Sponza Palace
Palača Sponza
A customs house and mint completed in 1516. It survived the 1667 earthquake and now houses the State Archives and a memorial room for the city's defenders.
Sponza Palace stands in Luža Square at the end of the Stradun. It blends Gothic and Renaissance styles, and its ground-floor colonnade is elegant. In the days of the Republic, it served as the customs house, mint, bank, and a gathering place for scholars. It was one of the few buildings to survive the great earthquake of 1667 intact. Today it holds nearly a thousand years of archives from the Republic of Ragusa. It also contains a memorial room for the Defenders of the City (1991–1992), displaying photographs of young people who died during the siege. Exhibitions are often held in the central courtyard, and some are free.
Opening hours
About 9am–9pm (summer); shorter in winter
Nearby sights
- Church of St Blaise
- Dubrovnik Synagogue
- Dominican Monastery
- Rector's Palace
- Dubrovnik Cathedral
- Old Port of Dubrovnik
- War Photo Limited
- Jesuit Stairs & St Ignatius Church