THE CATHEDRAL OF VIRGIN MARY`S ASSUMPTION City of #Krk, #KrkIsland, #Kvarner, #Croatia The Cathedral of Virgin Mary`s Assumption is the most important architectural monument of the town Krk. Today`s three-nave Romanesque church was built in the 12th c., on the spot of a three-nave Early-Christian basilica dating from the 5th-6th c., which was erected above the remains of Roman thermae (A. Mohorovčić). It has been reconstructed and annexed several times in the course of the centuries. A baptistery with a polygonal piscina was constructed along the northern nave of the cathedral. The sculptural profuseness of the capitals with 18 Romanesque columns possesses a particular meaning, the Romanesque sculptural decorations of the staircase, the elevated partition of the choir, a Renaissance wooden pulpit, and in the left angle there is a Gothic annexe (Frankopanian chapel), dating from the 15th c. Among the church inventory there is a Frankopanian pall presenting fallen Madonna in Glory (1475), sepulchral slabs of Krk`s bishops from 14th-16th c., and in the vestry there are carved wardrobes, etc. Bishop`s palace holds the works of Italian masters from the 16th and 17th c., and a polyptych Sta. Lucy, a work of Paolo Veneziano, brought here from Baška.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 08:06:10 +0000
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