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Map D5. * 37,000. n Local:
Ulica Fausta Vrančića 18,
(022) 212 075; Regional: Fra
N. Ružića bb, (022) 219 072.
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Transport
k Split, 97 km (60 miles).
£ (022) 333 699. @ Draga 44,
(060) 368 368, (022) 216 066.
4 Dr. F. Tuđmana 7, (022) 213 468.
Medieval Mediterranean Garden of St Lawrence Monastery (MMG)
The present structure dates from
gaps of the stone walls as P Fort of St John the middle of the 17th century
a homage to Juraj Dalmatinac, Tvrđava sv. Ivan and a pretty garden is laid out in
who is believed to have been the n (022) 212 075. front of the bastions.
first to bring them to Šibenek. Standing on a hill 115 m (410 ft)
high, the fort was built in 1646 in P Fort of St Nicholas
P Fort of St Michael a star shape after the city was Tvrđava sv. Nikola
Tvrđava sv. Mihovila attacked by the Turks in 1649. n (022) 212 075.
n (022) 213 880 (Civic Museum). The fort was planned by the
The restored fort is of medieval P Barone Fortress Italian architect Michele
origins. It was destroyed after Tvrđava Barone Sanmicheli, and built between
lightning struck the powder n (022) 213 880. 1540 and 1547 on a cliff
magazine. When it was rebuilt, The third large fort, called Barone overlooking the city. It is a fine
account was taken of the city’s Fortress, or Šubićevac, was example of military architecture,
altered defence needs, and the constructed rapidly in 1646, in both for its strength and for
towers were omitted. Its present the face of an imminent Turkish the beauty of the decorations
appearance dates from the 16th– attack. The fort, in fact, greatly above the entrance gate, in the
17th centuries. Formerly known contributed to the defeat of the apertures, in the rooms, and
as St Anne, it offers magnificent Turks in 1647. After a long siege, along the corridors. The fort
views over the islands. large parts of it had to be rebuilt. was often used as a prison.

Šibenik City Centre
1 Church of St Francis Fort of
2 Church of St Barbara St Michael St John
Fort of
3 Count’s Palace – Civic
Museum
4 Cathedral of St James JUR JA DA LM A T I N CA BUKO VAČKA P O D TVRĐAVOM PU T G R O B L J A
pp110–11
5 Old Loggia PROMINSKA KNINSKA K R A L
6 Medieval Mediterranean
Garden of St Lawrence St Lawrence
MMG of
Monastery (MMG) OMLADINACA OBALA PALIH Monastery SV. LUCE
7 Fort of St Michael AN DRIJE KAČIĆA
Cathedral Church of
of St James Old St Chrysogonus
Loggia
Count’s Palace – Church of
NIKO L E VLADANOVA J A Z V O N I M I R A
Civic Museum St John
PETRANOVIĆA
Church of DON KRSTE STOŠIĆA
St Barbara KRALJA T O M I S LAVA BOŽIDARA Barone
TRG PAVLA KRALJICE JELENE Fortress
ŠUBIĆA
JU RJ A B A RA K OVIĆA Ascension Theatre
ZLARINSKI Church
PROLAZ of the
K r k a
POLJANA
SV. N . TAVELIĆ A
USKOČ K A
TRG IVANA Fort of
OB AL A O SLO BOD EN JA
GORANA
KOVAČIĆA Perivoj St Nicholas
0 metres 200 Roberta
Visianija
Train Station
0 yards 200 200 m (220 yards) Church of
St Francis
Bus Station
200 m (220 yards)
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