Zara

Zara (Slav. Zadar), capital of Dalmatia, on the coast of the Adriatic, 130 miles SE. of Trieste. It is built on a narrow promontory, separated from the mainland by a moat. There is a spacious and well protected harbour, and till 1873 the place was strongly fortified. Of its churches the most note- worthy are its archiepiscopal cathedral (1205), founded by Henry Dandolo, Doge of Venice, and the church of the patron saint, St Simeon. A lofty marble column is all that is left standing of an ancient Roman temple; there are also the remains of a Roman aqueduct. The chief manufactures are the making of glass and of maraschino and rosoglio. Pop. 11,861, mainly Italians.