Experts' Choice Award Church of Saint Blaise
What the experts agree on
This 1715 baroque church honors Dubrovnik's patron saint with an iconic silver statue of St Blaise clutching a pre-earthquake city model, believed by locals to work miracles.
“This 18th-century baroque church replaced an earlier one destroyed by fire.”
– Fodor's
Frommer's "The silver statue of St Blaise, holding a model of the city as it would have looked before the 1667 earthquake... came to be regarded as miraculous." Full review
Lonely Planet "Dedicated to the city's patron saint, this imposing church was built in 1715 in the ornate baroque style." Full review
Afar Magazine "Saint Blaise became the town’s patron saint in the 10th century after a vision alerted him to an impending attack by Venice. His statue—the old man holding a model of Dubrovnik in his..." Full review
