address: D. Jude 2, phone: +385 20 427 937
open: 8 am - 8 pm, entrance fee: 15 kn, children 10 kn
The Aquarium is located at the first floor of St.
Ivan's Fortress. In the 27 tanks various fish such as eel, red snapper,
ray, sea bass, grouper, John Dory, etc. are exhibited as examples
of the fish species from the Adriatic Sea. Sponges, sea weeds, corals,
starfish, sea urchins, snails, lobsters, sea horse, octopus, etc.
live in smaller tanks and serve as the example of bio diversity
of the sea world in the Adriatic Sea.
The memorial house of Marin Držić, one of the greatest
Croatian writers, will let you experience the hidden world of the
16th century trough a 40-minute presentation.
address: Sv. Domina 4, phone: +385 20 321 423,
fax: +385 20 311 171
open: 9 am - 6 pm, entrance fee: 10 kn, children 5 kn
The monastery has the museum with artifacts of
Dubrovnik's goldsmiths, reliquaries and other sacral objects. It's
painting collection contains many works of the old masters from
the 14th to 20th century Especially noteworthy are early 16th C
polyptychs of the Dubrovnik School (attributed to Lovro Dobricević);
an altarpiece showing Mary Magdalena with St. Blaise, the Archangel
Raphael, and a donor, by Titian (1554).
address: Pred dvorom 1, phone: +385 20 321 437
open: 9 am - 6 pm, entrance fee: 15 kn, children 10 kn
Permanent exhibition of artifacts, furniture and
paintings from the time of Dubrovnik Republic. Also the collections
of Dubrovnik Republic's coins, medals, decorations, arm, and stamps
can be exhibited here.
City Walls were built between the 8th and 16th
century. They are 1.940 meters long and up to 40 meters high. City
Walls consist of 5 bastions, 3 round and 12 square-shaped towers.
Entrance: by Sv. Spas Church at Stradun and by St. Ivan Fortress.
address: St. John Fort (1th and 2nd floor) ,
phone: +385 20 323 904
open: 9 am - 7 pm (Mondays closed), entrance fee: 15 kn, children
7 kn
Divided into four sections; the period of Dubrovnik
Republic, the age of steam, the Second World War, and the techniques
of sailing and navigation, the exhibition displays maritime heritage
of a wider local area since Dubrovnik Republic until nowadays.
The inventories (ceramics, bowls, laboratory equipment,
and old medical books), of the old Pharmacy are kept in the Franciscan
Monastery Museum, among other highly valued and priceless objects
of Dubrovnik's historic and cultural past. The well-labeled exhibits
include a 15th C silver-gilt cross and silver thurible, an 18th
C crucifix from Jerusalem in mother-of-pearl on olive wood, and
an martyrology (1541) by Bemardin Gucetic (Gozze) and illuminated
Psalters. Among the paintings there is one of Ruđer Bosković painted
in London in 1760, as well as the painting showing the Old Town
before the earthquake.
address: Kneza Damjana Jude 1, phone: +385 20
323 459
open: 8 am - 8 pm, Sundays 11 am - 5.30 pm, entrance fee: 5 kn,
children 3 kn
The Treasury consists of 138 reliquaries, most
of which are traditionally carried in procession round the city
on the feast of St. Blaise (February, 3). On the altar stand the
three major reliquaries of St. Blaise: the Reliquary of the Skull,
in the form of a Byzantine crown of enamel and silver filigree work
set with 24 12th C enamels; a 12th C silver-gilt arm reliquary,
set with nine Byzantine enamels (originally 18th C); and a 17th
C silver filigree leg reliquary with the arms of the Republic in
enamel. Behind is a large late-Gothic silver Cross enclosing part
of the true cross, decorated with relief's in silver-gilt by J.
Matov (16th C), and a silver statuette of St. Blaise.
address: Od Sigurate 13, phone: +385 20 321
467
open: upon request or prior announcement,
entrance fee: 5 kn, children 3 kn
The exhibit includes a collection of paintings,
silverware, votive items, 14th century procession cross, etc. This
exhibit illustrates the life of the convent in Dubrovnik.
address: Od Puča 8, phone: +385 20 426 260,
fax: +385 20 433 833
open: 9.00 -13.00 every day except Sunday,
entrance fee: 10 kn, children 5 kn
The exhibition displays the collection of 77 icons
dating from 15th to 19th century. The icons originate from Dubrovnik,
Kotor, Risan, Russia, Greece, Byzant, etc. Also the eight paintings
of famous Dubrovnik's painter Vlaho Bukovac can be seen there.
address: Danče
open: the church is open for occasions and upon
prior arrangement.
This ancient church with a cemetery was constructed
in the 15th C as a part of the quarantine for the contagious that
existed at the location for full two centuries. The church houses
two works of art of particular relevance: The Polyptych by Lovro
Dobričević (15th C) and the Triptych by Nikola Božidarević, the
masterpiece of the Dubrovnik painting of the 16th C.
address: Žudioska 5, phone: +385 20 321 028
open: upon request or prior announcement,
entrance fee: 5 kn, children 3 kn
The oldest Sephardic and the second oldest synagogue
in Europe. It was the only Synagogue that functioned during the
Second World War. The offices of the Jewish Community of Dubrovnik
are located at the first floor of the building. The synagogue is
still in use and preserves its original 17th century furniture.
The State Archives are housed in one of the most
beautiful buildings in the City, the ancient Sponza Palace. With
its 8.000 linear meters of documentation it represents the thousand
year old memory of the City and its surroundings.
Without a permanent address or a permanent display,
the Archeological Museum, containing a small reference library,
is located in the rooms allocated to it for temporary use. The museum
holdings are divided into seven separate collections.
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