Thursday, January 16, 2014

Zadar, Croatia

Zadar was originally founded as a Roman colony.  Our ship Athena was ducked at the water front near the Old Town.
One can still see Roman ruins dating back to 3rd century BC.  The following shows some of these ruins:  column of shame, stone carving of ancient god, etc....
 
 
A medieval church (St Donatus Church) dating from the 9th century:
A more contemporary structure was a solar energy based light display by the water front:


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