Churches & monasteries
Early medieval chapels, hidden monasteries and cathedrals that few travellers visit. Each page tells the story and shows what else is nearby.
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11 places
Blaca Hermitage
Brač · hidden hermitage with a monk's observatory
Chapel of St Mary Formosa
Pula · sixth-century chapel, last trace of a lost basilica
Church of St Donatus
Zadar · round Pre-Romanesque church built on the Roman forum
Dragović Monastery
Vrlika · Orthodox monastery moved to Lake Peruća
Euphrasian Basilica
Poreč · 6th-century cathedral covered in gold mosaics
Hollow Church
Solin · ruined 11th-century coronation church beside Salona
Krka Monastery
Kistanje · monastery built over Roman and Gothic remains
Krupa Monastery
Krupa · Orthodox monastery on the Krupa river, Dalmatia
Lepavina Monastery
Lepavina · Orthodox monastery with a Baroque church near Koprivnica
St Blaise's Church
Dubrovnik · Baroque church of the city's patron saint
St. Euphemia's Basilica
Rovinj · Baroque hilltop church with a Venetian-style tower