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Dominican Church and Monastery

Dominikanski samostan i crkva u Dubrovniku

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They are located in the eastern part of the old town along the city walls. The Dominicans founded a monastery in Dubrovnik in 1225. It appears to be a complex of buildings, including the church of St. Dominica, a bell tower, a cloister and three monastery wings. It was not established with certainty when the construction began, some data date back to the 13th century. It was initially outside the city walls, but due to its defensive importance, the Little Council in 1301 decided to kick off the construction of aid with money and work. The monastery museum contains valuable manuscripts and 217 incunabula paintings of 15th and 16th century Dubrovnik painters: Lovro Dobričević, Mihajlo Hamzić and Nikola Božidarević and the altar of St. Magdalen, the work of the famous Italian painter Tiziana from 1550. Inside the monastery is also the work of Venetian master Paola Veneziana. The church is one of the largest Gothic buildings on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. The project was made by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, and the construction was conducted by Dubrovnik masters Utešimović, Radomanović and others. The dimensions of the church are 42x16x16 m. The exterior mantle of the church is broken into square contras. Despite the respects of some researchers that due to the earthquake and the rebuilding of original construction remained very few remnants, the Dominican church largely retained its original form. This is evidenced by the tombs at the bottom of the front of the 14th-15th century, series of three-dimensional Romanesque-Gothic blind arcades and polygonal apses. The southern front of the church is dominated by the main entrance led by a steep staircase. The master of the exterior was Bonino Jakovljev from Milan. He made the outer box of the southern portal and the figurine of God the Father, which is at the top, together with the local Dubrovnik stonecutters in 1418. The second, western entrance to the church was opened only in the middle of the 15th century, after a long access ramp was arranged. Another part of the monastery complex is a bell tower. It is surrounded by city walls from the south, east and north. Its ground floor is embedded in the sacristy space. The construction of the building dates back to 1390 and is considered to have not been completed before 1450. As the final date of completion is taken in 1531 when the brass gold-plated lead was placed on top. However, as this peak was destroyed by the thunderstorm even three times in the 17th and 18th centuries, the sculptors, according to the new stylistic streams, chased Baroque sculptures and volutes. The bell tower is basically built in Romanesque style, but there are also Gothic and Renaissance stylistic marks, just as Baroque. After the earthquake in 1979, all bell towers in the Dubrovnik area and the belfry of the Dominican monastery were significantly damaged. The renovation began nine years later. The cloister of the Dominican monastery stands out among the Dubrovnik monuments with its spaciousness and beauty. The idea of building the cloister was still in the 14th century. However, its porches will be built only in the period from 1456 to 1483. Also, this cloister is seen as an example of the first penetration of the Renaissance into Dubrovnik's sacral architecture although some details still carry Gothic style. In the center of the courtyard is a 16th century stone fortress. The claus design was made by a famous artist of the Florentine Quattrocentes, Masso di Bartolomeo, and works were performed by local craftsmen. With use of texts from hr.wikipedia.org

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They are located in the eastern part of the old town along the city walls. The Dominicans founded a monastery in Dubrovnik in 1225. It appears to be a complex of buildings, including the church of St. Dominica, a bell tower, a cloister and three monastery wings. It was not established with certainty when the construction began, some data date back to the 13th century. It was initially outside the city walls, but due to its defensive importance, the Little Council in 1301 decided to kick off the construction of aid with money and work.  The monastery museum contains valuable manuscripts and 217 incunabula paintings of 15th and 16th century Dubrovnik painters: Lovro Dobričević, Mihajlo Hamzić and Nikola Božidarević and the altar of St. Magdalen, the work of the famous Italian painter Tiziana from 1550. Inside the monastery is also the work of Venetian master Paola Veneziana. 
The church is one of the largest Gothic buildings on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. The project was made by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, and the construction was conducted by Dubrovnik masters Utešimović, Radomanović and others. The dimensions of the church are 42x16x16 m. The exterior mantle of the church is broken into square contras. Despite the respects of some researchers that due to the earthquake and the rebuilding of original construction remained very few remnants, the Dominican church largely retained its original form. This is evidenced by the tombs at the bottom of the front of the 14th-15th century, series of three-dimensional Romanesque-Gothic blind arcades and polygonal apses. The southern front of the church is dominated by the main entrance led by a steep staircase.  The master of the exterior was Bonino Jakovljev from Milan. He made the outer box of the southern portal and the figurine of God the Father, which is at the top, together with the local Dubrovnik stonecutters in 1418. The second, western entrance to the church was opened only in the middle of the 15th century, after a long access ramp was arranged.
Another part of the monastery complex is a bell tower. It is surrounded by city walls from the south, east and north. Its ground floor is embedded in the sacristy space. The construction of the building dates back to 1390 and is considered to have not been completed before 1450. As the final date of completion is taken in 1531 when the brass gold-plated lead was placed on top. However, as this peak was destroyed by the thunderstorm even three times in the 17th and 18th centuries, the sculptors, according to the new stylistic streams, chased Baroque sculptures and volutes. The bell tower is basically built in Romanesque style, but there are also Gothic and Renaissance stylistic marks, just as Baroque. After the earthquake in 1979, all bell towers in the Dubrovnik area and the belfry of the Dominican monastery were significantly damaged. The renovation began nine years later. The cloister of the Dominican monastery stands out among the Dubrovnik monuments with its spaciousness and beauty. The idea of building the cloister was still in the 14th century. However, its porches will be built only in the period from 1456 to 1483. Also, this cloister is seen as an example of the first penetration of the Renaissance into Dubrovnik's sacral architecture although some details still carry Gothic style. In the center of the courtyard is a 16th century stone fortress. The claus design was made by a famous artist of the Florentine Quattrocentes, Masso di Bartolomeo, and works were performed by local craftsmen.
With use of texts from hr.wikipedia.org