At the lovely town of Trogir, on Croatia's Adriatic coast

 "The sun is couched, the sea-fowl gone to rest,

And the wild storm hath somewhere found a nest;
Air slumbers--wave with wave no longer strives,
Only a heaving of the deep survives,
A tell-tale motion! soon will it be laid,
And by the tide alone the water swayed...."
-- William Wordsworth, "By the Sea"
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(on Croatia's Adriatic coast) The lovely town of Trogir is found within medieval walls on a small island, linked by bridges to both the mainland and to the larger Čiovo Island. On summer nights people gravitate to Trogir's wide seaside promenade lined with bars, cafes and yachts, leaving the knotted, mazelike marble streets gleaming under old-fashioned streetlights. The historic town center is a pedestrianized district that is rather like an outdoor museum. Finely-carved facades, elegant churches and palaces, Renaissance gates and medieval streets reflect Dalmatian art and architecture at its best. Once the cultural center of Dalmatia, the Old Town has retained many intact and beautiful buildings from its age of glory between the 13th and 15th centuries. In 1997, its collection of Romanesque and Renaissance buildings earned it World Heritage status. Its beautiful Romanesque churches are complemented by the outstanding Renaissance and Baroque buildings from the Venetian period.