Here's a southwestern view of the Minčeta tower which should be called "the sculptor's tower". This utilitarian structure was created by master sculptors of both the Renaissance and Gothic eras. After Michelozzo, work continued by a Venice-trained sculptor and architect from the Croatian city of Zadar named Juraj Dalmatinac (or in Italian, Giorgio da Sebenico.) Dalmatinac was not quite the Renaissance man like the Florentine Michelozzo. He's best known as a medieval sculptor and his masterpiece is the Gothic cathedral (and UNESCO World Heritage site) in his home town of Šibenik where, incidentally, he received the greatest homage a sculptor can get: Ivan Meštrović created a sculpture of him in front of his masterpiece cathedral.Construction completed in 1464 -- since then it has been a symbol of the impregnability of Dubrovnik.
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