Monday, April 1, 2019

Europe (Zadar, Croatia) March 2019 D-11


Zadar, Croatia - A city on Croatia's Dalmatian coast, is known for the Roman & Venetian ruins of its peninsula Old Town. There are several Venetian gates in the city walls. Surrounding the Roman-era Forum is 11th century St Mary's Convent, with religious art dating to the 8th century. There's also the grand 12th century St Anastasia's Cathedral & the round 9th century pre-Romanesque Church of St Donatus


1) Lucka Kapetanija Zadar & Port of Zadar area 



2) The sun Salutation is a 22 meter diameter solar panel formed from 300 multi-layered glass panels. Underneath these glass conduction plates, there are a series of solar cells which absorb the Sun's energy from sunrise to sunset & convert this energy into electricity to light the entire waterfront at night. At sunset, the installation switches on & displays a series of bright colorful lights


3) The Sea organ is an architectural sound art object located in Zadar, Croatia and an experimental instrument which plays music by way of sea waves & tubes located underneath a set of large marble steps. 


4) Roman Era Forum


5) St Donat Church is located in Zadar; its name refers to Donatus of Zadar, who began construction on this church in the 9th century and ended it on the northeastern part of the Roman forum. Originally named Church of the Holy Trinity in the 15th century. 


6) St Mary Church, Zadar is a Benedictine monastery founded in 1066 on the eastern side of the old Roman Forum


7) The Cathedral of Saint Anastasi, Zadar is the Roman Catholic cathedral, seat of the Archdiocese Zadar & the largest church in Dammatia


8) Archaeological Museum, Zadar 


9) Walkabout in Zadar, Croatia

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