Church of St. Salvation
Squat votive church of Gothic vaulting and an early Renaissance facade, unscathed by the earthquake that flattened the city around it.
This guide to the Church of St. Salvation in Dubrovnik opens with a question: how did this squat little building end up wearing its original sixteenth-century stone? It traces the church back to a 1520 earthquake that killed about twenty people, and the Senate's vow to build it in gratitude, hiring master builder Petar Andrijic to finish the job by 1528. You'll hear about the deliberate choices behind its stubby proportions, thick Gothic vaulting and early Renaissance facade, and how a far deadlier earthquake struck this same spot in 1667. Stand at the edge of the square just inside the Pile Gate for the view the guide describes.
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