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There are thousands of international travelers from across the world who come to see the large number of tourist attractions in Zadar. Zadar is one of the historical city which is located in Dalmatia province in Croatia and enriched with loads of Roman architectural instances. Among many other tourist attractions in Zadar, tourists can explore some of the most prominent places by walking around the city or taking any convenient transport.
The small town can be easily explored by walking on foot. Travelers can take the local buses, if they wish, and move around various Zadar tourist attractions. Tourists can find a number of medieval Roman structures throughout the city. The popular attractions are scattered around the place and which include city walls, buildings, monuments, cathedrals, cemeteries and amphitheater.
Some of the ancient architecture displays the 16th Century Renaissance style. The Roman Forum is one of the prominent landmarks of the city and is located in the city center. It is an open space with provisions of various rooms for council chambers and assemblies as well as a basilica inside. The Forum also consists of various foundational structures of buildings, pavings and a Corinthian column.
Among the different churches and cathedrals, the most popular ones include cathedral of St. Anastasia and St. Donat's Church in Zadar. These churches feature typical Gothic style of architectural evidences and some of the special characteristics of that particular style. Tourists will be surprised to see many other wonderful churches and cathedrals including:
- Church of Saint Simeon
- St. Krsevan's Church
- St. Elijah's Church
- St. Francis' Church
- St. Mary's Church
If you have enough time in hand, continue with your tourist attraction tours in Zadar by visiting the city walls and Land gates of the previous era. Some of the oldest city walls are situated near the footbridge. Most of these walls are built by the Romans while the rest of them are by the Venetians.
The city gates or Land Gates were actually the entrance ways to the city. Visitors are lucky enough to see the remains of four city walls and the most important among them was built by the Venetians following the Renaissance style in 1543. The names of some other gates are:
- Gate of St Rok
- Port Gate
- Square of the Five Wells
Apart from these places of tourist attractions, Zadar tours also involve visiting some other places in the city like:
- People's Square
- Archeological Museum
- Biograd-na-Moru
- Paklenica National Park
- Kornati National Park
- Dugi Otok
- Molat
- Olib
- Pasman
- Premuda
- Ugljan
For more information on Tourist Attractions in Zadar, visit travel.mapsofworld
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