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the church and  monastery of st. dominic  (sveti dominik) stands  opposite the silver gate.  the monastery is a  radically restored baroque  building. inside the  church there is a beautiful  baroque altar, and the  paintings the mystic  wedding of st. catherine,  by the venetian master  antonio zanchi, the  miracle in sariarz, by matej  poncun (ponzoni), the  miracle of st. vincent  ferrerius, by sebastijan  devita, and a late gothic  illuminated cruci?x.  the monastery houses  beautiful antiphones  (from the 14th and 15th  centuries), a series of  paintings by vinko  draginja (1850-1926)  and books from the library  of marko marulic. veli varos is the largest city quarter, situated behind the franciscan monastery. to the east it is bounded by ielacic street and to the west by the marjan cliffs (see below). it is characterised by irregular streets and pictu- resque architecture. the parish church of veli varos is holy cross (sveti kriz), built in 1681, but re?built in the 19th century. the beautiful baroque bell-tower remains from the old church. on the main altar is a damaged but important romanesque illuminated 13th century cruci?x, on the side altar an altarpiece by sebastian devita (18th century) and by juraj pavlovié (19th century) and on the facade, a large stone gothic statue entitled mourning dating from the 15th century. st. nicholas on stagnja (sveti mikul na stagnji) is the oldest church in veli varos. lt is an early romanesque building, built in the l2th century with square apses, a transept and a dome on a high drum. the builder, ivan, and his wife tiha are mentioned in an inscription over the doorway. marjan is 178 m high hill. marjan is the best known site for outings in split. its unique position and beauty have inspired many poets, and thus marjan is one of the most sung about parts of croatia. before diocle- tian's palace was built, the romans built a temple to the goddess diana on marjan point. in the early middle ages the statute of split already regulated a service to take care of the area and the creation of marjan as a place for outings began in the second half of the 19th century. the bare karst rock has been successfully cultivated, and there are now 168 hectares of aleppo pines planted here. some locations (the picturesque, vertical ierolim cliffs) are nature reserves. the best way to reach the hilltop (151 in) is from varos. beneath the peak is the (prirodoslovni muzej), founded in i924, with large zoology, mineralogy, botany and palaeontology collec- tions, showing items chie?y from the dalmatia region. beside the museum there is a zoo. at the foot of the southern side of marjan (approach by the coastal road getaliste ivan mestrovic) is the city quarter known as meje. on sustipan peninsula, in the former split graveyard there are the ruins of a benedictine church and monastery, st. stephen's under the pines (sveti stjepan pod boro- vima), whose romanesque and gothic ruins have been included in a small church of the same name, dating from 1814. in meje is the museum of croatian archaeological monuments (see below) and the ivan mestrovic gallery. on the way from meje up to the hilltop is the chapel of our lady of seven woes (gospa od sedam ialosti) with a sculpture entitled mourning dating from the 15th century. poljud is the northwestern part of the city, joined to the southern part by a tunnel running be- neath marjan. in topuska street, on the sea front, there is a franciscan church and monastery. the church was built on the site of an older 10th century church. in the centre of this picturesque complex of sacred buildings there are simple renaissance cloisters with a well and some gravestones, including ones belonging to bishop toma nigris-mrcic, katarina zuvic, the alberti, marulic, cuteis, capogrosso families etc. the monastery is forti?ed with a strong renaissance tower and battlements. the gothic and renaissance singlenaved church with its two side chapels on its southern side houses several signi?cant works of art.