Krk Cathedral, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, stands in the town of Krk on Krk island in the northern Adriatic. It is the seat of the Diocese of Krk. The church was built in the fifth or sixth century as a three-nave early Christian basilica, with a Romanesque design from the eleventh and twelfth centuries. It was first documented in 1186.
It is about 40 meters long and 14.5 meters wide inside, with 14 columns, 12 of them with Corinthian capitals. A relief of a fish being eaten by two birds is an early Christian Eucharist symbol. Renaissance ambons were added in 1500, and the apse was extended in 1538.
Excavations from 1956 to 1963, led by Andro Mohorovičić, uncovered first-century Roman baths beneath the site.
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