Zadar Favorites

Favorite thing: If You did not get very good service in a tourist office somewhere else in Croatia, You still should count on seasonal tourist office in Zadar. We arrived there in the evening and this office was open until midnight (during July and August 2006)!!! Very friendly staff with good knowledge and great service attitude.

Location in the centre: corner of Narodni Trg and Mihe Klaica

Btw, in Zadar it is very nicely put all the information of the history and sights on boards around the town!

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Favorite thing: This small Romanesque chapel is hidden in between the new houses built after the World War Two. As I have already mentioned before, the old core of the town of Zadar was completely destroyed in WW II. There were 94 air attaks and bombings by allies, due to the fact that Zadar was important strategic position of German army.

Fondest memory: This small chapel houses an Art Gallery nowadays

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Favorite thing: The Cathedral was dedicated to sv. Stošija(St. Anastasia). This triple-nave edifice was built in the 12th and 13th century, on the site of an Early-Christian basilica. On the facade there are two circular aperture or "rose", in a Gothic manner, inserted into the pediment of the central nave at later period.

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Favorite thing: The most outstandind monument of Zadar is, unquestionably, the former church of St. Donat dedicated to the Trinity. The church was first recorded in the celebrate work by Byzantine emperor Constantine Porfirogrenetus on the management of the state.
The church has circular ground-plan and, like several other buildings of its kind built around Europe at the same period, a double space. Yet. it is a wholly original project for which there exist no prototype.

Fondest memory: The pre-Romanesque Church of St. Donatus dates back to the ninth century, and it is undoubtedly Zadar's most famous site.

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Favorite thing: The small church Gospe od Zdravlja is situated about 100 meters from the church of St. Stosija. According to its simple look of the front facade it must have been built in the Romanesque style. However, the bell-tower and the Presbytery have been built in different styles

Fondest memory: Thanks to VT member Svenko, now I know the name of this church.

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Favorite thing: The Church of sv. Krsevan (St. Grysogonus) belongs to Benedictine monastery. It is a characteristic example of a monumental Romanesque church of very fine proportions and decent and refined Romanesque ornaments. The church was built in the place of a former 10th century church and consecrated in 1175.

Fondest memory: This is the most beautiful church in the town of Zadar, as far as I am concerned.

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Favorite thing: The church of St. Mary is a part of Benedictine nunnery founded in 1066 by a widowed noblewoman from Zadar, Cika. It was dedicated in 1091. The nunnery archive contains a precious collection of charters related to 9th c. Croatian rules.

Fondest memory: The bell-tower of the church from 1105 is a fine example of Romanesque architecture and was built by the Croat Hungarian King Coleman.

Favorite thing: The old core of the town, where the major historic attractions can be found, is situated on an peninsula. The medieval Zadar was completely forticiated, all around the peninsula, but the southern part of the walls was pulled down during the WW II bombing.