Tvrdoš, BA

Tvrdos Monastery

The monastery of Tvrdos was built on the foundations of a church that dates back to the 4th century AD, before the Christianisation of the Serbs. The foundations of this church are visible in the monastery through a glass floor. The Tvrdoš Monastery was built around 1509, and in 1517 it was decorated with frescoes by the Dubrovnik painter Vice Lovrov. During a conflict with the Turks, Tvrdoš was destroyed by the Venetians in 1694. Immediately in the first years of the 18th century, there were several attempts to rebuild the ruined monastery.

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Key Features

  • Architecture

Other nearby buildings

Dubrovnik Synagogue

The Old Synagogue was established in 1352 and gained legal status in the city in 1408. It is owned by the local Jewish community and the main floor functions as a place of worship and a city museum. The interior is a mix of styles from different eras and differs from other European synagogues.

St Blaise's Church

The Church of St. Blaise was built between 1706 and 1715 by the Venetian architect and sculptor Marino Gropelli (1662-1728) on the foundations of the badly damaged 14th century Romanesque church. The vaulted interior is richly decorated in the Baroque style. The building was damaged in the 1979 earthquake and during the Croatian war of independence (1991-1992). St. Blaise is the patron saint of the city of Dubrovnik and once the protector of the independent Republic of Ragusa.

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The Serbian Orthodox Church of the Holy Annunciation was built in 1877. The church has an important collection of icons, some of them dating from the 15th and 16th centuries. The church survived damage from bombing during the Siege of Dubrovnik in 1991. Restorations were done in 2009.

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