CHURCH AND MONASTERY OD ST. FRANE, ZADAR
Consecrated in 1280, Saint Francis’s is the oldest Gothic church in Dalmatia, also displaying fine Renaiss-ance and Baroque work, and containing some very important artworks.
Consecrated in 1280, Saint Francis’s is the oldest Gothic church in Dalmatia, also displaying fine Renaiss-ance and Baroque work, and containing some very important artworks.
The monastery, along with a church of the same name, was built around 1221. It was consecrated on October 12, 1282 by bishop
Lovro Periandar. Throughout the centuries of its history the monastery was the focal point of religious life in the city of
Zadar. It was also home to the Franciscan school, precursor to today's University of Zadar. It had rich picture gallery as
well as a collection of codexes and parchments. In this monastery Saint Jakov of Zadar was first ordained.
In the church in 1358th isassembled Zadar Peace between the Venetian Republic and the Hungarian-Croatian king Louis of Anjou, whom the Venetians renounced its claims to Dalmatia.
