of the 11th century with the introduction of monasteries and churches by the Benedictian order of Monte Cassino. Two important churches of the time are St Benedict (later St Euphemia) in Split, and St Mary in Zadar, while St. Peter in Supetarska Draga on the island of Rab (11th century) is the best preserved church of the type in Croatia. Many cathedrals can be found along the Croatian coast and nearby lands: in Istria, Dalmatia, and Primorje. Cities such as Poreč, Rab, Zadar, Trogir and Split were built along the Dalmatian coast with stone houses and large imposing churches with three naves, three apses, columns, arches, arcades and a wooden roof. Cathedrals were built in Senj, Krk, Rab, Zadar, Trogir, Dubrovnik and Zagreb. In Croatian Romanesque sculpture, there was a move away from interlace to figurative reliefs (for example the reliefs in St Domenica’s in Zadar). Two outstanding works of Romanesque sculpture date from the first half of the 13th century: the wooden entry doors of the Split cathedral by Andrija Buvina (1214) and the main portal of Trogir cathedral done by Master Radovan (c. 1240). Carved wooden doors from the Romanesque period are relatively rare, as few of them have survived. Buvina’s huge double doors depict the life of Christ in 28 relief panels, each set within a double frame with interwoven vines and scrollwork ornamentation. The scenes are an original design, drawing their inspiration equally from the art of Western miniatures and Eastern Byzantine icons. The carving is precise and clean, leaving each scene easily understood. Also in Split cathedral, the carving on the wooden choir stalls dates to the mid-13th century, with beautiful Romanesque motifs of interwoven vines, figures of saints and a small beastiary. An early Gothic feature here is the introduction of a woodcarver at work, possibly a self-portrait. Although the main portal of Trogir cathedral was not completed until the 14th century, it is clearly Romanesque in form, but with a new Gothic humanist tendency in the carvings. The date for the portal is generally given as 1240, which is when Master Radovan carved his name as part of the latin inscription. The portal has a semi-circular tympanum set within a recessed frame with rounded arches in the Romanesque style. The large main figures are sculptures of Adam and Eve, borne on lions supported by plinths. Scenes from the life of Christ from the