Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Cost and Hours:
20 kn, daily 9:00-15:00, until 19:00 or 21:00 in summer, generally
closed Nov-May, English descriptions.
Nearby:
Onthe left inside the gate is the 16th-century
Town Hall and Rector's Palace.
The seal of Kor
č
ula (over the center arch) symbolizes the town's importance as the south-
ernmost bastion of the Venetian Republic: St. Mark standing below three defensive towers.
The little church on the other side of the square is dedicated to
St. Michael
(Crkva Sv. Mi-
hovila).ThroughoutCroatia,manytownshavechurchesdedicatedtoSt.Michaeljustinside
the town gates, as he is believed to offer saintly protection from enemies. Notice that a pas-
sageway connects the church to the building across the street—home to the Brotherhood of
