St Dominic Church
In 1245, the Dominicans built their monastery next to it. By the way, with the establishment of begging orders in the 13th century, a new type of church-monastery complex appeared with the cloister as the main spatial accent around which monastery buildings were built. Such buildings were regularly located near the city walls and gates, as was the case with Split's Dominican church-monastery complex, which was built on the east side of the medieval city, outside the city walls, next to the Silver Gate. According to some historians, it was founded by the Blessed Gregory of Split, who met in Italy with St. Dominic. D. Farlati says that the Dominicans came to Split for Bela IV, when the Archbishop of Split was Hugrin. The news about the presence of Dominicans in Split is given by Thomas the Archdeacon, so we can say with certainty that the Dominicans have been in Diocletian's city since 1245. Before that, there was only a Dominican monastery in Croatia in Dubrovnik, founded in 1225. Some data state that as early as 1243, the Dominicans participated in the election of the bishop of Split. Soon after Split, the surrounding monasteries were founded in Trogir, on Ciovo.
