The monastery of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Anthony the Abbot is located in the oldest part of the Kladanac town centre, on the very top of the peninsula as part of the eastern and western city walls leaning against the cliff overlooking the sea. It was founded by the Duchess of Modruš Mande (Magdalena) Budrišić in1494 for Franciscan Sisters by the vow given following her escape from Lika, fleeing the Ottomans. The church belonging to the monastery...

The Monastery of St. Adrew the Apostle is situated on the protruding part of the Rab peninsula, on the cliff, the buildings of which rise from the very sea, completing the well-known panoramic view of Rab from the sea, in addition to the four bell towers. It is the oldest monastery still in operation of that type on our territory, founded in the 1160s for the daughters of the Rab nobles, according to the tradition. The recent discovery of columns, bases...

It is an Old Christian basilica built in the 5th c. at the site of a significant ancient public building, evidenced by sporadic archaeological finds of stone fragments, as well as its position in the town. The Church of St. John the Evangelist is our only medieval sacral building constructed in the proto-Romanesque style with a deambulatory in the sanctuary, making it a unique monument belonging to our architectural heritage. To this day, its reduced...

At the bottom of the most picturesque bay of Rab, the Bay of St. Euphemia, you will see the Franciscan monastery bearing the same name. The name of the bay and the monastery is derived from the small church of St. Euphemia mentioned for the first time in the 13th c., probably built in the Early Christian style to honour the Chalcedon martyr from the 3rd c. The monastery is a typical building erected by Franciscan monks and blended perfectly with the...