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St Jacob's Cathedral
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Sibenik Cathedral, Sv. Jakov Church

The construction of Sibenik cathedral, one of Croatia's most important Renaissance architectural monuments, began in 1431 and ended in 1536. The cathedral is completely built from limestone and marble from the island of Brac. Since it does not have a bell-tower, its function has been taken over by a tower in the city walls nearby. Its beauty is primarily the result of the work of two masters: Juraj Dalmatinac and Nikola Firentinac. Juraj Dalmatinac's masterwork - the baptistery - harmoniously fuses Gothic elements with Renaissance features. He also had 72 stone portraits placed on the church exterior. Nikola Firentinac, follower of Donatello's school of sculpture, designed its 38m high dome, nowadays regarded as an outstanding accomplishment of Renaissance architecture. Because of its great artistic value, Sibenik Cathedral was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001.

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.jackygroen
12/28/06 10:49 AM GMT
Beautiful dome Chris, I really like that kind of architecture...also like the perspective in this shot very much, do you also have a shot of the stone portraits?

Jacky
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::JQ
12/28/06 10:49 AM GMT
Wow you certainly did some research on this one! And a nice view of this cathedral , i like the framing with the trees! nice shot chris.
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::phasmid
12/28/06 11:06 AM GMT
Thanks for leaving the history on this beautiful structure, and I also like the trees as framing, but they're just a little bit too much, in my humble opinion, as that ediface is so pretty and the darkness created by the trees tends to wash out the subject of the upload, but it's a very interesting buildng and take ;)

Cheers...!!!!!!!...Happy New Year

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::djholmes
12/28/06 3:44 PM GMT
Interesting shot. I like the various patterns of the rooftops.
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.Catharina
12/28/06 6:07 PM GMT
Ah...a good story:)) Very beautiful image Chris...really like the perspective !!

Catharina
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.twinkel
12/28/06 7:07 PM GMT
lovely picture my friend, beautiful Cathedral, like the way how you have bin taken the sho, just between the two trees and also like the water behind it


Twinkel
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::fogz
12/28/06 7:19 PM GMT
nice framing with the trees Chris! Thank you for showing us more beautiful architecture from another city - I was thinking I had not been to Croatia but I did visit Rabac when the country was Yugoslavia quite a long time ago - in 1975 I think it was. Patti
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::dutch_postings
12/28/06 8:58 PM GMT
A very nice image with the blue water behind it, lovely city image.
Although it is a little to far of to see why it is on the world herritage list.
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::tigger3
12/28/06 11:50 PM GMT
Really nicely done Chris I like the way you have captured this between the trees for a natural frame. The cathedral itself very lovely. Thank you for sharing this one.
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.jcferg99
12/29/06 8:20 AM GMT
Very nice shot and I like the interesting history you have included.
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::happygirl400
01/20/07 12:49 AM GMT
What a beautifully composed shot! Clarity is excellent. Thanks for the history lesson, it's much more fun to learn this way! Diane
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.Rokh
03/17/08 5:58 AM GMT
Fabulous work my man! Fabulous!
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