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Benedictine Monastery Of Saint Eufemija

Posted on June 7, 2009, 2:26 pm by Tonka Kovacic in category Monasteries

Pre-Romanesque church of St. Eufemija was the first built alongside the palace walls alongside the northern wall in the 11th century. In 1096, when the Benedictine monastery was founded Split was under the rule of the Croatian king Petar Kresimir IV. After eight centuries the entire monastery was de...

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The Monastery Of Saint Ante

Posted on June 5, 2009, 7:35 am by Tonka Kovacic in category Monasteries

The monastery of St. Ante at Poljud was built during the mid 15th century at the location of the pre-Romanesque church of St. Mary and the even older Roman villa as indicated by the southern wall of the monastery garden. The Renaissance cloister has several tombstones of local nobility including the...

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Saint Francis Monastery

Posted on June 4, 2009, 10:40 am by Tonka Kovacic in category Monasteries

The church of St. Feliks over the creek, a martyr from the time of Diocletian, was located at the present site of the church of St. Frane at the coast. According to the chronicles of Toma Arhidakon it was built by the Archbishop of Split Ivan who lived close by and who was also buried here. In the 1...

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Monastery Sustipan

Posted on June 1, 2009, 1:04 pm by Tonka Kovacic in category Monasteries

Southwestern point of the Split harbor is called Sustipan after the old monastery of St. Stjepan under the pines. The monastery was built in the late Middle Ages, and several Croatian kings occasionally enjoyed in ith hospitality. In the early 20th century a local cemetery was set here. Unfortunatel...

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