This palace was built by the well-known Croatian writer, dramatist and poet Marin Gazarović, the author of Murata Gusara, Ljubica and other works-of-art. He built this palace as a place for resting and to monitor his land ownership, as did many other Dalmatian nobles on their coastal lands.
The summer residence with courtyard, completed prior to the last decade of the 16th century, is surrounded by a high wall and on the Renaissance portal the following verses by Gazarović have been inscribed in the Croatian language:
PRIN NER CHIES CA PROCIN OSTAVI HIMBE VAN
CA OBECHIASC VCIN AC HOCH BIT VIROVAN
VIROM XIVE OV VICH DRAGYE VIRAN SLVGA
YER CA TVRDI COVICH TVRDI ZA ZLA DRVGA
Gazarović’s palace was built in the late Renaissance style.
On the ground floor there is a cellar illuminated by means of small rectangular windows, whilst on the outside stairs once leaned to the façade and up to the front door of the first floor.
The writer’s apartment of the writer was found here; the interior was completely changed by subsequent construction, whilst parts of the stone Renaissance basin which were found in many Dalmatian houses in the period from 15th – 18th century can still be seen in its original form..
Gazarović verses have been carved beside one of the Renaissance windows:
TCHO NECHIE TRVDITI
V ZNOJU XIVITI
NA SVIT SE NE RAIAY
ZACON YE BOXI TAY
At the centre of the façade was Gazarović’s coat of arms surrounded by mermaids whilst at the top there was a dragon with outstretched wings, which was carved by the writer himself.
Behind the Gazarović palace was a spacious park with planted flowers. Today it is very hard to determine its original surface as over time it has been significantly shortened with divisions.
