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Key facts
- Location
- Trg Republike Hrvatske 1, Šibenik , Croatia
- Denomination
- Roman Catholic
- Status
- Cathedral
- Founded
- 9 April 1431 ( 1431-04-09 )
- Functional status
- In use
- Heritage designation
- Register of Cultural Goods of Croatia
- Architect s
- Juraj Dalmatinac , Nikola Firentinac , Lorenzo Pincino
- Style
- Renaissance
- Years built
- 105 years
- Capacity
- 2,800
- Length
- 38 m (125 ft)
- Width
- 14 m (46 ft)
- Height
- 38 m (125 ft)
- Materials
- Stone
- Archdiocese
- Diocese of Šibenik
- Official name
- The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik
- Criteria
- i, ii, iv
- Designated
- 2000 (24th Session )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- minor basilica
- Named after
- St. James the Elder
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- Croatia
- Located in
- Šibenik
- Area
- 0.10
- Dedicated to
- St. James the Elder
- Image
- HR-Sibenik-Kathedrale-01.jpg
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- architectural style
- Renaissance architecture
- architect
- Giorgio da Sebenico
- date of official opening
- 1536-00-00
- Commons category
- Cathedral of St. James, Šibenik
- inception
- 1431-00-00
- native label
- Katedrala Sv. Jakova u Šibeniku
- street address
- Trg Republike Hrvatske 1, 22000 Šibenik
- postal code
- 22000
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
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Encyclopedic overview
The Cathedral of St. James (Croatian: Katedrala sv. Jakova) or simply Šibenik Cathedral is a triple-nave Catholic cathedral with three apses and a dome (32 m high inside) in Šibenik, Croatia. It is the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Šibenik. It is often known as "St. Jacob's", because Croatian, like many other languages, uses the same name for both "James" and "Jacob". It is dedicated to Saint James the Great.
It was built entirely from stone between 1431 and 1536, the cathedral was designed by several prominent architects, most notably Juraj Dalmatinac and Nikola Firentinac, whose innovative construction techniques shaped its unique appearance. The cathedral is famous for its monumental stone dome, richly decorated portals, and the remarkable frieze of carved human heads surrounding the apses, which are considered to be individual portraits of people from Dalmatia at the time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Šibenik Cathedral” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.