The four bell towers of Rab, Symbol of the city, Rab Town, Rab Island, Kvarner, Croatia

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The four bell towers of Rab, Symbol of the city, from right to left: Catholic Church of Romanesque Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (aka Old Rab Cathedral, Katedrala Uznesenja Blažene Djevice Marije, orig. 4/5th C, 9th C, new façade 12th C, bell tower 15th C), Catholic Church of Saint Justina (Crkva Sv. Justine, built 1573 – 1578) and the ruined Catholic Church of St. John the Evangelist (originally built in the pre-Christian period, and restored during the Romanesque period when the bell tower was added. Starting out as monastery it was completely ruined in the 19th century), the belfry of the Benedictine Monastery of St. Andrew the Apostle (founded 1018, it has Rab’s oldest bell tower (1181) and a still-functioning bell from 1396), Rab Island, Kvarner, Croatia

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Size: 6772px × 4413px
Location: Rab Town, Rab Island, Kvarner, Croatia
Photo credit: © Stephen Coyne / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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