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In the [[9th century BC]] Iadera was settled by the [[Liburni]]ans, a tribe of [[Illyria]]ns. After [[59 BC]] Iadera (also spelled Jadera) became a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[municipium]], and in [[48 BC]] a colony of Roman citizens. In the early days of the Roman empire Iadera was a flourishing Roman colony; its name was subsequently changed to Diadora. It maintained its municipal autonomy throughout the [[Middle Ages]]. During this time (and until the formation of Yugoslavia after the first World War) it was known as Zara. Upon the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] and the destruction of [[Salona]] in the early [[7th century]], Zadar became the capital of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] province of [[Dalmatia]], as well as the governor's headquarters.
In the [[9th century BC]] Iadera was settled by the [[Liburni]]ans, a tribe of [[Illyria]]ns. After [[59 BC]] Iadera (also spelled Jadera) became a [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[municipium]], and in [[48 BC]] a colony of Roman citizens. In the early days of the Roman empire Iadera was a flourishing Roman colony; its name was subsequently changed to Diadora. It maintained its municipal autonomy throughout the [[Middle Ages]]. Upon the fall of the [[Western Roman Empire]] and the destruction of [[Salona]] in the early [[7th century]], Zadar became the capital of the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] theme (administrative unit) of [[Dalmatia]], as well as the governor's headquarters.


In the early [[9th century]] it came under the [[Franks]], while it was given back to Byzantium in 812, under the Peace [[Treaty of Aachen]]. In [[925]], King [[Tomislav]] (before, he was the Duke of Croatian Dalmatia) united Dalmatia and [[Pannonia]] to expand the Croatian kingdom. In 998, the city sought Venetian protection; for the next four centuries it was formally under Venetian or Hungarian rule, changing hands repeatedly. In the [[10th century|10th]], and especially in the [[11th century]], although it survived the migration of [[Slavs]], the rulers of the town were the [[Croats]]. From [[1105]], when it recognized the rule of the first [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-[[Croatia]]n king [[Coloman]], Zadar began to be involved in frequent wars with [[Venice]].
In the early [[9th century]] it came under the [[Franks]], while it was given back to Byzantium in 812, under the Peace [[Treaty of Aachen]]. In [[925]], King [[Tomislav]] (before, he was the Duke of Croatian Dalmatia) united Dalmatia and [[Pannonia]] to expand the Croatian kingdom. In 998, the city sought Venetian protection; for the next four centuries it was formally under Venetian or Hungarian rule, changing hands repeatedly. In the [[10th century|10th]], and especially in the [[11th century]], although it survived the migration of [[Slavs]], the rulers of the town were the [[Croats]]. From [[1105]], when it recognized the rule of the first [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-[[Croatia]]n king [[Coloman]], Zadar began to be involved in frequent wars with [[Venice]].


[[Image:Zadar_PortaTerraferma.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Porta Terraferma.]]
[[Image:Zadar_PortaTerraferma.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Porta Terraferma.]]
Zadar was a possession of the [[Republic of Venice]] between 1111 and 1154 and between 1160 and 1183. An annalist from the year [[1177]] noted that the joyous people of Zadar accompanying [[Pope Alexander III]] on his way to the basilica sang songs of praise 'in their native Slavic language'. It was invaded and conquered by the [[Siege of Zara|Venetians and mainly French knights]] of the [[Fourth Crusade]] in [[1202]]. The [[Crusade]]rs had promised the Venetians a certain amount of money to pay for ships for transport to [[Egypt]], but when they could not pay, the Venetians diverted the Crusade to Zadar. King [[Emeric of Hungary]] had declared that he would join the Crusade, and there was a controversy among the knights and clergy over whether or not a supposedly divine army could attack a fellow Christian. Nevertheless, Zadar was destroyed and taken, and [[Pope Innocent III]] excommunicated everyone involved.
Zadar was a possession of the [[Republic of Venice]] between 1111 and 1154 and between 1160 and 1183. An annalist from the year [[1177]] noted that the joyous people of Zadar accompanying [[Pope Alexander III]] on his way to the basilica sang songs of praise 'in their native Slavic language'. It was invaded and conquered by the [[Siege of Zadar|Venetians and mainly French knights]] of the [[Fourth Crusade]] in [[1202]]. The [[Crusade]]rs had promised the Venetians a certain amount of money to pay for ships for transport to [[Egypt]], but when they could not pay, the Venetians diverted the Crusade to Zadar. King [[Emeric of Hungary]] had declared that he would join the Crusade, and there was a controversy among the knights and clergy over whether or not a supposedly divine army could attack a fellow Christian. Nevertheless, Zadar was destroyed and taken, and [[Pope Innocent III]] excommunicated everyone involved.


After several insurrections (1242-1243, 1320s, 1345-1346), Zadar came under the rule of the Hungarian-Croatian king [[Louis I of Hungary|Louis I]] (under the Zadar Peace Treaty in 1358). After the death of Louis, Zadar recognized the rule of king [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]], and after him, that of [[Ladislas of Naples]], who in 1409 sold Zadar and "his rights" on Dalmatia to Venice for 100,000 ducats.
After several insurrections (1242-1243, 1320s, 1345-1346), Zadar came under the rule of the Hungarian-Croatian king [[Louis I of Hungary|Louis I]] (under the Zadar Peace Treaty in 1358). After the death of Louis, Zadar recognized the rule of king [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]], and after him, that of [[Ladislas of Naples]], who in 1409 sold Zadar and "his rights" on Dalmatia to Venice for 100,000 ducats.
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During the Napoleonic period, under French rule, the first [[newspaper]] using the Croatian language, ''Il Regio Dalmata-Kraglski Dalmatin'', was published in Zadar (1806-1810). In the second half of the [[19th century]], the city was a centre of the movement for cultural and national revival in Dalmatia. Its population in 1900, of town and commune, was 32,506 (nearly all Italian speaking); including an Austrian garrison of 1330.
During the Napoleonic period, under French rule, the first [[newspaper]] using the Croatian language, ''Il Regio Dalmata-Kraglski Dalmatin'', was published in Zadar (1806-1810). In the second half of the [[19th century]], the city was a centre of the movement for cultural and national revival in Dalmatia. Its population in 1900, of town and commune, was 32,506 (nearly all Italian speaking); including an Austrian garrison of 1330.


Under the [[Treaty of Rapallo, 1920|Treaty of Rapallo]] ([[1920]]), Zadar was ceded to [[Italy]] with the surrounding area. The city flourished economically and become the center of the "Dalmazia" region, when Italy defeated Yugoslavia in [[1941]] and occupied the adriatic shores from Istria to Albania. The Croatian minority was harshly treated, as a result of which most of the Croatian population left for Yugoslavia. In [[1945]] all the Italian population of Zara was forced to left, when the [[Tito]] army entered the city.
Under the [[Treaty of Rapallo, 1920|Treaty of Rapallo]] ([[1920]]), Zadar was ceded to [[Italy]] with the surrounding area. Croat population was forced to leave the city, because of extremist hardliners policy of Italian government implemented in this city. Many of those Croats moved their businesses to [[Split]]. Situation got worse when fascist began its rule in Italy.

The city become the center of the annexed areas, when Italy attacked Yugoslavia in [[1941]] and occupied the Adriatic shores from Istria to Albania. The Croatian minority was harshly treated, as a result of which most of the Croatian population left for Yugoslavia. In [[1945]], when the [[Tito]] army entered the city, big part of Italian and pro-Italian population of Zadar left, because of theirs cooperation with fascist regime and support of chauvinist policy against Croats.


[[Nazi Germany]] occupied the city in [[1943]], and Zadar was bombed [[Bombing of Zadar in World War II|72 times]] by the [[air force]]s of [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and the [[United States]], with heavy civilian casualties. Afterwards it became a part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. The Italian population left for Italy, among them [[Ottavio Missoni]], owner of the renowned fashion company [[Missoni]].
[[Nazi Germany]] occupied the city in [[1943]], and Zadar was bombed [[Bombing of Zadar in World War II|72 times]] by the [[air force]]s of [[United Kingdom|Britain]] and the [[United States]], with heavy civilian casualties. Afterwards it became a part of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. The Italian population left for Italy, among them [[Ottavio Missoni]], owner of the renowned fashion company [[Missoni]].
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* [http://www.tzzadar.hr/ Zadar Tourist Board]
* [http://www.tzzadar.hr/ Zadar Tourist Board]
* [http://www.zadar.hr/ About Zadar County]
* [http://www.zadar.hr/ About Zadar County]
* [http://www.irredentismo.it/Pagine%20web/zara.htm History of Zara (italian)]
* [http://www.grad-zadar.hr/ City of Zadar (Croatian)]
* [http://www.grad-zadar.hr/ City of Zadar (Croatian)]
* [http://www.zadar-airport.hr/ Zadar Airport]
* [http://www.zadar-airport.hr/ Zadar Airport]
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* [http://www.infozadar.net/ Info Zadar]
* [http://www.infozadar.net/ Info Zadar]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=X3396Sc4_mQ&mode=related&search=/ sights of Zadar surandings]
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=X3396Sc4_mQ&mode=related&search=/ sights of Zadar surandings]

*[http://www.croatiatraveller.com/Zadar/Zadar.htm Zadar Travel Guide]
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Image:Zadar_Donat_Forum.jpg|St. Donat's Church and Roman Forum
Image:Zadar_Donat_Forum.jpg|St. Donat's Church and Roman Forum
Image:Zadar_Forum.jpg|Roman Forum in Zadar
Image:Zadar_Forum.jpg|Roman Forum in Zadar
Image:Zadar_Sveta_Stosija.jpg|[[Cathedral of St. Anastasia, Zadar|St. Anastasia Cathedral]] in Zadar
Image:Zadar_Sveta_Stosija.jpg|[[Cathedral of St. Anastasia, Zadar|St. Anastasia Cathedral/sv. Stošija]] in Zadar
Image:Zadar_SvMarija.jpg|St. Mary's Church
Image:Zadar_SvMarija.jpg|St. Mary's Church
Image:Zadar_SvSimun.jpg|St. Simeon's Church
Image:Zadar_SvSimun.jpg|St. Simeon's Church
Image:Zadar_SvSimun_oltar.jpg|St. Simeon/Sv. Šime
Image:Zadar_SvSimun_oltar.jpg|St. Simeon/sv. Šimun
Image:Zadar_PortaMarina.jpg|Morska vrata/Porta marina
Image:Zadar_PortaMarina.jpg|Morska vrata/Porta marina
Image:Zadar_Sveuciliste.jpg|University of Zadar (1396)
Image:Zadar_Sveuciliste.jpg|University of Zadar (1396)

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Zadar
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Coat of arms of Zadar
Location 44°6′51″N 15°13′40″E / 44.11417°N 15.22778°E / 44.11417; 15.22778
Mayor Dr. Živko Kolega (HDZ)
Surface (km²) ?
Population
(2006)
81 688 [1]
Time zone (UTC) UTC+1 Central European Time


Zadar (Italian: Zara) is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea, with a population of 81,000 (2005). 93% of its citizens are ethnic Croats (2001 census).

It is the centre of modern Croatia's Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Zadar is located opposite the islands of Ugljan and Pašman, from which it is separated by the narrow Zadar Strait.

The promontory on which the old city stands used to be separated from the mainland by a deep moat which has since become a landfill. The harbor, to the north-east of the town, is safe and spacious.

Zadar is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop.

History

Zadar is located in Croatia
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Position of Zadar in Croatia

In the 9th century BC Iadera was settled by the Liburnians, a tribe of Illyrians. After 59 BC Iadera (also spelled Jadera) became a Roman municipium, and in 48 BC a colony of Roman citizens. In the early days of the Roman empire Iadera was a flourishing Roman colony; its name was subsequently changed to Diadora. It maintained its municipal autonomy throughout the Middle Ages. Upon the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the destruction of Salona in the early 7th century, Zadar became the capital of the Byzantine theme (administrative unit) of Dalmatia, as well as the governor's headquarters.

In the early 9th century it came under the Franks, while it was given back to Byzantium in 812, under the Peace Treaty of Aachen. In 925, King Tomislav (before, he was the Duke of Croatian Dalmatia) united Dalmatia and Pannonia to expand the Croatian kingdom. In 998, the city sought Venetian protection; for the next four centuries it was formally under Venetian or Hungarian rule, changing hands repeatedly. In the 10th, and especially in the 11th century, although it survived the migration of Slavs, the rulers of the town were the Croats. From 1105, when it recognized the rule of the first Hungarian-Croatian king Coloman, Zadar began to be involved in frequent wars with Venice.

Porta Terraferma.

Zadar was a possession of the Republic of Venice between 1111 and 1154 and between 1160 and 1183. An annalist from the year 1177 noted that the joyous people of Zadar accompanying Pope Alexander III on his way to the basilica sang songs of praise 'in their native Slavic language'. It was invaded and conquered by the Venetians and mainly French knights of the Fourth Crusade in 1202. The Crusaders had promised the Venetians a certain amount of money to pay for ships for transport to Egypt, but when they could not pay, the Venetians diverted the Crusade to Zadar. King Emeric of Hungary had declared that he would join the Crusade, and there was a controversy among the knights and clergy over whether or not a supposedly divine army could attack a fellow Christian. Nevertheless, Zadar was destroyed and taken, and Pope Innocent III excommunicated everyone involved.

After several insurrections (1242-1243, 1320s, 1345-1346), Zadar came under the rule of the Hungarian-Croatian king Louis I (under the Zadar Peace Treaty in 1358). After the death of Louis, Zadar recognized the rule of king Sigismund, and after him, that of Ladislas of Naples, who in 1409 sold Zadar and "his rights" on Dalmatia to Venice for 100,000 ducats.

From this time on Zadar started to decline, because the Venetians considerably limited the town's political and economic autonomy. When in the early 16th century the Ottoman Turks conquered its hinterland, the town became an important stronghold protecting Venetian trade in the Adriatic, as well as the administrative centre of the Venetian possessions in Dalmatia and a cultural centre. From 1726-1733 a part of its territory was settled by Catholic Albanian refugees. That Albanian settlement is called "Arbanasi".

Panoramic view of the city.

After the fall of Venice (1797) with the Treaty of Campo Formio, Zadar came under Austrian rule under which it remained until 1918, except for the period of French rule (1805-1813), all this time remaining the capital of Dalmatia, under Austria being the meeting-place of the provincial diet.

During the Napoleonic period, under French rule, the first newspaper using the Croatian language, Il Regio Dalmata-Kraglski Dalmatin, was published in Zadar (1806-1810). In the second half of the 19th century, the city was a centre of the movement for cultural and national revival in Dalmatia. Its population in 1900, of town and commune, was 32,506 (nearly all Italian speaking); including an Austrian garrison of 1330.

Under the Treaty of Rapallo (1920), Zadar was ceded to Italy with the surrounding area. Croat population was forced to leave the city, because of extremist hardliners policy of Italian government implemented in this city. Many of those Croats moved their businesses to Split. Situation got worse when fascist began its rule in Italy.

The city become the center of the annexed areas, when Italy attacked Yugoslavia in 1941 and occupied the Adriatic shores from Istria to Albania. The Croatian minority was harshly treated, as a result of which most of the Croatian population left for Yugoslavia. In 1945, when the Tito army entered the city, big part of Italian and pro-Italian population of Zadar left, because of theirs cooperation with fascist regime and support of chauvinist policy against Croats.

Nazi Germany occupied the city in 1943, and Zadar was bombed 72 times by the air forces of Britain and the United States, with heavy civilian casualties. Afterwards it became a part of Yugoslavia. The Italian population left for Italy, among them Ottavio Missoni, owner of the renowned fashion company Missoni.

File:Coat of Arms Zara.jpg
Coat of Arms of Zadar.

Since World War II the city has developed as a strong economic and tourist center. During the Croatian War of Independence, the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) (under Serbian president Slobodan Milošević's control) along with Serb paramilitaries converged on the city and as the subject of shelling. Along with other Croatian towns in the area, Zadar was shelled for years, damaging buildings and homes as well as UNESCO protected buildings. Attacks in nearby cities and villages occurred, the most brutal being the Škabrnja massacre, where 86 people were murdered. Connections with the capital Zagreb were severed for over a year, the only link between the north and south of the country was via the island of Pag. The siege of the city lasted from 1991 until January of 1993 when Zadar and the surrounding area came under the control of Croatian forces in Operation Maslenica. Attacks on the city continued until the end of the war in 1995.

Main sights

Architecture

Zadar gained its urban structure in Roman times; during the time of Julius Caesar and Emperor Augustus, the town was fortified and the city walls with towers and gates were built. On the western side of the town were the forum, the basilica and the temple, while outside the town were the amphitheatre and cemeteries. The aqueduct which was supplying the town with water has been partly preserved. Inside the ancient town, a medieval town had developed, when a series of churches and monasteries had been built.

During the Middle Ages, Zadar had fully gained its urban aspect, which has been maintained until today. In the 16th century, Venice fortified the town with a new system of defensive walls on the side facing land. In the first half of the 16th century, architectural building in the Renaissance style was continued. Defence trenches were built also (Foša), which were completely buried during the Italian occupation. In 1873 under Austrian rule the ramparts of Zadar were converted from fortifications into elevated promenades commanding extensive views to seaward and to landward, wall lines thus being preserved ; of its four old gates one, the Porta Marina, incorporates the relics of a Roman arch, and another, the Porta di Terraferma, was designed in the 16th century by the Veronese artist Sanmichele. In the bombardments during the Second World War, entire blocks were destroyed, but some of the structures were preserved.

St. Donatus' Church, a pre-Romanesque church from the 9th century.
St. Mary's Church, located in the old city across St. Donatus' Church.

Most important landmarks:

  • Roman Forum - the largest on the eastern side of the Adriatic, founded by the first Roman Emperor Augustus, to which two stone inscriptions about its completion dating from the 3rd century testify.
  • Most of the Roman remains were used in the construction of the fortifications, but two squares are embellished with lofty marble columns; a Roman tower stands on the east side of the town; and some remains of a Roman aqueduct may be seen outside the ramparts.

The chief interest of Zadar lies in its churches.

  • St. Donatus' Church - the monumental round building in the pre Romanesque style, traditionally but erroneously said to have been erected on the site of a temple of Juno, from the 9th century is the most important structure of its period preserved in Dalmatia; the massive dome of the rotunda is surrounded by a vaulted gallery in two stories which also extends around the three apses to the east. The church treasury contains some of the finest Dalmatian metal-work; notably the silver ark or reliquary of St Simeon (1380), and the pastoral staff of Bishop Valaresso (1460).
  • St. Anastasia's Cathedral (Croatian: Sv. Stošija), basilica in Romanesque style built in the 12th to 13th century (high Romanesque style), the largest cathedral in Dalmatia.
  • The churches of St. Chrysogonus and St. Simeon are also in the Romanesque style.
  • St. Krševan's Church - monumental Romanesque church of very fine proportions and refined Romanesque ornaments.
  • St. Elijah's Church (Croatian: Sv. Ilija)
  • St. Francis' Church, gothic styled church, site of the signing of the Zadar Peace Treaty 1358
  • Five Wells Square
  • St. Mary's Church which retains a fine Romanesque campanile of 1105 belongs to a Benedictine Convent founded in 1066 by a noblewoman of Zadar by the name of Cika with The Permanent Ecclesiastical Art Exhibition "The Gold and Silver of Zadar"

Other architectual acivments:

  • Citadel - built in 1409, southwest of the Land gate, it has remained the same to this day.
  • The Land Gate - built according to a layout of the Venetian architect Michele Sanmicheli in 1543
  • The uniqe sea organ[2]
  • The Great Arsenal [3]
  • Among the other chief buildings are (were?) the Loggia del Comune, rebuilt in 1565, and containing a public library; the old palace of the priors, now the governor's residence; and the episcopal palaces.

Culture

The first university of Zadar is mentioned in 1396 and it was a part of the Dominican monastery. It closed in 1807.

Zadar was, along with Dubrovnik, one of the centres of development of Croatian literature.

The 15th and the 16th centuries were marked by important activities of Croatian writers writing in the national language: Jerolim Vidolić, Petar Zoranić (who wrote first Croatian novel, Mountains), Brne Krnarutić, Juraj Barakovic, Šime Budinić.

During the French rule (1806-1810), the first Dalmatian newspaper Il Regio Dalmata-Kraglski Dalmatin was published in Zadar. It was printed in Italian and Croatian; this last used for the first time in a newspaper.

File:Regio Dalmata.jpg
Il Regio Dalmata-Kraglski Dalmatin. Printed Printed in Italian and Croatian language.

In the second half of the 19th century, Zadar was a centre of the movement for the cultural and national revivals in Dalmatia (Italian and Croatian).

Today Zadar's cultural institutions include:

Economy

Major industries include tourism, traffic, seaborne trade, agriculture, fishing and fish farming activities, metal manufacturing and mechanical engineering industry, chemicals and non-metal industry and banking. The headquarters of the following companies are located in Zadar:

The farmland just northeast of Zadar, Ravni Kotari, is a well known source of marasca cherries. Distilleries in Zadar have produced Maraschino since the 16th century.

Science

In 1998, Zadar hosted the Central European Olympiad in Informatics (CEOI).

Sports

The local basketball club is KK Zadar, and the football club NK Zadar. The bowling club Kuglački klub Zadar is also very successful.

Twinning

Zadar maintains cultural, economic and educational ties with:

Famous people from Zadar

See also

Sources

  • the "Miroslav Krleža" Lexicographic Institute text about Zadar.
  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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