During the Roman era, in the first century BC, the city underwent rapid development when the emperor Augustus granted it the status of a municipality. Today, traces of this imperial reign can be found in many places, around the fortress, for example. During the medieval and Renaissance periods, it was topped by four bell towers and campaniles. From the end of the 19th century, the island and the city of Rab attracted wealthy European tourists. Even today, it is crowded during the summer, especially in the main square or riva, during the medieval festival, which is one of the most important in the country (three days at the end of July).The historical center preserves beautiful Venetian palaces built in the 15th and 16th centuries. You can admire them along Srednja ulica or Donja ulica. The latter was laid out in ancient times and became the city's economic showcase. Walking along it, you pass the baroque chapel Sveti Antun, which faces the Palača Dominis. This episcopal palace, in which Markantun, former bishop of Senj and archbishop of Split, was born, is the best preserved in Rab. The elegant municipal loggia (Municipium Arbae) dates from 1509 and today houses a café terrace. Its balcony is decorated with winged lions carved in the Venetian style. To the northwest of the square, the facades of the Rector's Palace (Knežev dvor), the Bivši Palača Knezova, and the Dominis Nimira, where the writer and philosopher Markantun Dominis was born, are all princely residences built in the Southern Gothic-Renaissance style, imported from Italy. This ensemble is dominated by a high tower with beautiful openings, where today the city hall is located. The historic square ends on the Donja ulica with a three-story square tower with balconies decorated with beautiful lions' heads. Near the Dominis Nimira palace, the St. Christopher's chapel, the church, the St. John's tower and the monumental 26 m high campanile can also be visited. You will have a wonderful view of Santa Maria Maggiore, the roofs of the city, the marina on one side and the open sea on the other. Don't miss the walk in the "Komrčar", a beautiful Mediterranean park and the sunset from the top of the ramparts, at the level of Sainte-Marie-Majeure, with the slender silhouette of the campaniles in the distance.Ferries and catamarans connect Rijeka, the islands of Krk, Pag (Novalja) and Zadar from Rab-Port or Lopar.

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