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Church of St James
The Church of St James and the Benedictine Abbey of Višnjica were built in 1222. This originally Romanesque church and the Abbey underwent thorough changes in the mid-16th century in the transitional Gothic - Renaissance style. The portal and its windows were added to the western facade in the Baroque period. During the time of the Republic, the Ragusan emissaries spent some time in this Abbey before going off with the annual tribute to the Porte in Constantinople. The Abbey was dissolved after the fall of the Republic, at the beginning of the 19th century, while the church is still in use.
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Church of St James Pipunar
Right by the city walls, on Peline, there is a small church of St James Pipunar, previously dedicated to St Paul. It was mentioned for the first time in 1225 when the Dominicans arrived in…
Church of St Joseph
The Church of St Joseph was built on the site of the Church of St James, one year after its destruction in the earthquake of 1667. The Church has a single nave with an apse which has…
Church of St Luke
The small Church of St. Luke gained its present appearance through multiple extensions of the original single-nave Old Croatian church, dating from the 9th to 11th century.