"Zadar has the most beautiful sunset in the world." -- Alfred Hitchcock
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(in Croatia) Zadar, the oldest continuously inhabited Croatian city, is found in the northwestern part of the Ravni Kotari area. The second-largest city in the region of Dalmatia, it serves as the seat of Zadar County and of the wider northern Dalmatian region. With its Roman ruins, art installations, and white-sand beach, Zadar is quite a popular resort along the Dalmatian coast, where travelers come to feast on seafood, watch dreamy sunsets, and sip cocktails at seaside bars. The former capital of Dalmatia, Zadar is located on the end of a low-lying peninsula that is separated by the Zadar Channel from the islands of Ugljan and Pašman. The inlet between the peninsula and the mainland creates a natural deep-water harbor. Old Zadar is noted its many fine churches, Roman forum, and narrow cobbled streets. St. Donat’s remarkable circular church dates from the 9th century; the 11th-century St. Mary’s Church has one of the most important church treasuries in Croatia; and the Romanesque Church of St. Krševan was consecrated in 1175. There are also the 13th-century Cathedral of St. Stošija (Anastasia), the largest and finest Romanesque church in Dalmatia, and the Franciscan church and monastery.
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