St. Blaise

Probably 15th or 16th century
Above the Pile Gate in Dubrovnik, Croatia

In his left hand Blaise holds a maquette of the city of Dubrovnik, of which he is the patron saint. The estimated dating is based on the years when the city walls were being constructed.

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Photographed at the site by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.