Dominican Monastery and Museum
Off the east end of Stradun, in a high-walled passageway leading to Ploče Gate, you’ll see an impressive stairway marking the main entrance to the Dominican Monastery. Inside, there’s a charming 15th-century Gothic cloister rimmed by graceful triple arches, designed by the Florentine architect Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, and centering on a garden planted with fragrant orange trees. The monastery also houses a museum, exhibiting religious paintings by members of the so-called Dubrovnik School, as well as a horde of golden reliquaries, one of which is said to hold the skull of King Stephen I of Hungary.
Off the east end of Stradun, in a high-walled passageway leading to Ploče Gate, you’ll see an impressive stairway marking the main entrance to the Dominican Monastery. Inside, there’s a charming 15th-century Gothic cloister rimmed by graceful triple arches, designed by the Florentine architect Michelozzo di Bartolomeo, and centering on a garden planted with fragrant orange trees. The monastery also houses a museum, exhibiting religious paintings by members of the so-called Dubrovnik School, as well as a horde of golden reliquaries, one of which is said to hold the skull of King Stephen I of Hungary.
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