House area: 1.100 m2
Land area: 2,000 m2
Bedrooms: 7
Floors: 4
3 garages and parking area
Registered as a cultural heritage
The Palace consists of four levels
- Ground floor – the main
entrance with a study and a small reception room.
- The first floor represents
the main living area consisting of a large living area, dining room with a
kitchen, and one bedroom.
- The second floor – master
bedroom and two additional bedrooms.
- The third floor consists
of a large living area with a fireplace and three bedrooms. A belvedere is
at the very top with a tower-like ornament.
Tripkovic Palace was built in the late 18th century as one
of the best stately baroque shipmasters’ mansions of the Boka Kotorska Bay. In
the 18th century, the Tripkovic family played an important role in the
development of Dobrota in the field of trade, merchant fleet, construction, and
cultural development. They had 18 vessels and there is a mention of 86 members
from this family being the seamen during the 18th and 19th century, of which 63
were captains.
The Palace is pulled back from the shore and raised on a
plateau, supported by a stone parapet with a long balustrade and a garden.
Family heraldic insignia is engraved in the surrounding wall. A dock with a
spacious enclosed port that used to belong to the Palace is set in front of the
Palace. Terraced gardens are behind the Palace.
The Palace is built of finely carved Korcula stone. Its
interior is made in the Baroque style characteristic of the Eastern
Adriatic.
The facade is dominated by a balcony resting on brackets
decorated with motifs of acanthus leaves.
On the first floor, there is a central lounge with doors
leading to the adjoining rooms and to the staircase. The same layout is
represented on the second floor. The annex with a kitchen is set on the back
part of the Palace, towards the hill. The inside of the Palace was
characterized by floors of double-colored terracotta, wooden beams on the
ceiling, walls with baroque plaster decoration, and a staircase with
balustrade. The Palace was richly furnished with works of art, stylish
furniture, and books.
Tripkovic Palace is one of the most monumental palaces in
Boka. That monumentality is stressed by its base, terrace with baroque
balustrade, clear baroque conception and affluently made architectural details,
as well as by the „background” of this composition consisting of rough and bare
Dobrota slopes that reach the height up to 1000 m above the sea.
After extensive research, and consultation with a great
number of experts for the period in which the Palace was built, and after
several years of reconstruction work using original materials, the building was
restored to its full brilliance.
