Dominican Monastery and Museum

Frommer's Review

Dubrovnik's Dominican Monastery is off a narrow passageway behind the Sponza Palace leading to the Ploce Gate. The monastery was built in the 14th century with the help of the Ragusa government and many local and foreign craftsmen, who positioned it against the city wall to strengthen the ramparts' northeastern flank. An impressive stairway leads to the Dominican's church doorway, decorated with a statue of St. Dominic; the door opens to the 15th-century Gothic cloister designed by Maso di Bartolomeo. The monastery's rooms circle the cloister, whose graceful triple arches frame a garden heady with Mediterranean plantings; an ancient well lies in the center. But architecture aside, the real reason to visit is the museum, which holds some fine religious art from Dubrovnik and elsewhere. Paintings, triptychs, silver church vessels, and a reliquary purportedly containing the skull of King Stephen I of Hungary are part of the museum's rich collection.

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