Vrachien Palace
Area: 380m2
Land: 357m2
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 2
The palace owned ad named by the noble Vrachien family, who previously had a house at the same location in the 14th century. The existing palace dates from the second half of the 18th century. Unusually for a palace in the Bay of Kotor area it is plastered.
Its most remarkable decorative exterior detail can be found above the portal:main house entrance door - the composition of angels in stucco carrying a Baroque frame with the coat of arms of the Vrachien family, which depicts a swallow.
Next to the main entrance door, there is an arched street passage, above with a room above, originally used as the house chapel, the only of this kind in Kotor.
The palace has a well-preserved interior.
The first floor is accessed via a staircase hall that is decorated with wall paintings and marbles in the “al secco” technique.
These were made by the Italian master Napoleon d’Este in the second half of the 19th century. In the main salon survives a floor with mosaics and terrazzo. Access from the salon to the side rooms takes place through the original doors made up of several types of wood.
