Church of St. Chrysogonus

Consecrated in 1175, the Church of St Chrysogonus ranks among Dalmatia’s most important Romanesque buildings. In Zadar’s old town, its balanced three-aisled design and carefully worked stone reveal the maturity of Romanesque architecture on the Adriatic. The church is the principal surviving element of a once extensive male Benedictine monastery. Queen Elizabeth of Bosnia was buried here in 1387 before her remains were later moved. The site is easy to reach on foot across the peninsula; walk around the side and rear elevations as well, where architectural details are easier to appreciate than from the main façade alone.