Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . town walls, where a priest was walking,to whom we at once presented our turned out not to be the Parroco, who for-tunately for us as it turned outwas then taking his siesta, but hevery courteously conducted us overthe place and shewed us all therewas to be seen. The present duomo, to which wefirst went, is not a building of anygreat antiquity, nor does it stand onthe site of an older church, but was ° built on a new site between 1465 and 1498. It is afan- specimen of the early Italian rena
Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . town walls, where a priest was walking,to whom we at once presented our turned out not to be the Parroco, who for-tunately for us as it turned outwas then taking his siesta, but hevery courteously conducted us overthe place and shewed us all therewas to be seen. The present duomo, to which wefirst went, is not a building of anygreat antiquity, nor does it stand onthe site of an older church, but was ° built on a new site between 1465 and 1498. It is afan- specimen of the early Italian renaissance. Thereis a fine west front decorated skilfully with inlay ofbreccia marble, and the interior has a spacious andairy lightness about it that is very pleasing. Thenave is five bays long, and is divided from the aislesby semicircular arches, which spring du^ectly fromcomposite Italian capitals and are enriched withovolos and flutings (vid. Fig. 82). The general effect isgood and striking. Over the high altar is a fine paint-ing attributed to Titian, and certainly of his I02 Ossero. [Ch. xxv. This church was begun by Bishop Antonio Palcid,who governed the see from 1465 to 1474, and as heis known to have employed Giorgio Orsini, thearchitect of the later part of the duomo of Sebenico,on the buildings he began but never completed atPago, it has been suggested that Giorgio wasalso employed by the same bishop on his newcathedral at Ossero^. This cathedral seems tohave set the fashion for other buildings on theisland, and we found its details copied in churchesat Cherso which date from the same period or alittle later. The campanile is still more modern than thechurch, being built in 1675, ^^^ i^ i^ designed withclose observance of the old style, and has mid wallshafts like the churches of Zara and Cologne. The treasury of the duomo contains a few chalicesof no artistic importance, and an old cross of thefifteenth century. The pastoral staff of the bishopsof Ossero is
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