Sightseeings Novigrad - Recommendations for your Holiday in Novigrad
Novigrad's Lapidary
Lapidary is the museological collection of 93 stone monuments from ancient times and early and late Middle Ages, one of the most important of its kind in Croatia. The collection includes architectural elements (thresholds, apses, transennas, logos, etc.) and, mostly, the elements of liturgical furniture (altar slabs, the ciboriums, columns, capitals, etc.). The most important part of Novigrad's lapidary in an early-medieval stone collection that is characterized by well preserved Mauricijev ciborium from the end of 8th century, one of the rare examples of early Carolingian art in this area. Due to a disturbing situation of precious monuments, the collection was in 1994 removed from the previous exhibition space (ground floor in palace Rigo). Under the expert supervision monuments were subjected to depth repairment and conservation. In 2004 started construstions on the Municipal Museum, which was completed and opened in 2006.
Parish Church of Sv. Pelagije and St. Maksim
The present three-nave basilica (up to 1831 was a Cathedral) got its original form in the early period (5th-6th century), during the time of establishment of Novigrad's diocese. Traces of this period can be seen in the northern wall of the longitudinal basilica where were in 1972 discovered early Christian window frames. Within chatedral's complex was located a font (which was demolished in 1782), and building with the episcopal dwelling (episcopium, demolished in 1874). The old bell tower on the facade of the cathedral was demolished in 1874, when was built a new free standing campanile. The church was thoroughly restored in1408, 1580, 1746, and in1775. In the Middle Ages, the interior was painted with frescoes, about what witness the remains of the side (south) altar. Today's neo-classicist facade was completed in 1935. Interior of the church today is marked by a deep choir with its Baroque altar beneath which there is (early) Romanesque crypt.
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