Trinity of Cavtat

Probably the most known buildings in Cavtat are Church of St. Nicholas, Racic family Mauselum and Rector’s Palace. If you are in this small city you can’t miss any of those buildings. And it’s really easy to go to all of them.

When you are at the beginning of the promenade on the right sight you will see a Church of St. Nicholas. It’s quite small, but still, looks really nice. You have to go up only few stairs and you can go inside the church. The interior is modest. There is one main hall and on the left there is also an aisle. In the whole church we can see only few pictures and even the altar isn’t richly decorated. The church was built in the 15th century, so it’s in renaissance style. However it’s interior is in baroque style. Probably the only worth mentioning thing from the interior of the church is the altar, which was created by well-known Dubrovnik painter Carmello Reggio Palermitano, who lived in Dubrovnik at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. Visiting of church shouldn’t take you more than five minutes.

When you go out of the church it’s worth to go straight along the promenade. At the end of promenade you will see a sign leading to the Racic family Mausoleum. It’s located on a hill, so you have to walk up on stairs for few minutes. For someone who isn’t fit, it might be a little bit tiring, but for most people it shouldn’t be a problem to come at the top. And then, you can admire one of the most charming cementaries I have ever seen. Close to the cementary there is a Racic family Mausoleum, which was built in 1921. It’s a small building devoted to Racic family, which was very important for Cavtat and did a lot for this city. To go inside the Mausoleum you have to pay 10kn, but if someone doesn’t want to spend money he can stay outside. From the outside you can also see a big part of interior.

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Undoubtedly at the end it is also worth to go to the Rector’s Palace. From this place there is really nice view for the Cavtat’s promenade. What’s more, if someone is interested in art and architecture, he will have an opportunity to admire renaissance building of palace. Today in Rector’s Palace there is a library and archives of Baltazar Bogisic. However, to be honest, for me the best reason to go there is just to have a nice view for the Cavtat’s center. In conclusion if you are in Cavtat you have to see those three buildings. They are in different places of the center, but visiting them all should take you around 1 hour, maybe a little bit more. But is's really worth. All of this monuments create something what we called the Trinity of Cavtat.