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Culture of Zadar


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The first university of Zadar was mentioned in writing as early as in 1396 and it was a part of a Dominican monastery. It closed in 1807.

Zadar was, along with Split and Dubrovnik, one of the centres of the development of Croatian literature.

The 15th and 16th centuries were marked by important activities of Croatians writing in the national language: Jerolim Vidoli?, Petar Zorani? (who wrote the first Croatian novel, Planine), Brne Karnaruti?, Juraj Barakovi?, �ime Budini?.

Under French rule (1806�1810), the first Dalmatian newspaper Il Regio Dalmata - Kraglski Dalmatin was published in Zadar. It was printed in Italian and Croatian; this last used for the first time in a newspaper.

In the second half of the 19th century, Zadar was a centre of the movement for the cultural and national revivals in Dalmatia (Italian and Croatian).

Today Zadar's cultural institutions include:

�    The Croatian Theatre House

�    The National Museum

�    The Archaeological Museum (established in 1830)

�    The Museum of Ancient Glass

�    The University of Zadar (founded in 1396, active until 1807 and refounded in 2002)

�    The Maritime Museum

�    Permanent Exhibition of Sacral Art

�    Croatian Singing Musical Society Zorani? (established 1885)

�    Musical Evenings in St. Donatus [4] (established 1961)

�    International Choirs Competition (established 1997)

�    Arsenal Zadar
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