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Dominican Monastery & Museum
The Dominican Monastery & Museum is another architectural highlight in a transitional Gothic-Renaissance style with a rich trove of paintings. Built at the same time as the city walls in the 14th century, the stark exterior resembles a fortress more than a religious complex. The interior contains a graceful 15th-century cloister constructed by local artisans after the designs of the Florentine architect Massa di Bartolomeo, and a large, single-naved church with an altarpiece by VlahoBukovac.
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Ethnographic Museum
The Ethnographic Museum, in the 16th-century Rupe Granary, contains exhibits relating to agriculture.
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Franciscan Monastery & Museum
Next to St Saviour Church is the Franciscan Monastery & Museum. Over the door of the monastery church is a remarkable pietà sculpted by the local masters Petar and Leonard Andrijić in 1498. Unfortunately, the portal is all that remains of the richly decorated church that was destroyed in the 1667 earthquake. Inside the monastery complex is the mid-14th century cloister, one of the most beautiful late-Romanesque structures in Dalmatia.
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Maritime Museum
This museum traces the history of navigation in Dubrovnik with ship models, navigational objects and paintings.
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Museum of Modern Art
Art-lovers will enjoy the Museum of Modern Art for a look at contemporary Croatian artists, particularly the local painter Vlaho Bukovac.
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Serbian Orthodox Church & Museum
Further down Placa, Nikole Božidarevića leads to the Serbian Orthodox Church & Museum, which dates from 1877 and contains a fascinating collection of icons dating from the 15th to 19th century. In addition to portraits of the biblical family originating in Crete, Italy, Russia and Slovenia, there are several portraits by the illustrious Croatian painter Vlaho Bukovac.
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War Photo Limited
For a change from the ancient and the artsy, try the excellent War Photo Limited managed by former photojournalist Wade Goddard. The award-winning photos on display here concentrate on the subtleties of human violence rather than on its carnage. The permanent exhibition focuses on the Balkan wars and temporary exhibits include other wars.
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