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Essential Zadar

Essential Zadar

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City Forum

City Forum
The Roman Forum - the largest on this side of the Adriatic - was founded by the first Emperor Augustus, as documented on two 3rd Century stone inscriptions on the site. Read_on (No Comments)

City Lodge

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Built by the same architet as the City Sentinel, this building once was the city's courthouse, council chambers and library. Read_on (No Comments)

City Sentinel

City Sentinel
Designed by a Venetian architect in the late Renaissance style, with a large central clock tower and a surrounding stone barrier and railing with holes for cannons (both later additions). Read_on (1 Comment)

St Anastasia's Cathedral

St Anastasia's Cathedral
An attractive Romanesque cathedral - the biggest in Dalmatia - built during the 12th and 13th centuries. As with many Dalmatian churches, the belfry is separate. Read_on (No Comments)

St Donatus' Church

St Donatus' Church
Imposing and austere, yet absolutely harmonius and original in form, it's not surprising that the pre-Romanesque St Donatus' is taken as the very symbol of Zadar and an image of the unique spirit of Dalmatia. Read_on (No Comments)

The Riva

The Riva
“Riva” is a generic word meaning “waterfront”, usually a place to enjoy a stroll and a coffee in seaside towns. Read_on (1 Comment)

City Gates

City Gates
The city walls have had several entrances knocked through them at more confident points in Zadar's history. Some of them were walled up for good, but four remain as the vital link between the town within the walls and the sea outside them. Read_on (No Comments)

City Walls

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Once the largest city-fortress in the entire Republic of Venice, Zadar's walls allowed it to retain more of its independence than most of its neighbouring cities, and meant that it was never captured by the Turks. Read_on (No Comments)