18th centuries;[8] from local masters, Byzantium, Venice and the Orient. Perhaps the most bizarre artefact is the creepy dish and jug designed as a gift for the Hungarian King Mátyás Corvinus, who died before he could receive it.
It is the seat of the Diocese of Dubrovnik. Built between1672 to 1713 from the ruins of the former Romanesque cathedral. Dubrovnik Cathedral in located in the city’s old town, next to the Rector’s Palace. Its most important object is the gold-plated arm, leg and skull of Saint Blaise (patron saint of Dubrovnik). This gives the whole interior a lighter and brighter feel. [3][4] The Senate of Dubrovnik appealed to the Italian architect Andrea Bufalini of Urbino, who sent a model for the new church in Baroque style with a nave, two aisles and a cupola. The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin or Dubrovnik’s Cathedral is a top attraction in Dubrovnik city. The treasury holds also a relic of the True Cross. It is the seat of the Diocese of Dubrovnik. During the restoration works on the Cathedral damaged by the earthquake of 1979, the archaeologists discovered the remains of yet another cathedral older than the one in the Romanesque style. In its place was built a somewhat bland, baroque affair, free but unenticing to walk around.
The Assumption Cathedral (Croatian: Katedrala Velike Gospe, Katedrala Marijina Uznesenja) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Archeological diggings showed that Dubrovnik’s Cathedral is built on top of two older churches, which foundations and walls were found under the base of the Cathedral. V) 28 December 1994, United Nations Security Council, Architecture Week, 2001, Roofs of Dubrovnik, "Ikonografija romaničke katedrale u Dubrovniku", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dubrovnik_Cathedral&oldid=960899311, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 June 2020, at 14:23. The Assumption Cathedral (Croatian: Katedrala Velike Gospe, Katedrala Marijina Uznesenja) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The money to build the basilica was partially contributed by the English king Richard the Lion Heart, as a votive for having survived a shipwreck near the island of Lokrum in 1192 on his return from the Third Crusade. 3 years ago; J Murray ; Just watched a Bride and Groom emerge from the Cathedral, then suddenly the picture was filled with red/gold flares firing off - when the smoke cleared the happy couple where dancing at the top of the steps, Croatian flags waving in the crowd - this would have been even more amazing with sound! Several other Italian architects including Francesco Cortese (present from 1669 until his death in 1670), Paolo Andreotti of Genoa (present 1671-1674), Pier Antonio Bazzi of Genoa (present 1677-78), and friar Tommaso Napoli of Palermo (present 1689 - 1700), all working with local and imported stonemasons, completed the Cathedral over the next three decades. The lateral sides of the cathedral are rather plain, articulated by pillars and semicircular windows. [2], The cathedral was damaged by at least one shell during the Siege of Dubrovnik in 1991.