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See also:ZARA (Serbo-Croatian Zadar)
, the See also:capital of See also:Dalmatia, See also:Austria
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Pop
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(190o), of See also:town and See also:commune, 32,506; including a See also:garrison of 1330
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See also:Zara is situated on the Adriatic See also:Sea, 52 M
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S.E. of See also:Trieste, and opposite the islands of Ugliano and Pasman, from which it is separated by the narrow Channel of Zara
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It is the See also:meeting-See also:place of the provincial See also:diet, and the seat of a See also:Roman See also:Catholic See also:archbishop and an Orthodox See also:bishop
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The promontory on which it stands is separated from the See also:main-See also:land by a deep See also:moat, practically making an See also:island of the See also:city
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In 1873 the ramparts of Zara were converted into elevated promenades commanding extensive views to seaward and tolandward
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Of its four old See also:gates one, the Porta Marina, in-corporates the See also:relics of a Roman See also:arch, and another, the Porta di Terraferma, was designed in the 16th See also:century by the Veronese artist See also:Sanmichele
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The See also:chief See also:interest of Zara lies in its churches, the most remarkable of which is the See also:cathedral of St Anastasia, a See also:fine Romanesque See also:basilica, built between 1202 and 1205
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The churches of St Chrysogonus and St See also:Simeon are also in the Romanesque See also:style, and St See also:Mary's retains a fine Romanesque campanile of 1105
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The See also:round See also: The church treasuries contain some of the finest Dalmatian See also:metal-See also:work; notably the See also:silver See also:ark or reliquary of St Simeon (138o), and the See also:pastoral See also:staff of Bishop Valaresso (146o) . Most of the Roman remains were used in the construction of the fortifications . But two squares are embellished with lofty See also:marble columns; a Roman See also:tower stands on the See also:east See also:side of the town; and some remains of a Roman See also:aqueduct may be seen outside the ramparts . Among the other chief buildings are the Loggia del Comune, rebuilt in 1565, and containing a public library; the old See also:palace of the priors, now the See also:governor's See also:residence; and the episcopal palaces . The See also:harbour, to the See also:north-east of the town, is safe and spacious, and it is annually entered by about 2500 small vessels, mainly engaged in the See also:coasting See also:trade . Large quantities of maraschino are distilled in Zara; and the See also:local See also:industries include fishing, See also:glass-blowing, and the preparation of oil, See also:flour and See also:wax . In the See also:early days of the Roman See also:empire Zara was a flourishing Roman See also:colony under the name of Jadera, subsequently changed to Diadora . It remained See also:united with the eastern empire down to 998, when it sought Venetian See also:protection . For the next four centuries it was always under Venetian or Hungarian See also:rule, changing hands repeatedly . It was occupied by the Hungarians at the end of the 12th century, but was recaptured by the Venetians in 1202, with the aid of See also:French crusaders on their way to See also:Palestine . In 1409 it was finally See also:purchased from See also:Hungary by See also:Venice for roo,000 ducats . In 1792 it passed into the See also:possession of Austria . From 1809 to 1813 it belonged to See also:France . About 15 M . S.E. is Zara Vecchia, or Old Zara, an insignificant See also:village on the site of Biograd, the former residence of the Croatian See also:kings, which was destroyed during the See also:wars between Venice and Hungary . See Angelo Nani, Zara, e suoi Dintorni (Zara, 1878), and Notizie Storiche della Citta di Zara, (Zara, 1883) . |
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