The most beautiful religious buildings Croatia

This chapel, which attracts so many pilgrims, is located near the castle. According to Christian legend, the house of the Holy Family of Nazareth, carried by angels, appeared on the hill in 1291. For seven centuries, this place has been much visited, especially on the occasion of the feast of the Assumption (August 15). The richness of the treasury bears witness to the gratitude of the faithful over the decades, from the most modest rosary to the royal gifts of the Habsburg crown.

On its promontory, the monastery of St. Jerome, the patron saint of Dalmatia, was founded in 1430.

In the inner courtyard, there is still the epitaph to Šimun Kožičić-Benja (1460-1536), the primate of Rijeka who had the first book printed in glagolitic. In the cloister, his tombstone remains, as well as a beautiful colonnade with capitals carved with plant, animal or human heads. It is possible to stay in this calm and soothing place.

10 km to the east of Drniš, this village saw the growth of the sculptor Ivan Meštrović (1883-1962), who had a family mausoleum built on top of the hill Paraćeva glavica from 1926 to 1930. There he will be buried, surrounded by his mother Marta, his father Mate, his brothers Marko and Petar, his son Tvertko and his wife Olga. Under the dome, the New Testament representations are to be compared with the Way of the Cross in the Christic Chapel (Meštrović I Obnovljene Crikvine) in Split.

This pre-Romanesque church was built in the 9th century near the river Cetina, in honour of Pope Stephen VI. It's one of the oldest in the country. Despite the ravages of time, the Saint-Sauveur church remains remarkably upright in its natural environment at altitude, which adds to the beauty of the site. Very important for Orthodox Christians, it is surrounded by about 1,100 tombs in a cemetery considered one of the largest in medieval times.