Highlights of Zadar, Zadar, Croatia

While in Croatia, we technically only explored sights on the Dalmatian Coast. This historic region today encompasses counties with seats in Split, Dubrovnik, Šibenik, and Zadar, all of which featured on our itinerary. The latter is the northernmost of great Dalmatian towns.

Wait a second!, says an attentive follower of my travels. The title of this post does not refer to counting World Heritage sites. Is it possible that you prioritized seeing a place that does not hold the WH recognition?

Ah, but Zadar is on the World Heritage list. Or, rather, its fortifications are, part of the Venetian Works of Defense serial site that I already count as visited since I spent time in Bergamo last year. Thus, the absence of WH verbiage in the title of this post simply reflects the fact that visiting Zadar did not increment my WH count. In any case, despite outward appearances, I am not completely single-minded about prioritizing the count, and Zadar is worth a visit regardless of formal recognition.

The most impressive part of the aforementioned fortifications is the first structure greeting the visitors arriving to the historic part of the city by land. Appropriately, it is called the Land Gate. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).