Šibenik Cathedral
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How it came to be
On 10 April 1402 a council of citizens in Šibenik, urged by Bishop Bogdan Pulšić, decided to build a wider, taller and grander cathedral. In 1430 the Venetian master builder Francesco di Giacomo was engaged to draw the plans, and the foundation stone was laid on 9 April 1431. The town had been under Venetian rule since 1412.
When flaws were found in the work, the town hired Juraj Dalmatinac as chief architect in 1441. He led the building until his death in 1473, assembling the apse walls from interlocking stone slabs without mortar. Along the apse cornice runs a frieze of carved heads, thought to be portraits of people of Dalmatia.
Nikola Firentinac took over and completed the barrel vaults and dome by 1499. The cathedral was consecrated in 1555. On 18 September 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, shelling damaged the dome, which was later restored. The cathedral was inscribed in 2000.
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