Sponza Palace: Context view of Luza Square, palace and loggia on left, bell tower right
Date
Circa 1910
Location
Architecture Library, Hesburgh Libraries
The city bell-tower (h. 31 m; 1444) built by P. Radončić, R. Grubačević and D. Utišenović. The Column of Roland (Orlando) (1417) by Antun Dubrovčanin ( fl 1417-1424) was modelled on those erected in the other merchant republics of the Mediterranean. The combination of Renaissance arcades and Gothic windows in the piano nobile used in the Rector's Palace became so fashionable that it was adopted for other residences, including the Sponza Palace, which has arcades (1519) by Nikola Andrijić (fl 1512-1553) and Josip Andrijić (fl 1503-1550) (brothers from Korčula). In the time of the Ragusa Republic this palace housed the custom office and bonded warehouse, hence it was often referred to as Divona (from dogana, customhouse). The palace also housed the mint, the bank, the treasury, and the armory. It is now home to the city archives.
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