enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Festivity of Saint Blaise, the patron of Dubrovnik - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivity_of_Saint_Blaise...

   Flag of Dubrovnik Republic with Saint Blaise holding City model Procession held on 3 February 2014. The Festivity of St. Blaise was first celebrated in the year 972 and was a feast for all the inhabitants of the Dubrovnik Republic. To allow everyone to participate, the so-called "Sloboština of St. Blaise" was introduced.

3. Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik_Symphony_Orchestra

   The Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra (Croatian: Dubrovački simfonijski orkestar) is a professional musical orchestra from the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia and the chief musical representative of the Dubrovnik region. In its work it carries on with the musical history started in the earlier Republic of Dubrovnik (then Ragusa).

4. Dubrovnik Cathedral - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik_Cathedral

   On top of the central part is a large Baroque window with a triangular gable and a balustrade with statues of saints. The deep niches in the facade contains statues of Saint Blaise (patron saint of Dubrovnik) and Joseph with Child. The lateral sides of the cathedral are rather plain, articulated by pillars and semicircular windows.

5. Dubrovnik Summer Festival - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik_Summer_Festival

   The idea of founding the Dubrovnik Summer Festival' in 1950 was harmonizing the renaissance and baroque atmosphere of Dubrovnik and the living spirit of drama and music, actually derived from the intellectual way of life of the city itself, from its living creative tradition, which has bestowed upon Croatian cultural and scholarly history, especially in theatre and literature, many great names ...

6. Public holidays in Croatia - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Croatia

   Some cities also celebrate de facto public holidays on their patron saints' feast days. For example, in Split , the day of Saint Domnius ( Sveti Duje ) is celebrated on May 7, while Dubrovnik marks the day of Saint Blaise ( Sveti Vlaho ) on 3 February ; business usually cease work earlier than usual on these days.

7. Dubrovnik Missal - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubrovnik_Missal

   It shows that Dubrovnik had a highly developed Gregorian music. Missal disappeared from Dubrovnik under unknown circumstances and was eventually found at an auction in Venice in 1817. Namely, it was a part of the private book collection of the Venetian Jesuit Matteo Luigi Canonici. [4] Today its kept in the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England. [5]

8. Roman Catholic Diocese of Dubrovnik - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of...

   The Diocese of Dubrovnik (Croatian: Dubrovačka biskupija); or Ragusa (Latin: Dioecesis Ragusiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Croatia. [1] [2] The diocese is centred in the city of Dubrovnik. It was first erected in 990. From 1120 to 1828 it was elevated to the status of archdiocese.

9. National symbols of Croatia - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_symbols_of_Croatia

   The Dubrovnik Old town (Croatian: Stari grad Dubrovnik) forms the medieval core of the city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, southern Croatia, which was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1979. [21] Between the 14th and 19th centuries, it was the centre of the maritime Republic of Ragusa and became a cradle of the Croatian literature.