The Church of Our Lady of the Rocks is not situated in a lake but in a bay connected to the Adriatic Sea. It was first built in the 15th century by Orthodox monks, along with the artificial island it stands on. Today's church was built by the Venetians in 1630. With its reconstruction, the church went from Orthodoxy to Roman Catholicism.
The Church of St. Sava was built between 1940 and 1966. The foundation stone of the church was solemnly laid by the Patriarch of His Holiness Gavrilo V on 22 September 1940. In April 1941, when the Second World War reached the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the church was almost completely finished. In the first days of the war, the Church of St. Sava was severely destroyed. After the war, the church was restored and completed in 1966. The church was also badly damaged in the great earthquake of 1979. The first restoration took place in 1995 and the second in 2005.
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded in 1793 by the Venetian architect Bernardino Macaruzzi, but was extended until 1913. It is a splendid example of the Venetian Baroque style.
The church of Saint-Eustache dates from 1773 but has a 19th-century bell tower and a small walled cemetery. The church houses a collection of paintings, especially by the Baroque master Carlo Dolci (1616-1686).
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