The museum fund of St Kvirin contains a composition of three paintings by the Italian painter Nicola Grassi. The central canvas represents the Annunciation (140x102 cm), which is flanked by the images of St Augustin and St John of Nepomuk (142x68 cm) on one canvas, and St John of Capistrano and St Francis of Paola (142x93 cm) on the other. The paintings were made in 1730, or perhaps a few years earlier. There is a valid hypothesis according to which the principal of these works was Pietro Antoni ...

The church of St Kvirin, dedicated to the patron saint of the City of Krk, is a beautiful example of the Romanesque sacral architecture in the city of Krk. Today it forms a part of the entire cathedral complex. The first information about St Kvirin originate from 1335, when the people of Krk gave the money from the rent for the isle of Plavnik to “repair the church of St Kvirin in Krk”. It is supposed that the church was built in the 12th century. It is different because of its two l ...

The bell tower of the Krk cathedral is situated at the northern front of St Kvirin. The place of its construction was determined by the Venetian provveditore Vinciguerra in 1489, and the construction finished in 1515. In 1714, a lightning struck the tower, causing the damage and fall of the main stone pyramid. In the 1960s, there was a thorough restoration of the tower according to the designs of the Venetian architect Pietro Checchi. That is when the wooden angel coated with copper metal sheets ...

Potable water is extremely significant to the city, so it is no wonder that this spring of potable water has been mentioned ever since the 13th century. In 1554, the provveditore Mapheo Girardo wrote to the Venetian Doge praising the source, emphasizing how it could satisfy the needs of all the armies in the world. However, Krušija is also related to two problems, both referring to the location of the source. First of all, the source is situated outside the city walls, which means that in ...

Until the middle of the 19th century, the Church of Our Lady of Health was dedicated to St Mihovil (Michael), and it used to belong to the Benedictine monastery of the same name. The first document which indirectly mentions the monastery, and it supposedly also refers to the church, is the will of the widow Spreza de Dominiko from 1271, in which she leaves a piece of land to the monastery of St Mihovil in Krk.Today, the three-nave basilica made in Romanesque style remained preserved. Geographica ...

The chapel of St Josip (Joseph) is situated on the main city street (decumanus). Originally the chapel was dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel. It was mentioned for the first time in 1672. It is very well preserved and it may be assumed it was built during the 17th century, which is indicated by the preserved altar from the same period, the work of an unknown master.There were several chapels in the Krk city centre, most of which were not preserved until today. The reason lies in the death of ...