Church of St. Marija od Špilice

Above the harbor there is the Franciscan Monastery built in 1483 with the Church of St. Marija od Špilice, a cloister with octagonal pillars, a fort from 1599 and a defensive wall from 1516. The Church of St. Marija od Špilice was built by donations of Lopud noblemen and their coats of arms, carved in marble, are placed in front of church main altar. The main altar keeps a wooden sculpture of Our Lady with Saints. The Venetian artist Pietro di Giovanni painted the polyptich of Our Lady with Saints in 1523. Nikola Božidarević, the most significant painter of Dubrovnik painting school made a wooden altar painting in 1513 showing St. John the Baptist, St. Mary with Christ and St. George. The painting at the side altar with Our Lady of Carmel is the work of an unknown artist from the 15th or 16th century. The altar of the Holy Cross is done in Carrara marble and is probably brought there from the chapel of Miho Pracat. St. Roc is a work of the Italian artist Girolamo Santacroce and his son Francesco in the 16th century. One of the side altars has the painting Crucifixion, the work of Bassani’s workshop. A painting with Our Lady in Flowers’ Wreath is a work of a Flemish school and the painting of St. Anthony from Padua in the manneristic style is a work of Venetian school. Wooden choral pews are a very valuable artwork by local carvers from the 15th century. In the church there is also a monstrance with angels, a work of Dubrovnik goldsmiths from the 15th century. The bell-tower of the church is 30 m high and has three bells from the 16th century.