It was built on the city's south side were Romanic church of St James had earlier stood. The cathedral construction began in the Venetian Gothic style, and was completed in the Toscano Renaissance style.

The idea of building a grand cathedral originated in 1298 when Šibenik was given its own diocese and the status of a municipality. The actual decision to build it and take preparatory action was reached in 1402. However, the construction did not begin until 1431 and with minor disruptions lasted until 1536. In the first ten years of construction, the Italian gothic masters Francesco di Giacomo, Lorenzo Pincino and Pier Paolo Bussato participated, together with the domestic master stonecutters Andrija Budčić and Grubiš Šlafčić (longitudinal walls, gothic parts of the façade and both portals).
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“If it's true that first love is never forgotten, then Šibenik has been my first love from the beginning. Everything started there. Though I pushed my emotions to the side, I never had enough time, it's hard , impossible to forget those first days. Aco's trainings, the day I first entered the hall, all those hours I spent on the court.

The ball, the basket and me. Šibenik determined my career and it showed me the path. And that's a story that doesn't end. I hope, on the other hand that they will understand, because of basketball I must move on. I must close one circle in order to open another.”
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