In the immediate vicinity of the Small Gate (Mala Vrata), in the area of the store Templum Veneris, recent archaeological findings discovered the remains of an interesting ancient object. These are the remains of the apse inscribed into the flat back wall. The manner of construction, using small dressed stone, as well as findings of ceramics, mostly fragments of amphorae, indicate that the object emerged in the Roman age.The past interpretation indicates that the finding represents the back of a ...

Archaeological findings from the 1970s, lead by Andre Mohorovičić, brought forth one of the most interesting findings from the Roman period in the city of Krk – the city thermae, built in the 1st century. The thermae are one of the main indicators of Roman urbanization, which shaped life in the city in the first four centuries. Besides the forum, the thermae represented the centres for gathering in any ancient city. Their architecture was strictly defined by architectural rules of the Roma ...

Based on the idea of the continuity of sacral edifices, the first Krk cathedral should be on the place of the today’s cathedral. Most churches in the city of Krk are merely reflections of the continuity of church construction, changing its appearance through history under the influence of architectural trends in the corresponding historical epoch.Today, when we observe the Krk cathedral of St Mary, we can see a product of the Middle Ages, which after a major reconstruction in the Romanesqu ...

At the beginning of the 15th century, the prince Nikola IV ordered the erection of this high, late Gothic, hexagonal tower for securing the south-western part of the city and the defence of the quay. It had an ancient stella with an image of a married couple placed on the west surface of the wall. It also had the inscription with his name, the year 1407 and the coat of arms of Krk princes carved into the stella. The tower was a part of a comprehensive fortification of city walls, which were at t ...