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The church and monastery of St. Frane, Split
Split, HR
Split Monastery of St. Frane na Obala belongs to a number of monasteries which the older tradition holds were founded in 1212 by the founder of the Order of Friars Minor, St. Francis of Assisi, during his stay in Dalmatia, and these are, in addition to Split, other monasteries in Zadar, Pasman, Trogir, Dubrovnik, and some other places.