Not only does its beauty make it the greatest and most valuable object in ©ibenik’s architectural heritage but it is the characteristic and outstanding solutions to the technical and structural problems of construction that make it a unique monument of European sacral architecture, enlisted in UNESCO’s world heritage in 2001.

It was built on the city’s south side were Romanic church of St Jacob had earlier stood. The cathedral construction began in the Venetian Gothic style, and was completed in the Toscano Renaissance style. The idea of building a grand cathedral originated in 1298 when ©ibenik was given its own diocese and the status of a municipality. The actual decision to build it and take preparatory action was reached in 1402. However, the construction did not begin until 1431 and with minor disruptions lasted until 1536.

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