Franciscan Monastery & Museum

The 15th-century Franciscan monastery and museum overlooks a shady cove. The elegant bell tower was built in the 16th century by a well-known family of stonemasons from Korčula. The Renaissance cloister leads to a refectory containing lace, coins, nautical charts and valuable documents, such as an edition of Ptolemy's Atlas, printed in 1524. Your eye will immediately be struck by The Last Supper, an 8m by 2.5m work by the Venetian Matteo Ingoli dating from the end of the 16th century. The cypress in the cloister garden is said to be more than 300 years old.

The adjoining church, named Our Lady of Charity, contains more fine paintings such as the three polyptychs created by Francesco da Santacroce in 1583, which represent the summit of this painter's work, and the Cruxifixion by Leandro Bassano on the altar. Below the altar is the tomb of Hanibal Lučić, 16th-century author of Female Slave, the first nonreligious drama in Croatia. The Renaissance relief over the portal, Madonna with Child, is a small gem created by Nikola Firentinac in 1470.

After your visit, stroll through the old streets and notice the Vukašinović Palace with its seven balconies and monumental entrance, and the 15th-century Gargurović Palace.