Cathedral Treasury

About

Today’s Reliquary is an example of the Baroque manner of presenting relics, in which two years played a key role, 1721 – the opening of the new and renovated Reliquary, and 1006, when the cathedral received reliquaries from the abolished monasteries, completing the idea that they should be presented as a whole. The Reliquary has kept records from its conception. The oldest preserved list of relics dates from 1335. We have one fragment of a visitation from the early 15th century, whereas the records from 1346, 1350, 1418, 1450, 1500 and 1721 are missing. We do have a list by Crijevic from the 18th century, and several preserved versions of the record by Don Stjepan Skurla from the 19th century, which also lists the records by Don Vice Koporcic from 1836 and 1846, when relics from the abolished monasteries were transferred to the Reliquary. Although the 19th century was extremely unfavourable to the art heritage of Dubrovnik, this segment of the spiritual, artistic and cultural heritage

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 30 minutes