Trogir: What to See 

Start your walking tour from the Renaissance city gate (the main entrance to the town from the car and bus park). Above the gate is a statue of the town's protector, the Blessed Ivan Orsini. Nearby is the town museum which gives a good overview of Trogir's history.

Continue to the town centre. On the northern side of the main square is the magnificent cathedral of St Lovro, built from the 13th to the 15th centuries and considered one of Dalmatia's most architecturally and artistically important monuments. The cathedral highlights the artistry of Master Radovan, Dalmatia's finest builder. Notice the extraordinary portal in which he achieves a remarkable fluidity in the human figures he molded. Adam and Eve are depicted nude--a first in Dalmatian sculpture.

Other masterful artisans also contributed to the cathedral. The slender bell tower was built by Matej Gojkovic in early Gothic style but on the second floor he turned to Flamboyant Gothic. At the end of the portico is the baptistery (1484) created by Andrija Alesi who also contributed to the cathedral at Sibenik. Another builder from Sibenik, Nikola Firentinac, is responsible for the lushly decorated Chapel of St John.

Outside the cathedral, Firentinac's work is evident in the relief of "Justice" on the facade of the 15th-century courthouse as well as the figures on the clock tower adjacent.

The east side of the town square is devoted to two palaces: the "Old" one is the smaller and displays a beautiful triforium. The "New" one has late-Gothic triforia on the first and second floors.

On the east side of town, don't miss the church of St John the Baptist, dating from the 13th century with a magnificent portal and bell tower.  In the church is a "Pieta" also by Firentinac.

On the waterfront is the imposing Kamerlengo fortress which used to be connected to the city walls. It was built by the Genoans in the 14th century and in 1941 it was the site of a massacre of locals by the Fascist occupiers. A memorial plaque notes the event.

The Kamerlengo Fortress

Related Pages

Trogir Guide

Trogir Accommodation

World Heritage Sites in Croatia

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