Šibenik excels among all Croatian towns at the Adriatic coast by its unique location in a picturesque and large bay, at the mouth of the Krka. Created initially as a castrum, a fortification or a campus, beneath the St. Michael’s Fortress that still dominates the town, Šibenik was mentioned for the first time in 1606, in a document issued by the most important of Croatian rulers - the king, Petar Krešimir IV.
Šibenik obtained its status of a town in 1298, when the Diocese of Šibenik was established.The town is surrounded by the fortresses of St. Michael, St. John and Šubićevac that, together with the fortress of St. Nicholas, make the symbol of the centuries long no subjugation of Šibenik, confirmed in the recent Fatherland War.
The St. Jacob’s, the cathedral of Šibenik, built for over a century, is a testimony of persistency, sacrifice and belief of the generations of inhabitants of Šibenik.By many things it is unique not only in the Croatian architecture, but in the European as well: it is entirely built of stone, no other material being used; it is unique by the brave structure of stone slabs and ribs, with no binding material; it is also unique among renaissance churches by its trefoil front facade; finally, it is unique by the harmony of its architecture and the row of 71 realistic sculptural portraits around the apses. All this and much more you will learn if you do a sightseeing with our guide through this amazinig city.