From the outside Our-Lady-of-Mercy is very much a castle, with only the cross and three bells at the top marking it out as a church. It was fortified in 1575 after the town was sacked by the Ottomans four years earlier.
Our-Lady-of-Mercy Church-Fortress
Hvar Island
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