CROATIAN CATHEDRALS

Croatian cathedrals distinguish themselves through many distinctive traits. The Roman ones are preservedin Pula and Split (St. Duje is the adopted former mausoleum of the emperor Diocletian). Romanesque cathedrals are situated in Krk, Senj, Rab, Zadar and Trogir, Gothic ones in Korcula and Zagreb (the easternmost European cathedral of the 13th century), and the Renaissance ones in Hvar and Sibenik (built in the 15th and 16th century, the Cathedral in Sibenik is the only building in Europe constructed using the original assembly method of pre-carved stone elements, first introduced by Juraj Dalmatinac, and the first Renaissance facade in Europe with a three-lobed gable). A Baroque example is the Cathedral in Dubrovnik, historicistic examples are in Dakovo (neo-Romanesque) and Osijek (neo-Gothic).

Dakovo Cathedral, neo-Romanesque, 19. C. Sibenik Cathedral of St. Jacob, 15th - 16th C. Facade, Cathedral of St. Stosija, 13th C, Zadar Apse of Zagreb Cathedral, 13th C.