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Dalmatian Historic Towns

79 images Created 9 Apr 2012

These images show the ancient, medieval, and Renaissance era villages, buildings, and sculptures, along the Dalmatian coast and islands, made during a sailing trip in 2006 sponsored by Elderhostel (now Road Scholar). Our vessel was a schooner of Dutch registry with 12 passengers so it could get into places the big cruise ships could not.

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  • Statue of the guardian lion, seated, in front of the north entrance, by Nikola Firentinac, a Florentine sculptor (d. 1435).  Side view of its rigid posture and proportionately small head, grinning vacuously.
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  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  Rose window from the inside.
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  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. Rose window from the outside.
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  • Detail, head of St. James, from the statue on the portal, right side.  Hair schematized in narrow incised parallel ridges; stern facial expression.
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  • Sibenik, water dish for dogs built into a Renaissance wall, inscribed "AMOR D' CANI"  Streetscape with marble pavement.
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  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  Row of sculptured life size portrait heads around the apse exterior, mid-late 15th century work by sculptor George Matthew the Dalmatian (Juraj Matejev Dalmatinac)
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  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. Six or seven tourists, seen from the chest up, waiting out a rainstorm in the entrance or narthex.  People nearer the door look up at the sky.
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  • View up a covered walkway along the edge of a town square in front of the cathedral;  Stairs, a closed bright green door, and light at the end of the tunnel.
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  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence. West end exterior from plaza in a rainstorm.  Tourists huddled around the entrance.
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  • Sibenik, Cathedral of St. James, built 1431-1535.  Architects Juraj (George) of Dalmatia and Niccolo of Florence.  View across the cathedral square in a rainstorm as tourists scurry for cover
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  • View up a steep stair, masonry walls and arched vault, toward a mysterious opening above.
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  • Statue of Grgur Ninski - Gregory of Nin, full length, outside Diocletian's Palace in Split.  10th century bishop who introduced Croatian language, replacing Latin, in church services. Angle of view chosen to emphasize upraised finger and fanatical expression.
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  • The schooner "Flying Dutchman" moored at Sribenik harbor.  The Dutch registered ship carries a dozen passengers, captain, crew.  Modern hotel opposite the ship.
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  • Whirling abstraction of circles and arches looking upward into the restored wooden dome interior of the Early Christian church of St. Donatus, Zadar, Croatia.
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  • Interior, views of the gallery showing arches, wooden roof, and re-used ancient Roman and Byzantine era column capitals.  Restored after Serbian assault damage during 1990s.
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  • Interior, views of the gallery showing arches, wooden roof, and re-used ancient Roman and Byzantine era column capitals. Deconsecrated, now used for concerts.   Restored after Serbian bombardment 1991-1993.
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  • Interior, looking down from the gallery into the tiny round sanctuary.  Church is deconsecrated, now used for concerts.  Restored after Serbian bombardment 1991-1993.
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  • Exterior of the little round church of St. Donatus, built early 9th century in Byzantine style, and its later bell tower, seen from across the Roman forum.
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  • Trogir: small courtyard with arch, stairway, laundry hanging out to dry, and a motorbike.  Roman and medieval structures still in use as people clearly still live in them. Electric wires strung along the outside walls.
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  • Trogir: door lintel over entrance to church of St. Barbara, 11th century.  Motifs include rosettes, interlace, and animals in profile
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  • Medieval well head, in a regional Venetian Byzantine style, in a courtyard in Trogir, Croatia.  Corner volutes and a relief panel of the winged lion of St. Mark.
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  • Stone escutcheon carved on a balustrade newel next to a stone stair.  Unusual variation on an Italian type, outlined in symmetrically concave curves with six points.  In the center, a castle with arcaded tower.  Star above and waves in foreground.  Possible a view of Venice?
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  • Workman carrying a plank for building the scaffold over the cathedral narthex, during restoration of the 13th century Radovan sculptures there.  It was disappointing not to see them!
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  • Trogir: sculptures in Chapel of Blessed John from Trogir, in the Cathedral of St. Lawrence, by Niccolo of Florence (pupil of Donatello), begun 1468.
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  • View down a medieval street in Trogir, Croatia.  Trogir is the best-preserved Romanesque-Gothic complex not only in the Adriatic, but in all of Central Europe. Trogir's medieval core, surrounded by walls, comprises a preserved castle and tower and a series of dwellings and palaces from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods. (Wikipedia) Though no people are present, there is nevertheless a sense that these ancient dwellings are still kept up and lived in.
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  • Point of view looking up at a pair of windows and a balcony, lined with potted plants, in a medieval/Renaissance dwelling in Trogir.  The entire old town section is designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • View from the deck of a 12 passenger sailing schooner docked at Split alongside a massive cruise ship carrying thousands.  The contrast in size and scale is tremendous. Two adult women lounge on the schooner.  The dock is empty except for a green bus pulling away from the cruise ship.
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  • Originally built as a mausoleum for Diocletian at the end of the 3rd century,the structure was taken over and became a Cathedral for St. Domnius.
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  • Romanesque era (12th century) figure of a crouching lion, life size, with three small men standing behind it.  One of a pair (see HRV200606-142),
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  • The lion holds down a lamb in its front paws.  Behind, two men in Roman tunics, with an escutcheon between showing a bearded man's face, leaves and volutes on either side, crown and rosette above. One of a pair.
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  • Split, Diocletian's Palace, groups of tourists standing about, seated on the steps. View of the peristyle looking toward the entrance to the palace residential area.
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  • View of a medieval - Renaissance belltower in a residential area of Diocletian's Palace.  Medieval clock with Roman numerals around its circumference; bell in a loggia above; TV aerial visible from an adjoining residence.
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  • Split, Diocletian's Palace, interior view showing part of the oculus, several arched window openings, and restored floor where a young teenaged boy practices his ball kicking skills.
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  • Unknown contemporary abstract and geometric paintings illuminated by sunlight streaming from upper arched openings that give light to the underground structure.
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  • Looking up at the coffers, each carved with miniature heads and rosettes surrounded by egg-and-dart motifs.
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  • Hvar town square on the left, cafe umbrellas on right, mixed era government buildings. Above, the hill covered by the Spanjola Fortress overlooking the town.
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  • View of Hvar and Pakleni Islands in the Adriatic Sea through a screen and framing of pine branches above the town.
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  • Looking down from the fortress on the hill over looking the town showing red tile rooftops cascading down the hill, symmetrical harbor dotted with sailboats, and the scattering of islands in the Adriatic just beyond Hvar.
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  • Old and new ; old village structures with modern hotel visible beyond.  View of Hvar rooftops, including church bell tower and houses with rooftop solar panels.
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  • View from Hvar hilltop castle embrasure over the town and harbor below, at noon on a sunny day.
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  • View of Korcula town from the water, along the side of the sailboat, at a few hundred meters away.
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  • Stairway up to the city wall at Korcula, Croatia.  Tower gate and flag above.  Visitors descending the stair (two or three people).
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  • Two visiting adult women pause to look in the display window of a Korcula jewelry shop.  Afternoon sun sharply illuminates the necklaces shown.
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  • A pair of tourists in shorts and walking shoes resting on the wall of a house in Korcula.  Their pet dog, on a leash, rests next to them.
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  • Gentle window light illumates the tender care with which the nun, in grey habit with black veil, draws a white altar cloth over the altar.  An undistinguished Mannerist painting of a saint, a donor, and God, serves as altarpiece.
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  • Sculptured heads include an elephant, a man, a dog, and a fish (?) on the corner of a cornice.
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  • Korcula: A few houses with a small church above and the town wall below.  Telephoto view from the sea as the sailboat departs.
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  • Holidaymakers sunbathe with umbrellas, blowup toys, and blankets, on the beach in Korcula, Croatia.
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  • Steep alley staircase in Dubrovnik.
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  • Restoration of the city with UNESCO support emphasizes memory of the young men who defended Dubrovnik and the damage the city suffered.
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  • Restored Dubrovnik homes have largely new roofs,made from tiles specially manufactured in Spain by original methods.  Citizens saved many of the original roof tiles, however, and these are used when visible wherever possible, while the new tiles have been set underneath them.
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  • Restored Dubrovnik homes have largely new roofs,made from tiles specially manufactured in Spain by original methods.  Citizens saves many of the original roof tiles, however, and these are used when visible wherever possible, while the new tiles have been set underneath them.
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  • Restored Dubrovnik homes have largely new roofs,made from tiles specially manufactured in Spain by original methods.  Citizens saved many of the original roof tiles, however, and these are used when visible wherever possible, while the new tiles have been set underneath them.  This view taken from the top of the city walls.
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  • Restored Dubrovnik homes have largely new roofs,made from tiles specially manufactured in Spain by original methods.  Citizens saved many of the original roof tiles, however, and these are used when visible wherever possible, while the new tiles have been set underneath them.  This view includes an unrestored roofless abbey church, though its vegetable garden is in active use.
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  • View down into the city of Dubrovnik from the top of its city walls.
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  • Abstract telephoto detail of the lovely roof tiles in shades of red and orange, contrasting with blazing white stone of the church tower.
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  • Looking down from the city wall on the east, facing the Adriatic, there are leveled spots where people can sunbathe, and steps for going down to the water to swim.
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  • Distant view of Dubrovnik from along the coast to the south of the city.  Its walls and orange rooftops glow in the sun.
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  • Five young adults and one child, in costume, play their instruments.  They were university students from the Czech Republic.
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  • Four singers and players, one woman and three men, play on Renaissance replica instruments, wearing Renaissance era clothing.  They are seen from the back, in the shadow of a colonnade, while tourists in shorts watch and listen in the sunshine beyond.
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  • Dubrovnik restored: Croatian flag flying in the old town square .
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  • Frontal view of three young men in colorful costume with drum and spears marching down the main street.
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  • View down the main street toward the hill overlooking the city, where remains of defense works from the Serbian attacks of 1991-1992 can be seen.
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  • Architectural detail of a Romanesque colonnade with detail of a carved capital beyond the dome of a Renaissance era church.  Simple graphic design juxtaposes the two as they are.
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  • Intricate design of female figure, vines, dentils, and other ornamental rows, on a Romano-Byzantine column capital re-used in a later building..
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  • The city seen from the steep hill directly above the city.  The walls, harbor, and a part of the nearby island Lokrum projecting from the left.
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  • Telephoto shot of the harbor from the hill above the city.
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  • There is still vigilance over Dubrovnik.
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  • Dubrovnik from the Serbian position in 1991-92 from which they bombarded the ancient town.  The site is peaceful now, covered with yellow flowering broom.  The city gleams in the distance as a cruise ship makes its way toward the Dubrovnik harbor.
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  • Trsteno: fountain of Neptune in the garden of the Gucetic family summer house.  Fountain and sculpture date from 1736.
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  • Restored villa and mill of the Croatia Academy of Arts and Sciences, in the grounds of the Trsteno Arboretum, a preserved Renaissance garden.  Seaside facade and parts of the garden in view.  Villa originally the family summer home of Nicolò Vito Gozze (1549-1610).
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  • Statue of a personage as a fountain, water spouting from his/her open mouth.
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  • Trsteno, Croatia: fountain of Neptune in the garden of the Gucetic family summer house.  Fountain and sculpture date from 1736. Closeup of a sculptured fish standing on its head.
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  • Trsteno: fountain of Neptune in the garden of the Gucetic family summer house.  Fountain and sculpture date from 1736. Female figure shoots water from her mouth.
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  • Pattern detail to show original tiles saved after Serb bombardment set on top of reproduction tiles manufactured for the restoration.
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