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Sponza Palace

The Sponza Palace, also called Divona, is a 16th-century palace in , Croatia. Its name is derived from the Latin word "spongia", the spot where rainwater was collected.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: palace in Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Also known as: “Divona” and “Sponza palace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Blaise’s Church and Mala Onofrijeva česma.

Church
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
The Church of St. Blaise is a Baroque church in and one of the city's major sights. Saint Blaise, identified by medieval Slavs with the pagan god Veles, is the patron saint of the city of Dubrovnik and formerly the protector of the independent Republic of Ragusa.

Fountain
Photo: Beyond silence, Public domain.
is a fountain.

Church
Photo: Zitumassin, Public domain.
The Assumption Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in , . It is the seat of the Diocese of Dubrovnik. is situated 140 metres south of Sponza Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old city (Dubrovnik) and Ploče iza Grada.

Suburb
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY 4.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in .

Sponza Palace

Latitude
42.64114° or 42° 38′ 28″ north
Longitude
18.11068° or 18° 6′ 39″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
8FJWJ4R6+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6355957188
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
11821596
Wiki­data ID
Q2986276
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Sponza Palace” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Sponza jauregia”
  • Bulgarian: “Дворец Спонца”
  • Catalan: “Arxiu Sponza”
  • Catalan: “palau Sponza”
  • Catalan: “Palau Sponza”
  • Chinese: “斯彭紮宮”
  • Chinese: “斯蓬扎宮”
  • Chinese: “聖方濟各修道院”
  • Croatian: “Divona”
  • Croatian: “Palača Divona”
  • Croatian: “Palača Sponza”
  • Croatian: “Sponza”
  • Dutch: “Sponza Palace”
  • Esperanto: “Palaco Sponza”
  • French: “palais Sponza”
  • French: “Palais Sponza”
  • German: “Sponzapalast”
  • Italian: “Divona”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Divona”
  • Italian: “Palazzo Sponza”
  • Italian: “Sponza”
  • Korean: “스폰자궁”
  • Latvian: “Sponzas pils”
  • Polish: “Pałac Sponza”
  • Russian: “Дворец Спонца”
  • Serbian: “Palata Sponza”
  • Serbian: “Палата Спонза”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Palača Sponza”
  • Slovenian: “Palača Sponza, Dubrovnik”
  • Slovenian: “Palača Sponza”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Sponza”
  • Swedish: “Sponzapalatset”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац Спонца”
  • Ukrainian: “Палаццо Спонца”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện Sponza”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sponza Palace”. Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.