Church and Monastery of St Mary
The Monastery of St Mary in Zadar was founded by the Zadar noblewoman Čika in 1066, by her mother, the sister of the Croatian king Peter Krešimir IV, and the big three-nave Church of St Mary was built in 1091 in the Pre-Romanesque style.
The most beautiful part of the Church and the Benedictine Monastery of St Mary is the bell tower in its original Romanesque version, while the Church and the Monastery are most famous for the Permanent Exhibition of Religious Art – the Gold and Silver of Zadar – with around 200 artefacts that date from the 8th to the 18th centuries. The Exhibition is one of the most valuable exhibitions in Croatia, and among other things, one can see the reliquaries of St Aroncius and St Jacob from the 9th century and the paintings by Vittore Carpaccio and Palma il Giovane on display.
Photo: Stipe Surać
.
Watch the video
Location
Want to find more?
Suggested
