The Mausoleum of the Račić family (Our Lady of Angels) is the work of the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović, built in 1922. It is located in the Saint Rocco Cemetery, on the highest point of the Rat Peninsula, above the urban centre of Cavtat. It can be approached from the southern side following the street near the Our Lady of Snow Franciscan Monastery, or continuing along Prijeko Street from the east.

In the place of today’s Mausoleum, used to be the Saint Rocco Chapel, which was yet again preceded by a medieval church consecrated to Saint Tryphon probably situated at the same spot.

The Mausoleum of the Račić family was the first architectural work devised by Ivan Meštrović (1883-1962). It was constructed for the ship-owner family Račić between 1920 and 1922. Ivo Račić, followed by his two children, died a sudden death in 1919 due to the Spanish Flu. At the request of Marija, the widow of Ivo Račić and according to an earlier promise given to her daughter Marija Banac, Meštrović constructed a votive cemetery chapel consecrated to Our Lady of Angels.

The mausoleum has an octagonal layout with a prominent chapel in the shape of a Greek cross. The interior is rich with stylized sculptures and reliefs (Mother of God with the Child Jesus, angels as musicians, angel heads, Saint Rocco, the crucified Christ, portraits of members of the Račić family, floral motifs, etc.).

Involved in the actual implementation of Meštrović’s project were assistant sculptors and stonemasons, and from 1921 also involved in the construction was the architect Harold Bilinić, later Meštrović’s permanent architectural co-worker.

Construction of the mausoleum of the Račić family was completed in1922. Our Lady of Angels was consecrated on 14 October, when the posthumous remains of the deceased were transferred there.

For this work Meštrović recieved the Grand Prix in 1925 at the International Exhibition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Art in Paris.