• Sv. Mihovil (St. Michael) Fortress

It is erected on the altitude of 70 m above the sea level. Judging from its size and exterior it belongs to 15th – 16th century. In the southeastern part, remains of material culture from the Iron Age in prehistory were found, therefore it is almost certain that Croatians erected their fortress on the place where there was once a hill-fort point of old Illyrians. The fortress was damaged two times (1663 and 1752) from explosion of the powder-mill, after which it was renovated.

Sv. Nikola (St. Nicholas) Fortress •

In middle 16th century, Sv Nikola fortress was built on the entrance to the Sv. Ante Strait to protect the Šibenik port from Turks coming from the sea. It was built according to the blueprints of Venetian military architect Sanmichelli and it is one of the best-fortified coastal strongholds on the Croatian part of the Adriatic. It played an important role in defending Šibenik from Turks, especially during Cyprian war and Kandy war.


• Sv. Ivan (St. John) Fortress

It is situated on 115 m high hill north of the historic town centre. It was built in 1646 according to the blueprint of Venetian military engineer Antonio Leni. It was a cause of heavy battles with the army of Turkish pasha Tekelija, who unsuccessfully tried to capture it in order to rule over the town of Šibenik.


• Šubićevac Fortress

It was built in 1646, several hundred metres southeast of Sv. Ivan Fortress on a slightly lower altitude. It played a huge part in resisting the attack on Šibenik in 1647. For a long time it carried the name of Degenfeld, after the commander in defence of Šibenik in 1647, a German serving in Venetian army.

• St. Jakov Cathedral

Because of its beauty, particularities in construction and characteristics of style it is not only the greatest and the most valuable building of the architectonic heritage of Šibenik, but it is also a unique monument of European sacral architecture, which was included into world’s heritage of UNESCO in 2001.
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St. Krševana •

First it was a building in Romanesque style built in 12 century. In the process of renovation the church acquired many Gothic stylistic characteristics. In the Second World War it was very much damaged. After restoration it became an exhibition hall of the Museum of Šibenik and today it is turned into Sv. Krešovan Gallery. Next to the church the oldest bell in Croatia was displayed. This bell was made in 1266 and it was found in the sea near the island of Silba.

• St. Frane

The architectonic complex of Šibenik’s convent Franciscans consists of a church and a monastery and they are at the southeastern peripheral part of the historic centre of the city. The church was built in the second half of the 14th century and it is a one nave Gothic building without decorative architectonic elements. In the 15th century at the north side of the church, chapel Sv. Križ was added and the presbytery with the shrine was renovated. At the front of the church there is the main entrance with a simple stone frame in Gothic style. In 1674 they put a wooden coffered ceiling decorated with the works of Venetian Baroque workshop of Giovanni Battista Volpat. .

St. Ivan •

This is a Gothic-Renaissance building from the second half of 15th century. At the southern side of it they built the stairs whose lintel was decorated with bas-relief by an architect from Šibenik - Ivan Pribislavić and Renaissance master Nikola Firentinac made the balustrade. He is also responsible for the work on the southern lower part of the wall of the bell-tower (the window and the angel with wings spread above it and the Lamb of God) and little sculptures of St. John. In 1648, a large stone face of the first mechanic public clock in Šibenik was built in on the upper part of the western wall of the bell-tower.

• St. Dominik

Till 1910, it was a Renaissance sacral building with bell-tower on distaff. After reconstruction in 1911, the church acquired characteristics of psudogothic style. The only Renaissance element that has been preserved is the portal. Inside there are two valuable wooden altars. One has the image of Our Lady with the baby and St. Vincent dating from the end of 16th century and the other shows The Circumcising of Christ, a work showing the characteristics of the opus of Giovanni Laudis (1587 - 1621), the follower of Palma Mladi Jr. In the church there is the crypt of the bishop of Šibenik, Arrigoni (1599-1626), and organs of master Gaetano Moscatelli, the famous successor of celebrated Petar Nakić. .