Makarska Co-cathedral

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Cathedral of St. Mark the Evangelist (Croatian: Katedrala sv. Marka evanđelista) is a Baroque church located in the center of the town of Makarska, on Andrija Kačić Miošić Square.

It serves as the co-cathedral of the Archdiocese of Split-Makarska and was the episcopal seat of the former Diocese of Makarska. The cathedral was built in the Baroque style in 1700 as the cathedral of the then diocese of Makarska at the initiative of the Bishop of Makarska, Nikola Bijanković, but was never completely finished. In 1756, the cathedral was consecrated by a later Bishop of Makarska, Stjepan Blašković.

In 1828 Makarska diocese became part of the united Archdiocese of Split-Makarska, with the diocesan cathedral based in Split. The façade, facing southwest, is decorated with two simple mullioned windows and a smaller Gothic-style oculus. On the right side from the entrance to the cathedral is the altar, which houses the bones of the patron saint of the city of Makarska St.

Clement. The bones were brought to the cathedral from the Roman catacombs in 1725. On the left side from the entrance to the cathedral is the altar dedicated to Virgin Mary, and over it a small altar dedicated to Our Lady of the...