Sigurata, Dubrovnik

Sigurata is the familiar name of the Church and Monastery of the Transfiguration, a historic complex on Prijeko. Written records mention it on 1 April 1281. Notice the church’s broad interior arrangement: it now has three aisles, while its two side aisles were added near the end of the 17th century.

The church once housed the confraternity of blacksmiths and coppersmiths; its surviving burials include a grave from 1423 and two from 1808. The monastery also contains an art collection. Its everyday objects include two 18th-century looms, a makeshift hearth, a handmade weighing scale, and tools used by Franciscan tertiaries. This gives Sigurata an unusual character: a working religious community remains visible through domestic tools, craft equipment, devotional objects, and paintings spanning the 15th to 19th centuries.