⛪ Cathedral of the Assumption (Dubrovnik)
Croatia
About This Sacred Site
The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary stands at the heart of Dubrovnik's UNESCO-listed old town. The current Baroque structure, built between 1672 and 1713 after an earthquake destroyed its Romanesque predecessor, houses one of the richest ecclesiastical treasuries on the Adriatic. The treasury holds relics of St. Blaise (Dubrovnik's patron saint), a supposed fragment of the True Cross, and gold and silver reliquaries from the time of the Republic of Ragusa.
Key Facts
- •The previous Romanesque cathedral was destroyed in the catastrophic 1667 earthquake
- •Legend says Richard the Lionheart funded the original church after being shipwrecked nearby in 1192
- •The treasury contains the skull reliquary of St. Blaise, patron saint of Dubrovnik
- •Houses a polyptych of the Assumption attributed to the workshop of Titian
- •The Baroque rebuilding was designed by Italian architect Andrea Buffalini
Location
Coordinates: 42.6407, 18.1092
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