| Franciscan monks arrived in Sumartin in 1645, and in 1747 Sumartin’s abbot, poet Andrija Kačić Miošić, initiated the building of a new monastery. The lovely, peaceful little monastery has a gem-like museum collection. Among the notable objects are Baroque paintings including a depiction of the Last Supper from the 17th century, a collection of chalices, documentary archives on the history of Sumartin and of the monastery including a register written in the old Bosančica script, and a superb library including an old atlas printed in Amsterdam. |