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The Church of St. Duh, late renaissance stile was built in the first decades of XVII ct. On the west side of the church there is a stairway, with late gothic balustrade, going to the chorus.
The church of St. Ivan is a gothic-renaissance church built in the second half of XV ct. In the upper part of the west wall of the bell-tower there is a great clock, made of stone, first mechanical public clock in Sibenik. The church was decorated by architects Ivan Pribislavic and renaissance architect Nikola of Florence. The bell-tower was finished by the middle of XVIII ct. The church was decorated with wooden sealing from 1620 and 1630, and the walls are painted wih fresco paintings.
The church of St. Krsevan was originally an object in romanic stile built in XII ct with many gothic characteristics. It was damaged in the World War II, and after reconstruction it became a gallery of the town museum, Muzej grada Sibenika, and now it has a gallery of St. Krsevan. The oldest bell in Croatia is exposed near the south wall of the church, built in 1266, found in the bottom of the sea near island of Silba by sponge catchers from Krapanj.
The church and the monastery of St. Lovro are built in the second half of XVII ct by Franciscan monks. It is built in narrow area near cliff. In the tympanum of the side entrance there is a statue of St. Lovro (St. Lawrence) from 1720. The bell tower is finished in 1785. On the opposite side of the church there is a Franciscan monastery from 1650. It is a gret architectonic complex. Its main building is so called Foscolo palace, the most beautiful example of Sibenik architecture of XV ct from period of so-called flower gothic and its greatest master Juraj Dalmatinac. The convents library has a collection of incunabula. There are many paintings of renaissance and baroque painters in the convents gallery. The most famous is Madonna with child.
The church of St. Grgur is a small gothic church in the oldest street of Sibenik, the one named after the great architect of the cathedral Juraj Dalmatinac. In that street there was masters home with only door preserved now days. On the opposite side there is a church. In it, there is an exhibition, made by town museum, called Juraj Dalmatinac and his work outside of Sibenik, with his works, statues and architecture objects in Pag, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik and Ancona.
The church and the monastery of St. Frane were built in the second half of XIV ct and represents spacious gothic building without decoration. In the Xv ct the chapel of Sv. Kriz was added. In 1674 paintings, in technique oil on wooden surface are xxx in the church. An organ made by famous Croatian constructor Petar Nakic in 1762 is placed in the chapel of Sv. Kriz. In the south side of the church there is a monastery from XIV ct. It has an important archive for history of Franciscan order, Croatian aristocratic family of Subic Bribirski and the town of Sibenik. Collection of manuscript codexes with artistic illuminations from XI to XV ct is very important.
Church of St. Nikola was built in XVII ct in baroque stile. It has a tower bell incorporated in the façade. It used to belong to a fraternity of Sibenik ship makers.
Church of Uspenie Bogomatere is a great baroque building from XVII and XVIII ct. It has a tower bell incorporated in the façade. By the beginning of the XIX ct it was a catholic church of St. Spas, but French government in 1808 gave the church to the Serb Orthodox Church. It has many artefacts.
The church of St. Dominik until 1910 was renaissance church, and after reconstruction in 1911 it got pseudo gothic caratheristics. On the left from the main entrance there is a tomb of Sibenik bishop Arrigoni (1599-1626). An organ made by Gaetano Moscatelli, student of Petar Nakic is placed in the chorus.
The church of St. Barbara also the church museum is a gothic building from the first half of XV ct. In the façade above from entrance there is a stone statue of St. Nikola. Façade of the church has two baroque bell towers. Inside there is a small church museum with some romanic, renaissance and baroque artefacts, painting, statues ecc. from XIV to XVII ct.
The Town Loggia, once the seat of the town council, erected between 1533 and 1542, stands on the square, opposite the northern side of the Cathedral.
The Sea Gate ( Morska Vrata ), the entrance into town from the coast, still stands there. The former Duke's Palace (now the Museum of the City of sibenik , with archaeological, archival and numismatic collections) is also on the coast.
From the Poljana the way ascends to the Subicevac Fortress; St. John's Fortress, the highest fortress of Sibenik (125 m) rises farther uphill to the northwest.
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