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Exploring Trogir Ivana Pavla II). The Loggia
has a roof supported by six
A good time to visit Trogir is the late spring or columns with Roman capitals
early autumn, when the narrow streets, flanked by and dates from the 14th
ancient stone houses, are not so busy with summer century. On the wall are two
visitors, and there is space to stop and admire the reliefs, one from 1471 sculpted
by Nikola Firentinac (Justice),
ingenious architectural details that make this and one from 1950 by Ivan
island so fascinating. A carved doorway, a coat of Meštrović (Ban Berislavić).
arms or a mullioned window may decorate the The Clock Tower stands to the
façade of a building; the entrance to a courtyard left of the Loggia. It supports
may offer glimpses of scented gardens. These are all a pavilion dome, salvaged
in 1447 from the Chapel of
indications of a once widespread prosperity and also the Oratory of St Sebastian.
evidence of Trogir’s cultural past, when it was an The saint’s statue on the
important centre for the arts. After many years of façade was sculpted by
hardship and neglect, the town has been restored Nikola Firentinac.
to its former glory.
R Church of St John
the Baptist
central ones hold a scroll with Sv. Ivan Krstitelj
the coats of arms of the Čipiko Open ask at tourist office for timings.
family. The second floor lacks This small Romanesque
a balustrade, and is similar church, built in the 13th
in style to the lower floor, century, is the pantheon of
although its decorations the powerful Čipiko family. The
are less ornate. church housed an Art Gallery
A second door, opening on (Pinacoteca) with collections
to a side street, has a complex of medieval illuminated manu­
structure. Two fluted door jambs scripts, ornaments, paintings
support capitals with carved and precious gold pieces from
foliage decoration and a stone various churches, but this is
cornice with two sculpted lions now in the Museum of Sacred
holding a coat of arms. These Art near the cathedral of
are flanked by two sculptures St Lawrence. The collection
of angels in medallions. also includes a sculpture
(Deposition) by Nikola Firentinac,
A Renaissance well in the courtyard of P Town Hall organ panels by Gentile Bellini
Čipiko Palace Gradska vijećnica (St Jerome and St John the
Trg Ivana Pavla II. Baptist) and two polyptychs
P Čipiko Palace On the eastern side of the by Blaise of Trogir.
Palača Čipiko square is the Town Hall. This
Gradska ulica. Closed to the public, building originates from the
except courtyard. 15th century and has three
An inscription indicates 1457 storeys with open arches and
as the year of completion of a beautiful mullioned window
the beautiful Čipiko Palace, with a balustrade on the upper
built for Trogir’s most illustrious floor, which was restored in
family. Over a Renaissance the 19th century.
doorway, distinguished by its Numerous coats of arms
columns with capitals, is a shell decorate the façade which has
decoration above a finely three Renaissance doors framed
worked cornice. by projecting stone. The pretty
The first floor has a mullioned porticoed courtyard is open
window with a balustrade in to the public. However, the
light­coloured stone. In the interior, which has been altered
centre, two columns with at various times, has nothing of
capitals support pointed significant interest.
arches and at the ends of the
window are two thin pilasters P Loggia and Clock Tower
surmounted by capitals Gradska loža
with spiral decorations. Trg Ivana Pavla II. Open daily.
Between the arches are four The Loggia and the Clock Tower Doorway of the Romanesque church of
sculptures of angels. Two face John Paul II Square (Trg St John the Baptist
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp228–30 and pp240–45

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