KORCULA ARHITECTURE

KORCULA Old TOWN is a medieval walled city positioned on a oval-shaped swelling of land pointing deep into Peljesac Channel.The city itself is grooved with a succession of narrow streets that branch off the spine of the main street like the fish bone. Fish bone shape was used in Korcula old town design to reduce effects of wind and sun and ....read more about Korcula Old Town

TOWN WALLS AND TOWERS - The whole of the old town is surrounded by 14th century thick stone walls and towers, used at the time as a defense against passing-by enemies. On the North end of the Old Town is tower called Barbarigo, built in 1488 as well as Tiepolo tower, built on the end of 15th century.On the South side of the Korcula Old Town is tower Balbi built in 1483 and ... read more about Korcula town walls and towers

PALACES in Korcula - Once in the Korcula Old Town, you immediately recognize the Venetian architectural influence. The Old town, which huddles around the Cathedral of St Mark has various Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque palaces which used to belong to Korcula old aristocrats Arneri, Kapor, Boschi, Ismaeli, Gabrielis, Kanavelic, Spanic, Kapor...read more about palaces in Korcula

THE CATHEDRAL Sveti Marko - This is probably most important building in the Korcula Old Town. It is built in Gothic-Renaissance style, completed in 15th century at the place of other church from 13th century. Cathedral was built by local masters and craftsman of stone masonry, very well known in renaissance and baroque Dubrovnik and Venice...read more about Cathedral Sveti Marko

Korcula's BISHOP PALACE and TREASURY - This is a Renaissance building from 17th century, positioned right next to the Cathedral Sveti Marko. It faces main square Pjaceta with large balcony on it's facade which is considered to be one of the longest balconies in the Mediterranean. It used to be Palace of Bishop of Korcula, as Korcula was the diocesan seat from 1300 to 1828.... read more about Korcula's Bishop's palace

CHURCHES in Korcula - Korcula has a lot of small churches and chapells dotted around Korcula Old Town. Some of them are easy to find, being located around the town's main squares, while some are hidden along narrow streets and dead end roads. There are also some fine churches outside the town walls: church Sveta Justina, monestary and church on Badija and Sveti Nikola Church and monestary....read more about Korcula Churches

Other interesting buildings in Korcula - there are some other interesting buildings and sites around Korcula Town, including decorative pillars, English piazetta, now serving as coctail bar terrace, 16th century loggia, now serving as town's tourist office, Korcula's graveyard etc.. read more about these Korcula buildings

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