DOCUMENT ON INCLUDING SIBENIK CATHEDRAL IN WORLD HERITAGE LIST SIGNED IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, May 14 (Hina) - Croatian Culture Minister Bozo Biskupic on Friday signed a document proposing that the St Jacob Cathedral in Sibenik be included in UNESCO's list of world heritage, The Croatian Culture Ministry reported today. The cathedral had been registered for the list back in the 70's, but intense activities on completing the necessary documentation started only last year. The project, conducted by the Culture Ministry, was implemented by the Office for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and the Sibenik Restoration Department, with expert help from Radovan Ivancevic. The construction of the cathedral lasted more than one hundred years, from 1431 to 1535, in three stages and three different styles. Construction works were supervised by three different architects. This can be seen on the cathedral's exterior and interior, but as a whole, the building is exceptionally harmonious and unique, the Ministry said. The cathedral matches with the architectural form of church fronts of western Christianity and this is why the history of Renaissance sacral architecture in Europe cannot be imagined without the Sibenik cathedral, the Ministry added. (hina) rml