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survived in its original form: stands a statue by Vanja Radauš
the frescoes are from the of the legendary wanderer and
14th century. minstrel Petrica Kerempuh,
In the square in front of the playing to the figure of a
palace stands a fountain with a hanged man.
column crowned by a statue of The large, picturesque
Mary with four angels, the work Dolac Market, which was
of the Viennese artist Anton first held in 1930, takes place
Dominik Fernkorn (1813–78) around the church. This is a
in around 1850. characteristic district of the
The moats that once city where Baroque houses
surrounded the walls have been face narrow streets and lanes.
filled in and turned into the A historic pharmacy is at
Ribnjak Public Gardens, with No. 19 Kaptol and an ancient
various statues including one house at No. 7.
called Modesty by Antun
Augustinčić (1900–79). The Stained-glass windows by Ivo Dulčić in the
defences were partially Church of St Francis 5 Stone Gate
demolished in the 19th century, Kamenita vrata
however. At No. 18 ulica Kaptol, while on the main altar there Kamenita.
opposite the cathedral, is the is a fine painting of St Francis
Northeast Tower, which is by Celestin Medović (1857– In the walls around Gradec,
now a residence. At No. 15 1920). The brightly coloured the part of Upper Town built
stands the Northwest Tower stained-glass windows on a neighbouring hill to
(Prišlinova kula), now part of were designed by Ivo Dulčić Kaptol, there were once five
a 15th-century building. in the 1960s. gates. Stone Gate is now the
In the adjacent 17th-century only one of these remaining.
monastery, where the It was built in the 13th century,
saint supposedly stayed, is the and stands beside a square
much-visited chapel of tower from 1266. In 1731 a
St Francis (1683), with ornate fire destroyed all the nearby
stucco decorations and houses, but a painting of Mary
Baroque paintings. with Child on the gate was
left undamaged. A chapel
4 Church of was established around this
painting and a Baroque
St Mary wrought-iron grille now
Sv. Marija protects the work, attributed
to a local master from the
Dolac 2. Tel (01) 481 49 59.
Open for Mass. 16th century.
On the west façade of the
Opatovina is a narrow street church is a statue of a woman,
where some of the houses a character from a famous
were built using parts of the Croation novel and the work of
Archbishop’s Palace by the Cathedral late-15th-century fortifications. the sculptor Ivo Kerdić in 1929.
of the Assumption The street leads into the On the other side of the gate,
ancient district of on the corner of Kamenita
3 Church of Dolac, at the end and Habdelićeva, stands
of which stands the an 18th-century
St Francis Church of St Mary, building. On the
Sv. Franjo which dates from ground floor of
the 14th century. this building is a
Kaptol 9. Tel (01) 481 11 25.
Open 7am–noon, 3–7pm daily. It was rearranged pharmacy (Alighieri
in 1740 when ljekarna) which has
Founded, according to legend, several Baroque been in existence
after St Francis’s return from altars were built by since 1350 and
the East, this church dates Franjo Rottman, which, from
from the 13th century. After but its present 1399 onwards,
the earthquake of 1880, the appearance belong ed to
church was rebuilt in the dates back to Nicolò Alighieri,
Neo-Gothic style. It was at rebuilding the great-
this time that the Baroque after the earth- grandson of
altars were removed. Some of quake in 1880. The monument to Petrica the great Italian
the side altars are Neo-Gothic, Near the church Kerempuh, Dolac writer Dante.

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