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Bellini, cabinets
carved by Grgur Vidov,
The cathedral of St Lawrence dominates the square and a Treasury with windows on each side: the
many gold pieces, north and south walls have
The church interior contains an reliquaries and paintings dating mullioned windows with four
octagonal stone pulpit from the from the 17th century. trefoil eyes, those on the east
13th century built and sculpted The tall bell tower was built in and west walls are surmounted
by Mauro, a choir with wooden the 14th century, but was partly by fretwork grilles, with columns
stalls inlaid by Ivan Budislavić destroyed during the wars early and capitals at the centre and
towards the mid-15th century, in the following century and corners, giving a feeling of
and a ciborium on the main only the ground floor remains lightness to the entire floor.
altar with sculptures depicting of the original building. When Recent studies attribute this
the Annunciation. On the altars Trogir became part of Venetian work to the Italian sculptor
are paintings by Palma il territory, the bell tower was Lorenzo Pincino, who worked
Giovane and Padovanino. rebuilt. The first floor, with a in Trogir and Dalmatia for many
Along the left aisle is the balustrade by Matej Gojković years, with the assistance of
chapel of the Blessed Orsini, a (1422), is in the Gothic style, local craftsmen.
masterpiece by Nikola Firentinac with two narrow mullioned The third storey, from the late
and Andrija Aleši made in 1468– windows with a trefoil, 16th century, was built by the
72, with 12 statues of the apostles surmounted by blind arches. sculptor Trifun Bokanić and has
in shell-shaped niches and, in The second level has two tall large arched openings.

Trogir Town Centre
1 Land Gate q Church of St Dominic
2 Civic Museum w Kamerlengo Castle
3 Stafileo Palace and St Mark’s Tower 7 km (5 miles)
Airport
4 Cathedral of St Lawrence JADRANSKA MAGISTRALA
5 Čipiko Palace Bus
Station
6 Town Hall Market
7 Loggia and Clock Tower
8 Church of St John the Baptist
9 Sea Gate and Fish Market
0 Church of St Nicholas Land Gate BLAŽA JURJEVA TROGIRANINA
Civic
H R V A T S K I H M U Č E N I K A S U B I C E V A MATIJE GUPCA TRG IVANA Cathedral of
RADOVANOV
Museum
TRG
Čipiko
St Lawrence
Palace
GRADSKA
Town
Hall
Loggia and
Palace
S I N J S K A Stafileo Clock Tower PAVLA II Church of
St John the Baptist
MATICE HRVATSKE AUGUSTINA KAŽOTIĆA M O R N A R S K A IVANA DUKNOVIĆA GRADSKA
St Mark’s O B R O V
Tower Walls
Church of
Sea Gate St Nicholas
VUKOVARSKA and Fish
Market
HRVATSKOG PROLJEČA 1971
RIVA
Marmont’s Kamerlengo Church of Small
Gloriette Castle St Dominic Loggia
OBALA BANA BERISLAVIĆA
0 metres 100
0 yards 100
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