The most beautiful religious buildings Zadar & Šibenik

This church, which looks more like a chapel, is considered the smallest cathedral in the world (7.80 m long by 7.60 m wide). Built in the 11th century, it was the place where the first Croatian kings were baptized. Nearby stands the statue of Gregory of Nin (Grgur Ninski), the bishop who opposed the pope in the 10th century, introducing the Slavic language into churches. As in Split and Varaždin, the monumental sculpture in bronze is the work of Ivan Meštrović.

This place of worship, dating from the th century, has a baroque façade. Dedicated to Saint Etienne, the church preserves the relics of Simeon, a saint very revered by the inhabitants of Zadar. The golden silver sarcophagus, 1,90 m long, where its fragrant body rests, is embedded in the altar, carved by Francesco da Sesto at the end of the th century. Beautifully decorated with the scenes of the life of the saint, this masterpiece masterpiece is one of the treasures of the city. If the trunk is visible all the time, during the church's openings, the body of the saint, on the other hand, is presented only on the day of the Saint Simeon (8 October), for the Assumption and for some other annual religious festivals.

On its promontory, the monastery of St. Jerome, the patron saint of Dalmatia, was founded in 1430.

In the inner courtyard, there is still the epitaph to Šimun Kožičić-Benja (1460-1536), the primate of Rijeka who had the first book printed in glagolitic. In the cloister, his tombstone remains, as well as a beautiful colonnade with capitals carved with plant, animal or human heads. It is possible to stay in this calm and soothing place.

10 km to the east of Drniš, this village saw the growth of the sculptor Ivan Meštrović (1883-1962), who had a family mausoleum built on top of the hill Paraćeva glavica from 1926 to 1930. There he will be buried, surrounded by his mother Marta, his father Mate, his brothers Marko and Petar, his son Tvertko and his wife Olga. Under the dome, the New Testament representations are to be compared with the Way of the Cross in the Christic Chapel (Meštrović I Obnovljene Crikvine) in Split.