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Zadar, a historical centre of Dalmatia, is the 5th largest city in Croatia situated on the Adriatic Sea, the centre of Zadar County and the wider northern Dalmatian region.
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Zadar is the 5th largest city in Croatia situated on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar County and the wider northern Dalmatian region. In the last official census of 2011 the population of Zadar was 75,082. Zadar is a historical centre of Dalmatia as well as the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zadar, a city with rich history dating from prehistoric times to present days Coat of Arms of Zadar Saint Chrysogonus
The Croatian Apoksiomen (Apoxyomenus) statue, discovered on the sea bed near the island of Losinj in 1996, dating from the 1st-2nd century BC, restored and preserved at Zadar University - Archaeology faculty
Church of Saint Donatus (dating from the 9th century) and Cathedral’s bell tower
The church hasn't been used for services for around 200 years and these days it often serves as a concert hall, its space is used, due to its extraordinary acoustic features, for musical performances ("Musical Evenings in Saint Donat")
Dating from the beginning of the 9th century, this unusual circular Byzantine-style church was named after the bishop who commissioned it
As one of only a handful of buildings from the early Croatian kingdom to have survived the Mongol invasion of the 13th century, it's a particularly important cultural relic. The church is the largest Pre-Romanesque building in Croatia, and was built upon the ruin of the old Roman forum, part of the forum's foundations can be seen today.
The church was mentioned for the first time in mid 10th c. in the documents of the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos
Remains from the Roman Forum A.D. 1st-2nd Century during the Roman Empire
Roman forum built during the reign of Emperor Augustus (1st century) is the largest forum on the eastern side of the Adriatic
In the second half of the first century B.C. the Liburnian settlement of Zadar became a Roman colony, and developed in accordance with the town planning scheme typical of the Roman tradition used in the design of military camps (castra).
As a rule, the public centre of urban life – the forum – was situated at the intersection of the main longitudinal (decumanusmaximus) and the main transversal street (cardomaximus). The same principle applies to the Zadar forum, which dates from the period between the second half of the first century and the early third century
A Roman column - 2nd Century A.D.- representing the 'Pillar Of Shame' during the Middle Ages
When the Roman Empire fell, Zadar was ravaged by the Huns and the Goths, before Byzantine emperor Justinian the Great began his crusade of 536 AD, reconquering the Western Empire. This era saw some important building work in Zadar's history, (such as St. Donatus Church in the 9th century) and the city became the capital of Byzantine Dalmatia. Eventually the city became part of the Croato-Hungarian State
Forum Zadar Pilasters from the Roman Period as found in the town now used to support a romantic patio
St. Elia’s Church and beside this the column known as the Pillar of Shame
According to the so far explored and preserved remains (owing, unfortunately, to tragic destruction during the war, in 1943-1944), it has been possible to reconstruct the original appearance of this complex and monumental part of the ancient town. The open central square (lastricat), the largest on the eastern Adriatic coast (95 by 45 m) was bounded on the south, east and north sides by a two-level portico (porticus)
Since 1832, when Archaeological museum in Zadar was founded, it has been the second one, considering the age, of all existing museums in Croatia
Neolithic animal Riton - Danilo culture. Ceramic cultic vessel (Riton) which was used in the Danilo culture
Relief (eleventh-century) on a choir screen from the church of St. Domenica (Sv. Nediljica) in Zadar
Chest of Saint Simeon Saint Simeon church at first was an old Christian three-nave basilica, then a Gothic construction and later an interesting monument of provincial baroque
On the main altar there is a silver chest of Saint Simeon from the year 1380
Chest of Saint Simeon with his mummified body inside Chest of Saint Simeon photographed around 1900 Zadar
St. Simon's casket. Contains the saint's body, is considered a masterpiece of medieval art and also a unique monument of the goldsmith's craft of the age, is one of the most interesting works in gold in Europe now under the protection of UNESCO
The chest is a goldsmith´s work of great value. Queen Elizabeth had it made for the relics of Saint Simeon. It was made by a goldsmith Franjo from Milan, who lived in Zadar
St Simeon Replica chests in the lounge of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb
St Elias was built in late baroque style at the end of the 18th century. The church and bell-tower, built in the manner of the late Venetian baroque manner and adapted to Orthodox worship, are a significant example of the coexistence and interpenetration of different cultures
