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Perast
is situated 12 km west from
Kotor and represents the best preserved baroque
area in the Adriatic. The town reached the highest point
in it’s development in the 17th and 18th
century along with the strengthening of it’s own navy. At
that time the most beautiful buildings arose in this
fortified town. The palaces of the famous naval captains
from this area belong to the baroque style and they
were built at the time of the navigation flourished. The
most famous of them are: The Bujovic from the year 1693,
The Zmajevic, Badovica and Smekia.
The most
prominent cultural monuments are:
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The Church of St. George’s
- The Parsons Church
- The Lady of Skrpjel
- The Church of St.George’s is founded in the period from 15th
-17th century. It has a rich church treasure.
The
Parsons Church, whose building started in the year 1740, by
the project of the Venetian architect Gisele Beati. Only the
belfry and apse were built whereas the shape of the
church as a whole is known thanks to well-preserved wooden
schemes.
The St.
George’s church erased up in the islet in front of Perast.
It belonged to the Benedictine moister built in the 12th
century.
The Lady of
Skrpjel, the baroque church built in the year 1630, in the
artificial islet in front of Perast, in which there was the
small chapel in 1452. It owns a rich museum with a collection
of paintings of the famous Italian artist. The church has been
decorated with 68 paintings by Tripo Kokolja a painter
from Perast the most famous name of our baroque painting
art from the end of the 17th century.
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