Guidebook for Zadar
Parks & Nature
Kornati
Plitvička Jezera
Krka National Park
Founded by Austrian commander Baron Franz Ludwig von Welden in 1829, a passionate botanist and admirer of Dalmatian flora, it was the first public park in Croatia (the park was opened on the 16th of September, 1829). To create a garden on top of a military object was an unusual move, but one Zadar is eternally grateful for.
The first public park in Croatia, the Zadar Queen Jelena Madije Park on the Five Wells Square, bears a commemorative plaque which was set up as testimony of the opening of the city park 184 years ago.
In the 19th century Zadar was surrounded by ramparts, with city gates that closed the fortifications so that the park on the high fortifications represented a real balcony, a beautiful city view-point.
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Queen Jelena Madijevka Park
Founded by Austrian commander Baron Franz Ludwig von Welden in 1829, a passionate botanist and admirer of Dalmatian flora, it was the first public park in Croatia (the park was opened on the 16th of September, 1829). To create a garden on top of a military object was an unusual move, but one Zadar is eternally grateful for.
The first public park in Croatia, the Zadar Queen Jelena Madije Park on the Five Wells Square, bears a commemorative plaque which was set up as testimony of the opening of the city park 184 years ago.
In the 19th century Zadar was surrounded by ramparts, with city gates that closed the fortifications so that the park on the high fortifications represented a real balcony, a beautiful city view-point.
Arts & Culture
Museum of Ancient Glass
1 Poljana Zemaljskog odboraArheološki muzej
Narodni Muzej Zadar
2 Poljana Pape Aleksandra IIIChurch of St. Donatus
Grgura MrganićaThe exhibition "Gold and Silver of Zadar", initiated in 1951 by the Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza, was transformed in 1976 into a permanent display of the Permanent Exhibition of Ecclesiastic Art in the Benedictine Convent of St. Mary in Zadar, one of the first capital buildings of Croatian culture. On the occasion of the exhibition, Krleza wrote one of his best essays, in which he glorified the treasures of Zadar. The gold and silver of Zadar shine on a surface area of about 1200 m2 in 8 modernly equipped halls, including the reconstructed interior of the old Croatian Church of St. Nediljica from the 11th century. Also included are manuscripts, sculptures, embroideries, tapestry, reliefs, etc., as evidence of the rich past of Zadar from the 8th to 18th centuries, as a town which was an important cultural center, particularly in the Middle Ages. Joys, hopes, patience, suffering, and faith of the tumultuous era of this region´s history are woven into the relics and chalices, sculptures, paintings, and embroideries. This priceless treasure has been preserved by the Benedictine nuns throughout the years, as well as during the Patriotic Defense War, and some valuable exhibit items (lace, church fabrics embroidered with golden threads) were produced by the nuns´ hands. The particular preciousness, charm, and importance of the exhibited items is in the fact that they are, to a great extent, works of the locally known and unknown masters or are closely connected with Zadar and the Zadar region. The Permanent Exhibition of Ecclesiastic Art places Zadar among the great cultural capitals as such a collection of valuable and exquisite religious works of art all in one place can only be seen in the greatest European centers.
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Stalna izložba crkvene umjetnosti
1 Trg opatice ČikeThe exhibition "Gold and Silver of Zadar", initiated in 1951 by the Croatian writer Miroslav Krleza, was transformed in 1976 into a permanent display of the Permanent Exhibition of Ecclesiastic Art in the Benedictine Convent of St. Mary in Zadar, one of the first capital buildings of Croatian culture. On the occasion of the exhibition, Krleza wrote one of his best essays, in which he glorified the treasures of Zadar. The gold and silver of Zadar shine on a surface area of about 1200 m2 in 8 modernly equipped halls, including the reconstructed interior of the old Croatian Church of St. Nediljica from the 11th century. Also included are manuscripts, sculptures, embroideries, tapestry, reliefs, etc., as evidence of the rich past of Zadar from the 8th to 18th centuries, as a town which was an important cultural center, particularly in the Middle Ages. Joys, hopes, patience, suffering, and faith of the tumultuous era of this region´s history are woven into the relics and chalices, sculptures, paintings, and embroideries. This priceless treasure has been preserved by the Benedictine nuns throughout the years, as well as during the Patriotic Defense War, and some valuable exhibit items (lace, church fabrics embroidered with golden threads) were produced by the nuns´ hands. The particular preciousness, charm, and importance of the exhibited items is in the fact that they are, to a great extent, works of the locally known and unknown masters or are closely connected with Zadar and the Zadar region. The Permanent Exhibition of Ecclesiastic Art places Zadar among the great cultural capitals as such a collection of valuable and exquisite religious works of art all in one place can only be seen in the greatest European centers.
Shopping
Supernova Zadar
1 Ul. Akcije MaslenicaCity Galleria
4 Polačišće ul.Ribarnica Zadar ( Fish Market)
bb Liburnska obalaFresh fish
Konzum
14 Ulica bana Josipa JelačićaGrocery store
Drinks & Nightlife
Harbor CookHouse & Club
6A Obala kneza BranimiraLedana Lounge Bar and Club
Yachting Bar & Club
1 Obala kneza DomagojaLa Bodega
1 Široka ul.Hitch
Kolovare ulicaFood Scene
Groppo
22 Široka ulicaRestoran Bruschetta
12 Ul. Mihovila PavlinovićaRestaurant Malo Misto
3 Ul. Jurja DalmatincaSightseeing
The Sea organ (Croatian: Morske orgulje) is an architectural object, experimental musical instrument, which plays music by way of sea waves and tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps.
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Sea Organ
Obala kralja Petra Krešimira IVThe Sea organ (Croatian: Morske orgulje) is an architectural object, experimental musical instrument, which plays music by way of sea waves and tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps.