City walls on the northern, southern and western side of the peninsula have been well-preserved to this day. The town was fortified by walls that partially merged to the facades of the palaces and monasteries n the western side and have been preserved from the medieval Tower of St. Christopher (Sv. Kristofor) to the bell tower of the Monastery of St. John (Sv. Ivan), as well as along the Monastery of St. Andrew (Sv. Andrija) and below the Cathedral. On the...

What is today a densely built-up urban area inside the city walls used to be an area full of gardens and undeveloped space until the 15th c., which started developing in the 11th c. around the present-day Monastery of St. John the Evangelist (Sv. Ivan Evanđelista).The best-preserved walls are located on the mainland and two new towers were built in the 15th c., such as the St. Christopher (Sv. Kristofor) and the Gagliarda Tower (Cro. Kula Smjelih). In...

The new town with three longitudinal and many transverse streets stretches from the Stjepan Radić Street to the Town of St. Christopher and the Gagliarda Tower, where the new city gates were erected. West of the town and the city walls, in the suburbs, you will see a large area called Komrčar and Varoš. The most impressive city walls are located on this side facing the mainland. Unfortunately, at the beginning of the 20th c., the two towers and the...

Around the Square of Freedom (Cro. Trg Slobode), the former Katurbu Square, there was the biggest eight-sided municipal tower, the Tower of St. Stephen (Sv. Stjepan). It was named after the Church of St. Stephen (Sv. Stjepan) dating back to the beginning of the 13th c, located inside the tower. The old tower (turris) of the Galzigna family was a fortified Romanesque-style residential building located next to the upper city gate. Such a tower and the...