The cistern crown by the Krk provveditore Angelo Gradenigo (the island provveditore from 1557 until 1559) was made in 1558. For the then circumstances, it was a skilful and rich realization which represented the most significant example of carved Renaissance urban accoutrements on the island and the wider area of Kvarner. The conservation restoring intervention conducted in the 1990s, the crown was reconstructed after it had been disassembled and built in the parapet zone of the façade on ...

Archaeological research conducted on the large stone pile in the centre of the lot where the chain store Plodine (more precisely, its fruit department) is located, started under the assumption that this is a prehistoric barrow. The barrows were actually graves characteristic for prehistoric period, from the beginning of the Bronze Age forward. They are stone or earth mounds raised above the deceased to mark the grave. A large stone mound rising above the low plant landscape of juniper and olives ...

The Krk city walls are a multi-level matter, interesting and challenging both to the experienced eye of an expert and the intrigued eye of an inhabitant or a visitor. Although the cities on our coast are relatively often surrounded by walls, rarely can a city brag with the well preserved entire perimeter of the city wall, which in certain places is up to two thousand years old. We know that the prehistoric city Curicta (Krk) was fortified by walls. This is witnessed by the inscription from the 1 ...

A cippus is a specific form of a tombstone which appeared in the area of Liburnia, including Krk, during the first three centuries A.D. Over a hundred cippuses have been found until today in the area of north Dalmatia, Kvarner islands and the littoral area. The 14 cippuses found on Krk, although it is presumed there are more, make a special group of cippuses. Five of them are kept at the Castle in Krk, four are situated within the Perossa house (today the catering facility Volsonis), another fou ...

Fragments of decorative architectural plastics were fitted as a spolium (built-in remains of an earlier structure) on the back of the Krk cathedral sacristy. The fragments, made by one of the wondering Adriatic master carvers, were originally placed on the Holy Ghost chapel. Considering the stylistic characteristics, they are thought to originate from the late medieval period or perhaps early Renaissance.The church of the Holy Ghost was not preserved, but we know for a fact that it was located a ...

The altarpiece was ordered as a decoration for the altar of the Lady of the Rosary in the Cathedral. It represents the Lady of the Rosary with St Dominic, the Pope Pio V and the queen of Cyprus. This painting, representing the victory of the Christian world in the sea battle near Lepanto in 1571, is relatively small. It is well known that the people of Krk also participated in the Battle of Lepanto. Their galley was called the “Uskrsli Krist” (Resurrected Christ), under the command o ...