Friday, August 10, 2018

Dubrovnik - Franciscan Monastery

The Franciscan Church and Monastery is a large complex belonging to the Order of the Friars Minor. It consists of a monastery, a church, a library and a pharmacy. 
The monastery was built in 1360 in late Romanesque style. It has 120 columns and the capitals are all different showing various geometric, plant, human and animal-like figures.
The pharmacy dates from 1317 and is the third oldest, still functioning pharmacy in the world.






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