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R Chapel of St Anthony VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
of Padua
Sv. Antun Practical Information
Ulica ribara, Rab. Road Map B3. * 9,000.
The small church of St Anthony, n Trg Municipium Arba 8, Rab
dating from 1675, is a good town, (051) 724 064. _ musical
example of religious Baroque evenings, Church of the Holy
architecture. Inside is a marble Cross (Jun–Sep); Tournament of
inlaid altar and a 17th-century Rab (25–27 Jul). ∑ rab-visit.com
painting from the Venetian school. Transport
4 from Rijeka, Stinica, Pag,
R Franciscan Convent of Valbiska (Krk); (051) 724 122.
St Anthony Abbot @ Palit, (060) 306 080.
Sv. Antun Opat
Rab. Tel (051) 724 064. Open call for The altar in the Renaissance Church of
opening times. St Justine in Rab on display are paintings and
The Church and Convent of panels, including a polyptych
St Anthony Abbot stand behind R Convent and Church of by Paolo Veneziano (1350),
the cathedral at the end of the St Justine Gospels and illuminated books
promontory. This convent, built Sv. Justine in Glagolitic script.
for a closed order of nuns, was Gornja ulica, Rab. Tel (051) 724 064.
founded in 1497 by the noble- Open call for opening times. Kampor
woman Magdalena Budrišić. The convent and church were Kampor lies at the end of a long
consecrated in 1578, and were bay (Kamporska Draga) and has
R Church of St Francis intended for nuns from non- preserved its stone houses and
Sv. Frane noble families. The bell tower terraces of olives and vines.
Park Komrčar, Rab. with its onion dome dates from Many holiday houses have
The church dates from 1491 and 1672. The church now houses a sprung up around the village.
stands to the north of the town Museum of Holy Art, with the The Franciscan Convent of St
in Komrčar Park. It is a blend of crucifix of King Koloman from Euphemia, with a small adjacent
Gothic and Renaissance and has 1112, and the reliquary of Romanesque church, is near the
an original façade with three St Christopher (12th century), Church of St Bernard. The church
sculpted shells. protector of the town. Also contains two panels by Barto-
lomeo and Antonio Vivarini, a
Byzantine panel (14th century)
and other works. In the cloister
SV. GRGUR
there are various tombs and the
sarcophagus of Magdalena
Budrišić, the noblewoman who
GOLI
founded the convent of
Goli St Anthony Abbot in Rab.
Lopar
Lopar
The village of Lopar is at the
0 kilometres 5 end of a rocky peninsula. It is a
0 miles 5 popular spot thanks to the sandy
beaches fringed by pinewoods
Supetarska Draga and the leisure facilities on offer
Kampor (tennis, football and mini-golf).
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Rab
Barbat na Rabu

Key
Pudarica
Major road DOLIN
Minor road Mišnjak
Polyptych by the Vivarini, Church of
St Bernard, Kampor
For keys to symbols see back flap Spectacular, well-preserved walls of Pula’s amphitheatre

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