St. Mary’s Church
Church of St. Mary is a Benedictine monastery located in Zadar, Croatia. It was founded in 1066 on the eastern side of the town's old Roman Forum.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Monastery
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Also known as: “Samostan benediktinki”, “Samostan svete Marije”, “St. Mary’s Church Zadar”, and “St. Mary’s Church, Zadar”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St. Donatus and Archeological Museum Zadar.
Church of St. Donatus
Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of St. Donatus is a Catholic church located in Zadar, Croatia. Its name refers to Donatus of Zadar, who began construction on this church in the 9th century and ended it on the northeastern part of the Roman forum.
Zadar Cathedral
Church
Photo: Palauenc05, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cathedral of St. Anastasia is the Roman Catholic cathedral of Zadar, Croatia, seat of the Archdiocese of Zadar, and the largest church in all of Dalmatia. Zadar Cathedral is situated 130 metres northwest of St. Mary’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zadar and Gaženica.
Zadar
Photo: Böhringer, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Zadar is the biggest city, cultural, economic and transit center of northern Dalmatia and the oldest continuously inhabited city in Croatia. Zadar is today one of the most popular Croatian tourist destinations, named "entertainment center of the Adriatic" by The Times and "Croatia's new capital of cool" by The Guardian in 2017.
Gaženica
Quarter
Gaženica is a suburb of Zadar, Croatia, located about 3 miles southeast from the city center, by the Adriatic Sea. It is connected by the D424 highway. Gaženica is situated 3½ km southeast of St. Mary’s Church.
Ošljak, Preko
Village
Photo: Lovro Rumiha, CC BY 2.0.
Ošljak, Preko is a village, which is situated 4½ km south of St. Mary’s Church.
St. Mary’s Church
- Categories: tourism, tourist attraction, and religion
- Location: Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
44.11517° or 44° 6′ 55″ northLongitude
15.22513° or 15° 13′ 31″ eastOpen location code
8FPQ468G+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 380666175OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=monasteryOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholicWikidata ID
Q12627806
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Swedish—“St. Mary’s Church” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “圣玛利亚堂”
- Croatian: “Benediktinski samostan sv. Marije u Zadru”
- Croatian: “Benediktinski samostan sv. Marije”
- French: “église Sainte-Marie de Zadar”
- French: “Église Sainte-Marie de Zadar”
- German: “Marienkloster”
- Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria”
- Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Benediktinski samostan sv. Marije”
- Slovenian: “Benediktinski samostan sv. Marije v Zadru”
- Slovenian: “Benediktinski samostan sv. Marije Zadar”
- Swedish: “Sankta Marias benediktinkloster och kyrka, Zadar”
- Swedish: “Sankta Marias benediktinkloster och kyrka”
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